What is management?
What is project management?
(your reflection/learning's on the first day of class) at least 3000 words
Project Management is usual to hear us student. Most especially when you already encountered some of the subject related to the Project Management just like System Analysis and Design where Gantt chart is involved. In the first day of class, honestly speaks I don’t have any idea or awareness on how this subject will motivate our proficiency being a student. However, with the helping involvement and allotment of Mr. Randy Gamboa to us, few outline was given us the privilege to be acquainted on the ground of Project Management. When the first meeting happened, Mr. Gamboa assigned us to search about PMBOK or the Project Management Book of Knowledge in the internet. The next meeting was a serious thing to consider. “Get one whole sheet of paper!” This line which made us stimulates and awakens that time. Then Mr. Randy dictated the three questions which we are going to define and deep-rooted then site five examples each. These are the following:
• What is a project?
• What is management?
• What is project management?
Few minutes is just given to us for answering. Then I wrote my personal suggestion about it. In spite of limited idea was been justified because we are not able to read in advance the electronic book. After that, pointed students were given a chance to share the stuff they wrote and comprehend about the Project, Management and Project management. I find out that TOR which stands for Terms of Reference, this TOR indicates the calculated time, budget and specification of a particular project. I also learned about SMART. It is once said that every project must have its SMART objectives. Which stands for Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Reliable and Time bounded shared before his professor. Not knowing that Sir Randy has its own SMARTER idea, added with ER which is Enjoyable and Reward. Then he said that it was his way to have the 1.0 grade in his during that time.
What is a project? To define what is project for me, it is anything a product or a service that is going be done accordingly. A project must consider finishing in a time bounded and a time frame that was given. In addition to that, according to the PMBOK, Project is a temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product, service or a result. From a reliable source, a project in business and science is a collaborative enterprise, frequently involving research or design that is carefully to achieve a particular aim. A project might see anywhere where it involves people or the source of a project. A project creates a unique deliverables, which are products, services and or results. The site Wikipedia stated that project comes from Latin word “projectum” which means “to throw something forwards”. A specified project consist also a strategy along with the gathering and developing the following information these are OBJECTIVES, ASSUMPTION, LIMITATION and SCOPE. Progressive elaboration is a characteristic of projects that accompanies the concepts of temporary and unique. It is also means developing in steps, and continuing by increments. Project has its nature, it has been said to our first discussion that all project are work, but not all work is a project. Project is and what the users hope to achieve by undertaking the project. This phase also includes a list of project deliverables, the outcome of a specific set of activities.
• A project can produce product that is being manufacture is produced countable of such any item.
• A project can also perform a service, just like distribution or production.
• A product can operate a result such as documents or outcomes.
The exceptional or the uniqueness of a project is important characteristics of a project deliverables. Just like a building of a house of course you have to consider the different design, different owner and different locations. It is important to signify a unique project.According to PMBOK, projects can involve many organizational units like partnership. It is also involve the strategic considerations and these are
• A market demand
• An organizational need
• A customer request
• A technological advance
• A legal requirement
To site some samples of project are as follows:
• Developing a clinic system
• Designing a new body paint car
• Constructing a high ways
• Building an electric system for community
• Implementing a new business proposal
• Inventing a prescribe medicine
• Preparing a dinner for party
• Saving money for a business proposal
Those are some of the project examples that take place at any times. It might result in two ways -successfully or fail at the end. Based in our personal experience last semester in our System Analysis and Design, we haven’t pass the deliverables on time due to some constraints such as lack of time management and focusing on the project scope but not involving cost. We have numerous phases to pass. However we are not able to disseminate it on time or deadline. I remembered Mr. Randy Gamboa’s perception on why do projects are do failed it is because of “US”. He said that we should have the biggest responsibility and we are older enough to patch those things well. That’s one thing almost all the student under the said subject have been the incomplete marks.
What is management? In my own opinion, management is the administration of a business controlling, monitoring and closing a certain project. Managers, directors and executives consider as the management of an organization of a business. From Wikipedia the free internet encyclopedia stated that a management in all business areas and organizational activities are the acts of getting people together to accomplish desired goals and objectives efficiently and effectively. Management comprises planning, organizing, staffing, leading or directing, and controlling an organization or effort for the purpose of accomplishing a goal. The words ‘manage ‘comes from an Italian “maneggiare” which means to handle. Consequently management could give its approval or disapproval to any propose project.
