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Abdul Hadi Che Hamzah IES080002

2nd semester 2010/2011

WMES3108 IT Project Management

Tutorial 2

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

1. Why do organizations need to tailor project management concepts, such as those found in the PMBOK® Guide to create their own methodologies?

Organizations have different ways of doing things, so they often develop their own methodologies.

2. What are some of the key outputs of each process group?

See the table for the each process group. Example might include a charter, a project management plan, deliverable, performance reports, and close procurement.

3. Approximately how much time do good project managers spend on each process group and why.

Andy Crowe’s that research found that alpha project manager spend about 2% of their time initiating, 21% planning, 69% executing, 5% monitoring and controlling, and 3% close projects. The most time should be spent on executing, followed by planning.

4. What are some of the typical challenges project teams face during each of the five process groups?

The answer will vary. Suggestions might include setting priorities during initiating, getting stakeholder inputs during planning, meeting schedule deadlines during execution, collecting timely data during monitoring and controlling, and defining good procedures during project closing.

5. Briefly describe what happens in each of the five project management process groups (initiating, planning, executing, monitoring and controlling, and closing). What types of activities are done before initiating a project?

Descriptions of what happens in each of the five process groups are listed below :

* Initiating : initiating includes actions to commit to begin or end projects and projects phases. Some deliverable include defining the business need for the project, getting project sponsor, and selecting a project manager.

* Planning : planning include creating workable plans for the entire project. Every knowledge...