Project management

Techniques in project management play a significant role in completion of projects. They can be used   to curtail the disruptions which may occur in business activities by providing all the technologies needed in the project, resources as well as the skills needed (Chemuturi & Cagley, 2010).  First, techniques can be used in initiating the project where they will help in choosing team members who will carry on initiation activities. Moreover, they can help in setting initiation plan such as activities required in the project, goals as well as the project scope.  In this case, techniques can be used in planning management procedure. This includes effective communication, job assignments, project funding, change procedure and other management procedures (Chemuturi & Cagley, 2010).  Secondly, management techniques can be used in overall project planning where   project managers will find techniques to create the preliminary budget, project plan baseline, resource plan, communication plan, and work statement among other project contents (Chemuturi & Cagley, 2010).  Third, management techniques can be used in executing the project. This means that managers will need techniques on how to train new workers, schedule the project, and keep complete record and more.  Finally, managers will use techniques in closedown phase.  They will need to notify all members about the project completion, conduct a final review through evaluation   of projects records, identify strength and weaknesses and bring into an end the customer contract (Chemuturi & Cagley, 2010).

In project management, PERT tool and Critical Path Method play a vital role in controlling the tasks and showing the total project.  CPM shows the interrelationships of the project elements and displays the activities order (Chemuturi & Cagley, 2010).  During the period of controlling the task, start and finish times helps to identify the milestones of specific activities.  They help to set the activities sequences by providing a network diagrams which shows activities progression.  Starts and finish time are used to measure the unit of time for each activity.  In addition, they estimate the optimistic time, most likely time and finally the pessimistic time (Chemuturi & Cagley, 2010).

Software support project management in project success.  They play role in number of tasks and offer solutions which keep the project in an organized manner.  First, software play role in projects collaborate.  Each individual worker is assigned a single task in a large project and software shares documents and status updates which helps the worker to collaborate on project (Chemuturi & Cagley, 2010).  Secondly, software play role in delegate task.  In project managements, managers use the software to weigh the employees’ knowledge and abilities. Software also help managers to provide workers with necessary information needed in project completion.  Third, software helps both workers and managers to stay on schedule.  The team becomes aware of the upcoming deadlines and so they are able to manage their time effectively (Chemuturi & Cagley, 2010).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reference

Chemuturi, M., & Cagley, T. M. (2010). Mastering software project management: Best practices, tools

and techniques. Ft. Lauderdale, FL: J. Ross Pub.