The term management also involved a group of function undertaken to accomplish task successfully. In the simplest of terms, management is all about ‘getting done’. However, it is the way and the process how ones specific target or goals. The management is recently or early defined, but it is already existed in the time that the men knows how and learning in organizing, strategies or by simply planning. Just like you are going to develop a certain clinic system for the school, in order to manage this project you have to know first the specification, estimated time frame and the budget or cost if it necessary. The men before in World War undertake and strive for the winning battle, that time management already exists since they are start learning in formulating tactics on how to win a game. At the roots, management evolve the definition of knowledge became practically reasonable.
There are two men involved with their skillful and decent noble about management Rousseau and Peter Drucker. In some way I once read an article along with the line of Rousseau year back in 1972, he pointed out that “A real knowledge of things may be a good thing in itself, but the knowledge of men and their opinions is better, for in human society.” This means that having a good idea for the things may be good thing itself but it is better to have a proficient idea or knowledge for the common good of many to have the benefits and advantage of that particular knowledge just like a society. And much later a person named Peter Drucker in 1993 impart his own definition of management as “Supplying knowledge to find out how existing knowledge can best be applied to produce results is, in effect, what we mean by management. But knowledge is now also being applied systematically and purposefully to determine what new knowledge is needed, whether it is feasible, and what has to be done to make knowledge effective. It is being applied, in other words, to systematic innovation.” From the above definition, it is clear that management is a creative and a systematic or organize flow of knowledge that can be applied in the produce result by using human as well as other resources in an effective way. Management is not been limited to the managing of human resource or supply, today management is now segregated into various branch since different person has its different perspective on the description on management like financial management, strategic management, operations management, time management, crisis management, marketing management etc. Each of these is a separate branch that is being handled by managers who specialize in these fields.
From a respective internet source, management has its two approaches or methods:
• The industrial organizational approach. This approach is based on economic theory which deals with issues like competitive rivalry, resource allocation, economies of scale. Thus industrial approach signify the economic or financial state of issues, it involves capital, resources and sources theory of things.
• The sociological approach. When we say sociological or the other term cultural method it deals primarily to the human interaction r relationship towards the other characteristics and behavior matter in this method.
Another theory based on a site, management is both art and science. It is the art of making people more effective or producing than they would have been without you. The science is in how you do that. There are four basic pillars: plan, organize, direct, and monitor.
• Plan. Management starts on planning. Without a plan you can never succeed. The first thing you should do is to observe and think about the project you suppose to achieve. Since you have the numerous and loads of idea of a plan, you have to list all of it to avoid disremember or I should say fail to recall it again when time it’s needed. After planning, think and think it deeply to make an assurance if it is the best plan you choose among the rest.
• Organize. Now that you have the good plan you have to make it happen. Is everything is prepare including the person with you utilizing the plan? Is your group prepared and aware of what particular task they are assigning? Are your workers been trained? Are they motivated? Do the research to make sure everything needed to execute the plan is ready to go, or will be when it is needed. Check back to make sure that everyone understands their role and the importance of their role to the overall success.
• Direct. This means you are in the floor to supervise and oversees. As a project manager, he/she needs to direct his worker what to do. You have given your workers the plan with the right number of workers in every department and finally arrange and organize their work. You have the baton to get their attention.
• Monitor. Now that you are assure that everything is now moving, you have to keep your eye on things. Monitor to make it sure that everything on is according to plan. When it is not according to the plan, you have to look on it and adjust the plan. Somehow, it is normal to happens some problems or difficulties. That why you have to motivate and develop a contingency plan in the fist place. You as a manager needs to know every corner of the plan to make an adjustment when is needed.
Because organizations can be viewed as systems, management can also be defined as human action, including design, to facilitate the production of useful outcomes from a system. Management can also refer to the person or people who perform the act(s) of management. It is either an individual or a group.
