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Chapter 1 Project Management Concepts

Dr. Xin Zhou

The Great Wall of China

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The Beijing 2008 Olympic Games

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Expo Shanghai 2010

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The history of project management

Late nineteenth century

Early twentieth century Mid-twentieth century Today

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The history of project management

Modern project management began with the Manhattan Project, which the U.S. military led to develop the atomic bomb In 1917 Henry Gantt developed the Gantt chart as a tool for scheduling work in job shops In 1958, the Navy developed PERT charts In the 1970s, the military began using project management software, as did the construction industry By the 1990s, virtually every industry was using some form of project management

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The Project Management Profession

A 1996 Fortune article called project management the “number one career choice” Professional societies like the Project Management Institute (PMI) have grown tremendously Average salaries for project managers are over $81,000

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Two main associations

PMI-Project Management Institute http://www.pmi.org/ IPMA-International Project Management Association, before called Internet. http://ipma.ch/

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Project Management Knowledge Continues to Grow and Mature

PMI hosted their first research conference in June 2000 in Paris, France The PMBOK Guide – 2000 Edition is an ANSI standard PMI’s certification department earned ISO 9000 certification Hundreds of new books, articles, and presentations related to project management have been written in recent years

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Project Management Certification

PMI provides certification as a Project Management Professional (PMP) A PMP has documented sufficient project experience, agreed to follow a code of ethics, and passed the PMP exam...