项目管理chap02.pptVIP

Securing projects The process of securing projects might well include or involve the following related to both parties concerned: 1、Identify potential project opportunities: 2、Determine which opportunities to pursue 3、Prepare and submit project proposal 4、Negotiate to secure the project Project Prioritisation The clever global manager priorities projects to ensure top management involvement and commitment to the process. To ensure high-level commitment, first, have the top management discuss and agree upon the criteria that they will use to select and priorities projects. 2.3 Project Success and Failure How do you define project success? Project success is creating deliverables that include all of the agreed upon features (meet scope goals). The outputs should satisfy all specifications and please the project’s customers. (meet product goals) The customers need to use the outputs effectively as they do their work (meet quality goals). The project should be completed on schedule and on budget (meeting both time and cost constraints). exhibit: Mattel corporation A successful project is one that is completed without heroics – that is, people should not burn themselves out to complete the project. Those people who work on the project should either learn new skills and/or refine existing skills. In addition, organisational learning should take place and be captured for future projects. Some common causes of project failure that you might encounter may well include: Not enough resources are available for project completion, Not enough time has been given to the project, Project expectations are unclear, Changes in the scope are not understood or agreed upon by all parties involved, Stakeholders disagree regarding expectations for the project, and Adequate project planning is not done. project failure poor scope definition, ineffective scheduling techniques, poor risk management and over-allocated resources. However one of the popular reasons is a