Project Management

UO Lab 477

February 2013

What is a Project?

• Clear beginning and end

• Requires a budget

• Requires significant time

• Requires resources

• Usually done only once

• Requires change in the organization

Baking a Cake

• Option 1– Start following the recipe– Gather the ingredients as

you go– Follow steps of the recipe

to mix ingredients– Preheat oven– Bake cake– Decorate cake– Eat cake– Clean up

• Option 2– Read the whole recipe– Gather all the ingredients– Preheat oven– Mix ingredients– Bake Cake– Clean up– Decorate cake– Eat the cake

Building a House

• Do you put up the walls before pouring the foundation?

• How do you decide when to have the plumber or electrician arrive?

• How do you decide when to put on the roof?• When do you order the shingles?• When do you begin landscaping?• When do you finish painting?• When do you move in?

Luke 14:28-30

• For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?

• Lest [perhaps], after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him,

• Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.

Chemical Engineering Projects

• Objective• Approval• Schedule• Budget• Resources• Execution• Evaluation

• Definition Phase• Planning Phase• Implementation Phase• Review Phase

Definition & Planning Phases

• State the project• Develop objectives• Develop work

breakdown structure• Identify resource

requirements• Identify key

stakeholders

• Obtain commitment• Sequence

deliverables• Schedule deliverables• Schedule resources• Protect the plan

Gantt Chart• List of all the tasks

• Dates and expected elapsed times

• Responsibilities

• Dependencies

Implementation Phase

• Start

• Monitor the project

• Modify project

• Closeout & evaluate

• Project management discussions are held regularly

Keys to success• Fully committed sponsor & budget• Clear project charter• The right project leader and team members• Frequent communication• Stakeholders involved in key decisions• Proper alignment of resources with priorities• Customer input• Understanding people’s response to change• Managing risks and surprises• Monitoring and corrective action