What is project management? PMBOK describes the Project management as the application of knowledge, skills, tools and techniques to project activities to meet project requirements. Thus it is the accomplishments of the application of initializing, planning, organizing, executing, monitoring and controlling. Another definition of project management it is the science of organizing of component or part of a project. A project isn't something that's part of normal business operations. It's typically created once, it's temporary, and it's specific. As one expert notes, "It has a beginning and an end." Of course a project should have its time frame from the moment where it begins and the time when it is ended. A project consumes resources whether people, cash, materials, or time and it has funding limits.
In making such project, project management takes the responsibility to its stake holders including customer, the performing organization and the public. According to a site, Project management is a carefully planned and organized effort to accomplish a specific (and usually) one-time objective, for example, construct a building or implement a major new computer system. Project management includes developing a project plan, which includes defining and confirming the project goals and objectives, identifying tasks and how goals will be achieved, quantifying the resources needed, and determining budgets and timelines for completion. It also includes managing the implementation of the project plan, along with operating regular 'controls' to ensure that there is accurate and objective information on 'performance' relative to the plan, and the mechanisms to implement recovery actions where necessary A project management is also consisting of system used to manage a project. It can be formal or informal and helps a project manager in effectively guiding a project completion. The system is a set of processes and the related control functions that are combined into functioning as a whole. The project management plan describes how the project management system will be used. The project management system content will vary depending upon the area, organizational influence, complexity of a project and availability of existing systems. The organizational influences shape the system for executing projects within that organization.
In formulating certain project, it is an essential element of project management, the project planning involves the development of action items and scheduling that will keep the project moving forward on a consistent basis. When executed properly, project planning will also include target dates for the completion of each action item, making it possible to move forward with other pending items in an orderly manner. An actual project plan is referred to as an escalation list in some business settings.
Based in my personal experience, we had failed to submit our final project in a certain subject. Why? because we are lack of conscious managing our time. Even though we are acquainted to prepare and organize our schedule. However, our group is incapable of following the right time or schedule doing such deliverables. We are given by our facilitator the end time but we are the one who did the decision to plan the arrangement on how to deal with it. Unfortunately, we lost to finish the project. Another chance has been made. We are more determined enough to finish on it. But the time is surely limited and really short. This time we are looking forward to have the project so that we can finally have the reward ahead of it. With more courage, determination and hard working, we finally did it.
What is Project Planning? A said by a site, some believe that project planning and process planning are the same that is not the case. Both are key elements in project management, but the focus of each element is complimentary approving rather than alike. Process planning focuses more on the selection of resources needed for the project, as well as providing a general framework for achieving the desired end. By contrast, project planning will focus on identifying and arranging the individual tasks required completing each step in the project using the resources identified in the process planning. A project is impossible to have without the accountability of a project manager. Project manager possess leadership, negotiation, selling, team building and motivation, communication and problem solving and decision making. It is essential to require those obligation and concern to the fruitful and prosperous success of a project. Project managers often talk the “triple constraints”- project scope, time and cost in managing a project. Project quality is affected in balancing these three factors. Some site assert that in order to keep the project planning on course, a project manager normally heads up the team charged with the responsibility of implementing each action item or step necessary to complete the project. The manager helps to coordinate the actions of each member of the team, measure progress, and makes decisions regarding changes to the project plan when and as necessary. In general, the project manager will support the team in any way necessary to keep the project moving forward in a timely and cost efficient manner. The project manager is also often directly accountable to company owners and others who are responsible for the overall function of the business.
I admit that I am at my early stage to manage people. But I am older enough to manage a project. Managing people is not easy. However, it can be done successfully. And it can be a very rewarding experience. Remember that management, like any other skill, is something that you can improve at with study and practice. So I have to study and have the expertise on managing how things work. But as I’ve learned it is better to have the leadership than the management. How confusing leadership is different from management, but that’s the truth. In fact Mr. Randy Gamboa pointed that we are all born to be a leader it is depend upon us how to influence and promotes new direction or even inspire other people in your own way. While in management you are to existing directions as efficiently as possible. In other words, workers under its manager is being manage and lost its freedom to whatever he/she wants to do. It is been said that leaders are portrayed as emotionally engaging, visionary and inspiring, while an inspiring manager motivates us to work harder to get a tough job done on time. Leaders don’t need any position or a ruler of its own power. The truth is that managers are by virtue of their positions and they only show leadership when they influence people informally. It’s good thing to know that I Cherilyn Lagare is born to be a leader in my own stand and set to be their standard. Clap clap clap!
