E-BOOK FINAL YEAR RPOJECT

INTRODUCTION
What is a Project?
A project is “a temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product, service or
result.” (Project Management Institute, Inc., 2004). Project ends when their objectives
have been reached or the project has been terminated. (Schwalbe, 2006).
Attributes of a Project
The attributes of a project are as the following:
1. Has unique purpose
A project should have unique and specific purpose. For example: “To design Voice
over IP (VoIP) network for entire Mukah town ship.”
2. Temporary
A project will end when all objectives have been reached.
3. Developed using progressive elaboration
A project should be developed in increments, phase-by-phase, and the result or
findings on each phase should be explained and recorded.
4. Requires resources
Resources included people, hardware, software or other assets.
5. Have primary customer
A project must have primary customer. For whom the project was developed? In
the case of the project to design Voice over IP (VoIP) network for entire Mukah
town ship, the primary customer could be Mukah District Council.
Triple Constraint
Every project has limitations and constraints. In project management, these limitations
are referred as Triple Constraint, which forced project manager considering project
scope, time and cost with the following consideration:
Scope : what customer or client expect from the project? List all works to be done
during project development. Project scope does not need to be grand or superb, it
must meet customer requirements. Besides, the most important is your project
development team has skills and knowledge needed to reach the project scope.
Time : How much time should it take to complete the project? Project manager
should plan strategies to manage all tasks to be done on time. Gantt chart is the
most helpful tools on time management.
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