Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Focusing on Project Management
Welcome to a new semester with me and Walden's EDUC 6145 Project Management in Education and Training course. I will be writing about my experiences and assignments in the course over the next eight weeks while putting into practice what I learn. This should be a rewarding journey!
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Hi DeAnn! I look forward to following your blog during this course.
ReplyDeleteDeAnn I look forward to following your blog!
ReplyDeleteHi DeAnn.
ReplyDeleteI look forward to following your post this semester. I looked through your past post and I enjoyed reading them.
DeAnn,
ReplyDeleteI look forward to the course journey we will attempt together. I have enjoyed some of your post already.
Barbara
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DeAnn,
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like you walked into a project that was not well managed from the start. The SOW would have been done in the beginning of the project; it seems that a WBS did not even exist. You provided a good output based on what you had; however, without an initial plan, if we look at the duties of the PM according to our text, the previous pm failed in the establishments of objectives and establishment of a project plan. When objectives are not clear, you may wind up coming up with results that don't meet the requirements. My feeling is that this project was going to fail regardless; because the initial requirements and stake holder expectations were not clearly established.
Reference:
Portny, S. E., Mantel, S. J., Meredith, J. R., Shafer, S. M., Sutton, M. M., & Kramer, B. E. (2008). Project management: Planning, scheduling, and controlling projects. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.