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An-Najah National University, Nablus, Palestine. 2013 College of Eng. & IT, Dept. of MIS Instructor: **Maher Y. Arafat**, An-Najah National Univ. MIS Dept. School of Eng. & IT, some say creative team work golden rule “Enlightened trial & error succeeds over the planning of a lone genius”  Link to Loomio discussion of your opinion on the PB basic process **PMP Exam Preparation from Ten Steps Academy** ** Textbook **: //Project Management: Achieving Competitive A// //dvantage, 3/e. // by Jeffrey Pinto PMBoK 5th edition Project Management is designed to help business students understand some of the greatest challenges that organizations face today – the effective and efficient methods for implementing projects in organizations. Project management, referred to by //Fortune// magazine as the #1 career choice for the coming decade, represents a skill that is in high demand by all companies, both domestic and international. This course will provide a comprehensive overview of the skills needed and challenges to be faced in managing projects in organizations. 1- To be able to explain why studying project management is important to achieve competitive advantages. 2- To be able to align the PM concept within the Org. context (structure, culture, strategy) 3- To be able to apply the PMBoK 9 knowledge areas. 4- To be able to apply the PMBok 5 Basic PM Process.  Project Integration Management, PM Body of Knowledge (PMBoK)  has **10 knowledge areas** and **5 basic process** groups typical of almost all projects. **These** **knowledge areas** **are**: **1) Project Integration Management ** Processes and activities needed to identify, define, combine, unify and coordinate the various processes and PM activities within the PM Process Groups **2) Project Scope Management, ** Processes required to ensure that the project includes all the work required, and only the work required, to complete the project successfully. **3) Project Time Management,** Processes required to accomplish timely completion of the project. **4) Project Cost Management,**  Processes involved in planning, estimating, budgeting and controlling costs so that the project can be completed within the approved budget. **5) Project Quality Management,** Processes and activities of the performing organization that determine quality policies, objectives, and responsibilities so that the project will satisfy the needs for which it was undertaken **6) Project Human Resource Management,**  Processes that organize and mange the project team. **7) Project Communications Management,** Processes required to ensure timely and appropriate generation, collection, distribution, storage, retrieval, and ultimate disposition of project information. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">**8) Project Risk Management, and**  Processes concerned with conducting risk management planning, identification, analysis, responses and monitoring and control of the project. **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">9) Project Procurement Management. ** Processes to purchase or acquired the products, services, or results needed from outside the project team to perform the work. Processes to identify the people, groups or organizations, that could impact or be impacted by the project, to analyze stakeholder expectations and their impact on the project and to develop appropriate strategies for effectively engaging stakeholders in project execution. <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">**The 5** **basic process groups** are:  <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">1) __initiating__, 2) __planning__, 3) __executing__, 4) __monitoring__ & 5) __controlling, and closing__. This knowledge area focuses on the larger tasks that must be done for the project to work. It is the practice of making certain that every part of the project is coordinated. In **Integration Management**, the project is initiated, the project plan is planned and executed, the work is monitored and verification of the results of the work is performed. As the project ends the project manager also performs the tasks associated with **closing** the project. This knowledge area involves control of the **scope of the project**. It involves management of the requirements, details and processes. Changes to the scope should be handled in a structured, procedural, and controlled manner. <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">**The goal of scope management** is to define the need, set the expectations, deliver to the expectations, manage changes, and minimize surprises and gain acceptance of the project. __**<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5;">In Scope Management, the project is planned, monitored and controlled. **__ <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">**Project Time Management** is concerned with resources, activities, scheduling and schedule management. This area of knowledge involves defining and sequencing activities and estimating the duration and resources needed for each activity. The goal is to build the project schedule subsequently to manage changes and updates to the schedule. In Time Management, the project is planned, monitored and controlled. This knowledge area includes cost estimating and budgeting. After the cost of the project has been estimated the project management must control the cost and makes changes to...
 * Welcome to Project Management - 132423.** __<span style="background-color: #ffffff; background-image: url(">Maher Y. ARAFAT __[[image:NNUlogo.gif width="88" height="80" align="right"]]
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 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">10) Stakeholder Management **