Project Management Battlefield Book Summary:
If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle. This famous quote from the 2,000 year old military classic, The Art of War, has been applied to business as much as warfare in modern times. PMBOK®, the Project Management Body of Knowledge, published by PMI®, is an international standard, recognized worldwide for enabling professionals and organizations to deliver value.
Learn the Art of Project Management
Project managers need a warrior’s strategic thinking
Project managers must constantly remain vigilant against risks
Project managers must be able to lead the team like a general and instill discipline as a general does
4. Context
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What is a project
What is project management
What is war
Why is project management similar to war
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5. The PMBOK®
• PMBOK® - A Guide to the Project
Management Body of Knowledge
• The Project Management Institute (PMI®)
published it in 1983 as white paper
• First edition was published in 1996
• Revisions every four years
• So far five editions have been published
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6. The PMBOK®
• It describes the project being managed as a
collection of processes
• Processes overlap and interact throughout a
project or its various phases
• The project management life cycle has five
process groups and nine knowledge areas
• Consistent with ISO 9000 and CMMI
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7. The PMBOK® - Contents
• Process Groups
Initiating
Clear
Closing
Concise
A foundation for
daily tasks
Project
Management
Lifecycle
Monitoring
and
Controlling
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Planning
Executing
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8. The PMBOK® - Contents
• Knowledge Areas
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Clear
Integration Management
Scope Management
Time Management
Cost Management
Concise
Quality Management
Human Resource Management
Communications Management
A foundation for a
Risk Management
Procurement Management solid Project Plan
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9. The PMBOK® - Contents
• Knowledge Area – A set of processes that focusses on
special area to control a specific aspect of the project
• Each knowledge area is comprised of many processes that
addresses the planning, executing, controlling and
deliverables
• Each knowledge area has
– inputs
– tools and techniques
– outputs
• The processes in knowledge areas occur in more than one
phase of the project management Lifecycle.
• The project management Lifecycle phases may
overlap, consequently, impact the deliverables
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10. The PMBOK® - Contents
The Processes in the Knowledge Areas have to be completed in the overlapping project
management Lifecycle stages
Initiating
Overlapping Phases
Closing
Changes
Planning
Budget
Scope
Conflicts
Monitoring
and
Controlling
Integration Management
Scope Management
Time Management
Cost Management
Quality Management
Human Resource
Management
Communications
Management
Risk Management
Procurement Management
Executing
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16. The War
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Must have objectives
Must contribute to the growth of the nation
Results in expansion of boundaries
Needs planning
Demands cost estimates and resource planning
Requires a General who can lead with courage
Requires information gathering
Needs to be waged in such a way that helps in
capturing advantageous positions
• General must be aware of the environment in the
battlefield
• Emphasizes on not repeating the mistakes
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17. The Art of War
• Sun Tzu wrote it around 2500 years back
• Comprised of thirteen chapters on various
aspects of war
• Meant for experienced generals
• Considered as a bible of ‘management’
• Teaches about winning wars without fighting
• Is a mandatory reading in many organizations
• Has helped in developing organizational
strategies world over
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18. Project Management Battlefield
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First in the trilogy
Rest of the two books are being written
Compares the ‘The Art of War’ with PMBOK®
Each Knowledge area of PMBOK® is covered and
has similarities with The Art of War
• Provides evidence that the essential philosophy
behind the strategies of war and the project
management remain the same
• Goes beyond PMBOK® and delivers valuable
lessons for the project manager
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19. Project Management Battlefield
Project
• Objectives
• Expansion in the new
markets
• Market share and share
price
• Profits
• Investments
• Skills are a must
War
• Objectives
• Expansion of nation's
boundaries
• Political gains and prestige
• Profits
• Investments
• Skills are a must
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20. Project Management Battlefield
Project
War
• Flexibles plans to meet
the objectives of the
projects
• The alliance must be
with the right partners
• Dependencies on
Project Manager
• Flexible Plans to gain
advantage on the
battlefield
• The alliance must be
with the right partners
• Dependencies on The
General
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21. Project Management Battlefield
Project
• Doesn’t work without the
team
• Time bound
• Organization’s and the
project’s environment
affects the project’s
outcome
• Long projects are not good
for Co.
War
• The army must act like a
team
• Time bound
• Environment of the
battlefield and the nation
affects the outcome of the
war
• Long wars usually bankrupt
a nation
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22. Project Management Battlefield
• The book has two parts
• Part I is about the similarities between war
and projects
• Each process in every knowledge area has
similarity with the Sun Tzu’s The Art of War
• The last chapter is dedicated to the lessons to
the project manager that go beyond PMBOK®
• Part II is the reader’s free copy of The Art of
War
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ProjectA project is temporary in that it has a defined beginning and end in time, and therefore defined scope and resources.And a project is unique in that it is not a routine operation, but a specific set of operations designed to accomplish a singular goal. So a project team often includes people who don’t usually work together – sometimes from different organizations and across multiple geographies.Project management, then, is the application of knowledge, skills and techniques to execute projects effectively and efficiently. It’s a strategic competency for organizations, enabling them to tie project results to business goals — and thus, better compete in their markets.Webstera state or period of fighting between countries or groupsa situation in which people or groups compete with or fight against each otheran organized effort by a government or other large organization to stop or defeat something that is viewed as dangerous or bad