1.1: Project Definitions
Notes
Video 1.1: What is a Project
Traditional vs. Agile
What are Traditional Project Management Methods best used for?
What are Agile Project Management Methods best used for?
Video 1.2: Scope Triangle and the Project Priority Matrix
Complete the table below as you watch the video on the Project Management Triangle, filling in the cells to indicate what a selection in that area means in regard to Time, Cost, and Scope. A few have already been completed for you. Compare your answers to the fully completed chart in the Answer Key.
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Accept | Constrain | Enhance |
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Get done sooner if possible | |
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| Scope | Will allow scope to be reduced |
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Check Your Knowledge
Exercise: Identify Projects
Using your knowledge of the definition of a project:
- Think of two real-world projects
- Use the internet to research more information about the reasons why the project was implemented, who the stakeholders where, and if it was successful
Record your answers using the following format. See the example below if you need help.
Project Name:
Why was this project implemented?
Who were the stakeholders?
Was it successful?
Example: St. Louis Gateway Arch
The Gateway Arch was built as a national monument to the westward expansion of the United States. St. Louis was a starting point for various stagecoach, train, and later automobile routes to the western United States.
Who were the stakeholders?
The citizens of Missouri, which provided some of the funding and bonding for the project, and the citizens of the United States through Federal Government funding.
Was it successful?
Despite delays from labor and safety issues, the Arch was constructed and still operates to this day.
Questions: Project Definitions
Matching: Project Definitions
A. Project
B. Program
C. Agile
D. Risk, Quality, and Resources
E. Scrum
F. Operations Management
G. Project Management
H. Project Portfolio Management
I. PMI