• What is a project?
• What is management?
• What is project management?
Few minutes is just given to us for answering. Then I wrote my personal suggestion about it. In spite of limited idea was been justified because we are not able to read in advance the electronic book. After that, pointed students were given a chance to share the stuff they wrote and comprehend about the Project, Management and Project management. I find out that TOR which stands for Terms of Reference, this TOR indicates the calculated time, budget and specification of a particular project. I also learned about SMART. It is once said that every project must have its SMART objectives. Which stands for Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Reliable and Time bounded shared before his professor. Not knowing that Sir Randy has its own SMARTER idea, added with ER which is Enjoyable and Reward. Then he said that it was his way to have the 1.0 grade in his during that time.
What is a project? To define what is project for me, it is anything a product or a service that is going be done accordingly. A project must consider finishing in a time bounded and a time frame that was given. In addition to that, according to the PMBOK, Project is a temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product, service or a result. From a reliable source, a project in business and science is a collaborative enterprise, frequently involving research or design that is carefully to achieve a particular aim. A project might see anywhere where it involves people or the source of a project. A project creates a unique deliverables, which are products, services and or results. The site Wikipedia stated that project comes from Latin word “projectum” which means “to throw something forwards”. A specified project consist also a strategy along with the gathering and developing the following information these are OBJECTIVES, ASSUMPTION, LIMITATION and SCOPE. Progressive elaboration is a characteristic of projects that accompanies the concepts of temporary and unique. It is also means developing in steps, and continuing by increments. Project has its nature, it has been said to our first discussion that all project are work, but not all work is a project. Project is and what the users hope to achieve by undertaking the project. This phase also includes a list of project deliverables, the outcome of a specific set of activities.
• A project can produce product that is being manufacture is produced countable of such any item.
• A project can also perform a service, just like distribution or production.
• A product can operate a result such as documents or outcomes.
The exceptional or the uniqueness of a project is important characteristics of a project deliverables. Just like a building of a house of course you have to consider the different design, different owner and different locations. It is important to signify a unique project.According to PMBOK, projects can involve many organizational units like partnership. It is also involve the strategic considerations and these are
• A market demand
• An organizational need
• A customer request
• A technological advance
• A legal requirement
To site some samples of project are as follows:
• Developing a clinic system
• Designing a new body paint car
• Constructing a high ways
• Building an electric system for community
• Implementing a new business proposal
• Inventing a prescribe medicine
• Preparing a dinner for party
• Saving money for a business proposal
Those are some of the project examples that take place at any times. It might result in two ways -successfully or fail at the end. Based in our personal experience last semester in our System Analysis and Design, we haven’t pass the deliverables on time due to some constraints such as lack of time management and focusing on the project scope but not involving cost. We have numerous phases to pass. However we are not able to disseminate it on time or deadline. I remembered Mr. Randy Gamboa’s perception on why do projects are do failed it is because of “US”. He said that we should have the biggest responsibility and we are older enough to patch those things well. That’s one thing almost all the student under the said subject have been the incomplete marks.
What is management? In my own opinion, management is the administration of a business controlling, monitoring and closing a certain project. Managers, directors and executives consider as the management of an organization of a business. From Wikipedia the free internet encyclopedia stated that a management in all business areas and organizational activities are the acts of getting people together to accomplish desired goals and objectives efficiently and effectively. Management comprises planning, organizing, staffing, leading or directing, and controlling an organization or effort for the purpose of accomplishing a goal. The words ‘manage ‘comes from an Italian “maneggiare” which means to handle. Consequently management could give its approval or disapproval to any propose project.
The term management also involved a group of function undertaken to accomplish task successfully. In the simplest of terms, management is all about ‘getting done’. However, it is the way and the process how ones specific target or goals. The management is recently or early defined, but it is already existed in the time that the men knows how and learning in organizing, strategies or by simply planning. Just like you are going to develop a certain clinic system for the school, in order to manage this project you have to know first the specification, estimated time frame and the budget or cost if it necessary. The men before in World War undertake and strive for the winning battle, that time management already exists since they are start learning in formulating tactics on how to win a game. At the roots, management evolve the definition of knowledge became practically reasonable.
