Project management and the necessary requirements
Project Management refers to the process that consists of different activities such as planning, motivating, organizing, and controlling procedures, resources, and protocols that help to achieve particular goals in daily or scientific problems. In addition, the project is also referred to the temporary endeavor that is designed to create a unique service, product or result (Burke, 2013). The necessary requirements of project management include a defined ending and beginning time (time-constrained), unique objectives and goals, and funding requirements that aimed to add value or bring beneficial change.
Implications of changes in project scheduling
Changes in project schedule can be due to multiple reasons. However, the impact of changes in project scheduling affects the date of project completion, scope, relationship with other project activities, sequence of constructions etc. in addition, the project schedule changes also has other implications (Burke, 2013). For instance, the compression or firmness of the schedule of the project could result in requirement of higher quantities of equipments or labor for using simultaneously. Moreover, higher peak equipment or labor quantities could be more than those that were forecasted originally by the project contractor on the basis of its original schedule baseline, and consequently requires more resources because of the change in project schedule.
An additional possible impact of change in project schedule is the connected efficiency loss or productivity loss. Such types of the inefficiencies are likely to happen on the project schedule changes with large quantity decreases or increases, or with many other different changes. However, in certain cases, the huge scope of schedule changes, or can say the cumulative effect of different changes, might need the workers to work for more hours, more weeks, more work, or word in conditions of crowded site (Burke, 2013). Collectively or individually, these different types of implication for change in project schedule can cause project workers to perform work slowly and less efficiently.
Evaluation of the application of project management techniques in terms of the firm's business operational goals and requirements
Project Management techniques defines the way through which information is gathered and communicated in the most effective and efficient way. However, to do so, different project management tools and techniques are used to achieve the organizational goals. Some of these project management techniques are discussed below (Andersen and Grude, 2009):
Business Change Analysis
This technique helps to combine all the different activities into a sequence in which all the different aspects of operational, managerial, technological and social are considered. However, these aspects are prioritized and identified for appropriate sequencing to obtain maximum benefits.
Critical Path Analysis
This technique helps to identify important and non-important activities that are associated with the work plan or business process and the slack or float amount linked with every non-important activity.
Cycle Time Analysis
This technique evaluates the total length or duration of time that an activity requires to end the project cycle. This is evaluated by the time required for input and transformation to an output. However, in case if the process is accompanied by several activities, then the cycle time will be between new and previous activity finished.
Facilitation
This technique is mostly used by the facilitator or a workshop leader to progress the function of a project team or workshop meeting.
Gap Analysis
This technique evaluates the gap between current performance of the business and the forecasted future goals.
References
Andersen, E. S., and Grude, K. (2009). Goal Directed Project Management: Effective Techniques and Strategies. Kogan Page Publishers
Burke, R. (2013). Project Management Techniques (College Edition). Burke Publishing
