All participants in the Project Management … by the numbers “know that each project is a project in another project (!). In other words, all the projects we are part of another larger project. So what is the difference between a business and a process of project management?
Let’s start with the answer with an example …
The Director General of the Organization of the opinion that the project is to bring on a new product on the market. Call the product of the wireless Internet Waffle (Wiwi).
The CEO is, he or she knows, has been given to a process for Wiwi, when his company. This includes the identification of the best Wiwi and all the way to the continuation of Wiwi, if it is sold to consumers.
The company has a plan based on the stages of this process is released (for example, Step 1 – suicidal thoughts, Stage 2 – Assessment, Phase 3 – Feasibility Phase 4 – Development, Stage 5 – Marketing, Step 6 – Sustainment) to one of Wiwi stage to reach another.
In most cases, the process proceeds from the responsibility for the project from one group to another on the way of each step. It is logical to manage the engineering design and marketing leads marketing.
Because this process involves the CEO of the project, its direct relations with the confidence that the project can now be managed in time, on budget and that the wireless Internet Waffle exactly as planned.
The work with my clients, I found this scenario a hundred times over the years and it is easy to see that this is a business, “as this is how the company (the company) the work considered as a project.
Now back to our scenario …
The project was delayed because Wiwi the assessment of the stage took longer than expected and the project runs over budget, because the feasibility study has not yet been properly analyzed ago. Now you (the project manager next line) was awarded the development phase and expects the project to manage time and deliver on time and all work of development.
Meanwhile, the CEO’s confidence in people and processes that the project will Wiwi time, cost and objectives. You are in a corner with this (can not allow the CEO backed down) and have cut corners, as they did during the feasibility phase.
After some disappointments important, a few sleepless nights and create reports, breathe out a sigh of relief and can pass the project with all its problems to the next group in the processing chain. Unfortunately, Wiwi still on the operating budget and even later.
What we have described above is a typical business process that is used for a process of project management. The difference is that the business process, the product looks than the project, and not the steps or tasks that the individual projects.
Business processes are absolutely necessary for the management plan and from work, but if we look at each step and each task as a project, and the head of each scene and the author of the task as a project, we are a chain of responsibility within the project have. Back to our scenario … but this time as a process of project management.
The four phases of project management …
Phase One – Concept / Feasibility
The Wiwi was abandoned in the business process by the CEO. The person considered the leading ideation stage of a project at this stage, and even as a project manager.
Ideation is a part of the project Wiwi, but has its own time, money and goals. These must be defined and adopted by his ideation phase of a project and client project (perhaps the client, the project manager!).
Before an agreement could happen, you must think Internship Project Manager of its share of Wiwi project can be convinced to be completed within the deadline, costs and constraints given objective. To determine the total cost of ownership, the real goal TCO, each team member to the project idea should their jobs as the projects themselves compared Given that the Task Manager and Project Ideation Stage Project Manager their client’s project. Any person, then the same project management process follows an agreement that can achieve their tasks both individually and cost constraints given objective can be achieved.
If the team agrees with all the tasks on the basis of the concept of individual feasibility studies / agreements can be negotiated or implemented by the project manager of suicidal thoughts and Wiwi project manager.
Wahoo – Phase 1 done!
Phase Two – Organization / Schedule
Ideation Stage Manager is now an agreement at a high level of TCO ideation stage, so that it is time now to make a detailed project planning phase of the project ideation Wiwi.
After confirming the roles and team schedules, network technology is the ideation phase of the project (including information about the complete costs) and the customers of the ideation phase of the project in another agreement, and:
Phase Three – Implementation
Double Wahoo – It is time, actually all the tasks of the ideation stage.
Ideation Internship Project Manager manages the critical path tasks, people and budget, and in return offers ideation in the draft for the customer to the project.
The stage of presentation is almost finished (not quite, but almost), because:
Phase Four – Review / Audit
Now it is time to review the project management during the project ideation stage. Do we have enough of concept / feasibility study? Have the team members on their promises? How can the process of project management? And so on.
WiWi your project from the ideation phase of the project was managed successfully with the help of a project management process. I think a party is now not the command, right?
So back to our original question: What is the difference between a business and project management processes?
The answer: The difference is that the business process, the product looks than the project, and not the steps or tasks that the individual projects.
As project managers are responsible for the day to ensure the success of the time, cost and objectives of our piece of the wireless Internet Project waffle iron, not all.
If you are the CEO (or authority designated CEO) and you want the wee-wee at the time, expense and to the goals, we must consider each step in the process of managing a project and thus the process of project management to work.
But now back to us, the project manager. When you receive your mission, if it is a step or a task, ask your customers to design and stick to four phases of the project is for your specific task.
Stage One – Concept / Feasibility (What is this?)
Phase Two – Organization / Schedule (How?)
Phase Three – Implementation (to do this!)
Phase Four – Review / audit. (As we have to do it?)
Now it is a process of project management!
