project management methodologies

Benefits of methodologies to manage a project are:

• ·         Produce a standard set of developer training

• ·         Transfer staff more easily between projects

• ·         Can gain software easier

• ·         easily read and understood

• ·         Avoid thinking time about how to tackle each task

Limitations of methodologies to manage a project are:

·         Can make tasks harder when in fact there simple

·         More training to employees

·         More money invested

·         Time lost 

Princes2 stands for project in controlled environment. This is a method of project management. It’s one of the methods with businesses use to make their tasks easier and quicker to finish. Prince2 was published in 1996. This is used widely by UK government and is known in the private sector worldwide. It divides the project into manageable and controllable stages. Princes2 has eight processes which are the following:

1.  Starting up a project
2. Preparation
3.  Initialling a project
4.   Directing  project
5. Controlling a stage
6. Managing product delivery
7. Managing stage boundaries
8. Closing a project.

Company-specific methodology

Company specific methodology is when a company usually takes the standard methodology and changes some of the aspects of them to suite their preferences. The alteration made varies from companies for example organisations which have outsources there network won’t need the methodology for network projects.

The difference between company specific methodology and Prince2 is that price2 follows a strict law and has eight processing stages however company specific methodology does not and the company makes changes to the methodology to suite there standards. Prince2 was designed as a UK government standard. Company specific methodology is a more flexible than Prince2.   

project tools

Brainstorm

Brainstorming is a way in which a business can note down some ideas how the project is to be organised. Brainstorming is usually written in words or some sentences to not make it to complex. For example when organising a party you have to write down bits of information about where, who, when and other stuff.

Gantt chart

A Gantt chart is simple a chart showing how long all the tasks should take. This is very useful to an organisation as it tells them exactly how long each task should take and when the tasks will finish. Organisations create Gantt charts not only to show them self’s how long each task will take but also show the customer.

 

Pert chart

Pert stands for program evaluation and review technique. A pert chart is a project management tool which coordinates tasks within the project. Pert charts estimate the time taken for each task with determines the critical path. Pert charts are used in businesses to manage their time and to see how long the tasks will take and if they could find a shorter time.

 

Critical path analysis

A critical path method is finding the minimum time needed to complete a project. They start at the first stage and go round all the tasks by calculating with one is the fastest and how to get there.  This benefits a project team because they can finish the project in a shorter amount of time which can reduce spending and other materials. Critical path analysis works by obeying a simple rule that is a task can’t start until the previous task has finished. For example the implementation of the project can’t start without the design of the project being competed.