First session of PMP Preparation Course by Andrey Mikityuk. This session is about Project Management Framework

1. Project Management
Framework
PMP Preparation Course
March – April 2015
Session 1
by Andrey Mikityuk
Head of Project Management Team
Credit Suisse Moscow

2. Project Definition
Project is
Temporary
Creates unique
product, service
or result
Not necessarily:
 Has budget
 Strategic
 Long duration
 Many people
Non-project work may be referred as:
• Operations
• Process
• Ongoing work

3. Programs and Portfolios
 Program – think “benefit of doing together”
 Portfolio – think “aligned to strategic goal”
Program
Sub-Program
Project
Project
Portfolio
Sub-portfolio
Program
Project
Other related
work

4. Project Management and
Project Manager
 Project Management – application of knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to
meet project requirements
Project Manager
Competencies
 Knowledge
 Performance
 Personal
 Attitude
 Personality
 Leadership
Interpersonal skills
 Leadership
 Team building
 Motivation
 Communication
 Influencing
 Decision Making
 Political and cultural
awareness
 Negotiation
 Trust building
 Conflict Management
 Coaching
Balances competing
constraints
Scope
ScheduleRisk
Quality
Budget
Resource
 Project Manager is accountable for the success of the project

5. Few More Concepts
 Progressive elaboration
 Organizational Project Management
(OPM)
 Organizational Project Management
Maturity Model (OPM3)

6. Project Management Office
(PMO)
Power and control
Supportive Controlling Directive
Provides
templates
Helps to gather
lessons learned
Collects
information
Checks compliance
with organizational
standards
Part of CCB
Appoints
Project
Managers
Is a
stakeholder
Prioritizes
projects

7. Project Team
Stakeholders
 Anyone positively or negatively
affected by the result of the project
 (practical view) and can somehow
impact the project
PM
Sponsor
PMO
Program and
Portfolio
managers
Functional
managers
Legal,
Compliance,
Tax, HR…
Regulators
Customers
Affected
citizens

8. Organizational structures
Project-orientation
Functional Matrix Projectized
Weak Balanced Strong
Project Expeditor
(no authority)
Project Coordinator
(little authority)
Project Manager
(shared authority)
Project Manager
(maximum
authority)
Project-Based Organization (PBO) – temporary structure inside
functional organization to deliver projects
Composite organizations – combine several approaches (ex: weak
matrix for small projects and strong matrix for strategic ones)
For PMP Exam: assume matrix organization if not stated otherwise

9. Enterprise Environmental Factors
Organizational Process Assets
Enterprise Environmental Factors – influence project, but not under
control (company culture, existing systems, legal regulation, etc).
Includes
Project Management Information System (PMIS)
 Scheduling software
 Configuration management system
 Time-tracking software
 Procurement-management software
 …
Organizational Process Assets
 Existing processes, procedures and policies
 Corporate Knowledge Base
 Historical information (activities, lessons learned, WBS, reports,
risk logs, project management plans from previous projects)

10. Project Life Cycle
Project Life Cycle – phases which project need to pass to achieve its
goal.
 Based on “how to do work” approach
 Depends on industry and product specifics
Closing the
project
Carrying out
work
Preparing
Starting the
project
Generic Project Life Cycle
Project Life Cycle
Plan-driven Change-driven
Waterfall, or traditional life
cycles
“Predictive life cycles” (aka
fully plan-driven)
Iterative, incremental or
adaptive (agile) life cyles

11. Characteristics of the project
High
Low
Risk and uncertainty
Cost of changes
Project time

12. Phase 3
Phase 2
Project Phases
Project Phase is a collection of logically related project activities which
result in a completion of one or more deliverables.
Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3
Sequential phases
Phase 1
Overlapping phases

13. Monitoring and Controlling
ClosingExecutingPlanning
Project Management Process
Project Management Process is what you need to do to manage the
work
 Universal (does not depend on project specifics)
 Repeat themselves in different phases
Initiating