There are two men involved with their skillful and decent noble about management Rousseau and Peter Drucker. In some way I once read an article along with the line of Rousseau year back in 1972, he pointed out that “A real knowledge of things may be a good thing in itself, but the knowledge of men and their opinions is better, for in human society.” This means that having a good idea for the things may be good thing itself but it is better to have a proficient idea or knowledge for the common good of many to have the benefits and advantage of that particular knowledge just like a society. And much later a person named Peter Drucker in 1993 impart his own definition of management as “Supplying knowledge to find out how existing knowledge can best be applied to produce results is, in effect, what we mean by management. But knowledge is now also being applied systematically and purposefully to determine what new knowledge is needed, whether it is feasible, and what has to be done to make knowledge effective. It is being applied, in other words, to systematic innovation.” From the above definition, it is clear that management is a creative and a systematic or organize flow of knowledge that can be applied in the produce result by using human as well as other resources in an effective way. Management is not been limited to the managing of human resource or supply, today management is now segregated into various branch since different person has its different perspective on the description on management like financial management, strategic management, operations management, time management, crisis management, marketing management etc. Each of these is a separate branch that is being handled by managers who specialize in these fields.
From a respective internet source, management has its two approaches or methods:
• The industrial organizational approach. This approach is based on economic theory which deals with issues like competitive rivalry, resource allocation, economies of scale. Thus industrial approach signify the economic or financial state of issues, it involves capital, resources and sources theory of things.
• The sociological approach. When we say sociological or the other term cultural method it deals primarily to the human interaction r relationship towards the other characteristics and behavior matter in this method.
Another theory based on a site, management is both art and science. It is the art of making people more effective or producing than they would have been without you. The science is in how you do that. There are four basic pillars: plan, organize, direct, and monitor.
• Plan. Management starts on planning. Without a plan you can never succeed. The first thing you should do is to observe and think about the project you suppose to achieve. Since you have the numerous and loads of idea of a plan, you have to list all of it to avoid disremember or I should say fail to recall it again when time it’s needed. After planning, think and think it deeply to make an assurance if it is the best plan you choose among the rest.
• Organize. Now that you have the good plan you have to make it happen. Is everything is prepare including the person with you utilizing the plan? Is your group prepared and aware of what particular task they are assigning? Are your workers been trained? Are they motivated? Do the research to make sure everything needed to execute the plan is ready to go, or will be when it is needed. Check back to make sure that everyone understands their role and the importance of their role to the overall success.
• Direct. This means you are in the floor to supervise and oversees. As a project manager, he/she needs to direct his worker what to do. You have given your workers the plan with the right number of workers in every department and finally arrange and organize their work. You have the baton to get their attention.
• Monitor. Now that you are assure that everything is now moving, you have to keep your eye on things. Monitor to make it sure that everything on is according to plan. When it is not according to the plan, you have to look on it and adjust the plan. Somehow, it is normal to happens some problems or difficulties. That why you have to motivate and develop a contingency plan in the fist place. You as a manager needs to know every corner of the plan to make an adjustment when is needed.
Because organizations can be viewed as systems, management can also be defined as human action, including design, to facilitate the production of useful outcomes from a system. Management can also refer to the person or people who perform the act(s) of management. It is either an individual or a group.
What is project management? PMBOK describes the Project management as the application of knowledge, skills, tools and techniques to project activities to meet project requirements. Thus it is the accomplishments of the application of initializing, planning, organizing, executing, monitoring and controlling. Another definition of project management it is the science of organizing of component or part of a project. A project isn't something that's part of normal business operations. It's typically created once, it's temporary, and it's specific. As one expert notes, "It has a beginning and an end." Of course a project should have its time frame from the moment where it begins and the time when it is ended. A project consumes resources whether people, cash, materials, or time and it has funding limits.
