Project Management – R&D Organization

Chapter 1 – Introduction to Project Management

• What is a project?
• Project Management History and motivation.
• Project Management Institute PMI  & PMBOK
• Project management responsibilities.
• The 5 processes & the 9 Knowledge Areas
• The project management golden triangle.
• Facts and Figures.
• Main actors in a project.
• The software project unique characteristics.
• What is a Successful Project?
  Chapter 2 – Development Project Lifecycle
• Quick computer history session
• Eduard Yourdon and System Analysis
• The V model
• The square root model
• The waterfall model
• The spiral model
• Initiative stage
• Current status analysis stage
• Requirement stage
• Requested system analysis stage
• Implementation research stage
• Top Level Design stage
• Detailed Design stage
• Development stage
• Quality Control
• Quality Assurance
• Deployment and maintenance stage.
• Project closing stage
  Chapter 3 – Project Scope Management
• What I wish for vs. what is required
• Project requirements
• Requirements vs. “Objectives and Goals”
• Requirement types
• S.M.A.R.T. Requirements
• Critical Success Factors
• Success Criteria
• Requirements transformation to Working Packages
• Project internal and external Scope diagrams (DFD Diagrams)
• Work Breakdown Structure – WBS
• Organization Breakdown Structure – OBS
• Scope Management QA (Cross Matrix, Coverage Matrix)
  Chapter 4 – Project Time Management
• Working units (Tasks) dependencies
• Network diagrams History
• Network diagrams
• PERT – Project Evaluation and Review Technique
• CPM – Critical Path Method
• Tasks time effort measurement techniques
• GANTT
• Slack time
• Project time buffer
• Time constraints
• Time constraints conflict resolution techniques
  Chapter 5 – Resource Management
• Resources vs. Constraints
• Resources Types
• Resource allocations
• Developers in project behavioral patterns
• Resource Cost
• Resource leveling
• The project timeline
• Critical Chain Method
• Buffer Management
  Chapter 6 – Quick Introduction Budget Management
• Budget Management Goal
• The R&D budget
• Cost and the R&D PM
• R&D Project Budget Internals
• Cash flow
• R&D Site budget
• Return On Investment – ROI
• Main budget and finance concepts (IRR, NPV)
• The startup budget – case study
• The service company budget – case study
• The producer budget – case study
  Chapter 7 – Quick introduction Risk Management
• What is a risk?
• Risk vs. Problem Vs. Challenge.
• Identifying Risks
• Risk matrix
• Monitoring Risks and the control plan
• Risk management techniques
• Risk Monitoring
• Risk reporting

Chapter 8 – Introduction to Quality and Control

• Quality Management plan
• Quality Management Resources
• Verification, Qualification and Validation
• Errors-Defects-Bugs
• Quality Techniques
• Document Testing Techniques
• Walkthrough
• Inspection
• Fish Bone diagram
• Quality meetings and reporting
• Change Management
  Chapter 9 – TBD – Quick Introduction to Customer Management, Supplier Management and Procurement
• Who is the customer?
• Customer types
• Customer involvement
• Who is the supplier?
• The supplier motivation
• Managing suppliers (Freelancers & Contractors)
  Chapter 10 – Project Finalization
• The process of project finalization
• Marketing your success
• Case studies
• Why do projects fail?
• Project management tools and solutions
• Exercises
  Chapter 11 – Quick Introduction to the Global Project Management challenge
• The global challenge
• A global team
• Measuring cultural difference
• Working with US team members
• The culture gap or How US team members see IL team members.
  Chapter 12 – Final Exercise
• A guided mini scale project that summarizes the topics learned in the class or a test.
• Exercise will include the following:
• PERT
• Working Units
• Resource Allocation
• GANTT
• Cost Benefit Technique
   

• Familiarity and experience in R&D and development lifecycle.
• Prior experience in managing a project or a team is highly recommended.