In making such project, project management takes the responsibility to its stake holders including customer, the performing organization and the public. According to a site, Project management is a carefully planned and organized effort to accomplish a specific (and usually) one-time objective, for example, construct a building or implement a major new computer system. Project management includes developing a project plan, which includes defining and confirming the project goals and objectives, identifying tasks and how goals will be achieved, quantifying the resources needed, and determining budgets and timelines for completion. It also includes managing the implementation of the project plan, along with operating regular 'controls' to ensure that there is accurate and objective information on 'performance' relative to the plan, and the mechanisms to implement recovery actions where necessary A project management is also consisting of system used to manage a project. It can be formal or informal and helps a project manager in effectively guiding a project completion. The system is a set of processes and the related control functions that are combined into functioning as a whole. The project management plan describes how the project management system will be used. The project management system content will vary depending upon the area, organizational influence, complexity of a project and availability of existing systems. The organizational influences shape the system for executing projects within that organization.
In formulating certain project, it is an essential element of project management, the project planning involves the development of action items and scheduling that will keep the project moving forward on a consistent basis. When executed properly, project planning will also include target dates for the completion of each action item, making it possible to move forward with other pending items in an orderly manner. An actual project plan is referred to as an escalation list in some business settings.
Based in my personal experience, we had failed to submit our final project in a certain subject. Why? because we are lack of conscious managing our time. Even though we are acquainted to prepare and organize our schedule. However, our group is incapable of following the right time or schedule doing such deliverables. We are given by our facilitator the end time but we are the one who did the decision to plan the arrangement on how to deal with it. Unfortunately, we lost to finish the project. Another chance has been made. We are more determined enough to finish on it. But the time is surely limited and really short. This time we are looking forward to have the project so that we can finally have the reward ahead of it. With more courage, determination and hard working, we finally did it.
What is Project Planning? A said by a site, some believe that project planning and process planning are the same that is not the case. Both are key elements in project management, but the focus of each element is complimentary approving rather than alike. Process planning focuses more on the selection of resources needed for the project, as well as providing a general framework for achieving the desired end. By contrast, project planning will focus on identifying and arranging the individual tasks required completing each step in the project using the resources identified in the process planning. A project is impossible to have without the accountability of a project manager. Project manager possess leadership, negotiation, selling, team building and motivation, communication and problem solving and decision making. It is essential to require those obligation and concern to the fruitful and prosperous success of a project. Project managers often talk the “triple constraints”- project scope, time and cost in managing a project. Project quality is affected in balancing these three factors. Some site assert that in order to keep the project planning on course, a project manager normally heads up the team charged with the responsibility of implementing each action item or step necessary to complete the project. The manager helps to coordinate the actions of each member of the team, measure progress, and makes decisions regarding changes to the project plan when and as necessary. In general, the project manager will support the team in any way necessary to keep the project moving forward in a timely and cost efficient manner. The project manager is also often directly accountable to company owners and others who are responsible for the overall function of the business.
I admit that I am at my early stage to manage people. But I am older enough to manage a project. Managing people is not easy. However, it can be done successfully. And it can be a very rewarding experience. Remember that management, like any other skill, is something that you can improve at with study and practice. So I have to study and have the expertise on managing how things work. But as I’ve learned it is better to have the leadership than the management. How confusing leadership is different from management, but that’s the truth. In fact Mr. Randy Gamboa pointed that we are all born to be a leader it is depend upon us how to influence and promotes new direction or even inspire other people in your own way. While in management you are to existing directions as efficiently as possible. In other words, workers under its manager is being manage and lost its freedom to whatever he/she wants to do. It is been said that leaders are portrayed as emotionally engaging, visionary and inspiring, while an inspiring manager motivates us to work harder to get a tough job done on time. Leaders don’t need any position or a ruler of its own power. The truth is that managers are by virtue of their positions and they only show leadership when they influence people informally. It’s good thing to know that I Cherilyn Lagare is born to be a leader in my own stand and set to be their standard. Clap clap clap!
RESOURCES:
PMBOK 3rd Edition
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_management
http://www.projectperfect.com.au/info_lessons_learned.php
http://management.about.com/cs/projectmanagement/a/PM101.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project
http://www.mpug.com/Pages/WhatisProjectManagement.aspx
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-project-planning.htm
http://www.suite101.com/content/what-is-management--a11258
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