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Project management in R&D

Project management in R&D. Kristian Widén, PhD. Kristian Widén, PhD. I am 41 years young I live in Kävlinge, outside Lund Masters in Civil Engineering, PhD in Construction Management, Innovations difusion in the construction sector. I run a company and I am President in SFK.

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Project management in R&D

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  1. Project management in R&D Kristian Widén, PhD

  2. Kristian Widén, PhD • I am 41 years young • I live in Kävlinge, outside Lund • Masters in Civil Engineering, PhD in Construction Management, Innovations difusion in the construction sector. • I run a company and I am President in SFK

  3. The scope of the course • Two courses • General (4.5 credits) • Basic knowledge on R&D projects and project management in R&D • Specific (4.5 credits) • Report on a selected topic connected to project management in R&D

  4. Course structure • The course follow the general structure of PMBoK • At the end of the course we intend to have some variuos guest lectures giving you example of how it works in practice

  5. Course structure (c’d) • Litterature • You should each choose a project management text book • I recommend to get PMBoK • Any additional llitterature will be handed out

  6. Course structure c’d) • Assignments • Before each lecture you should write one page on the up-coming topic based on your own litterature • Discuss, in groups, the approach to PM related to R&D and present • You should right a short summary of your litterature

  7. What is a project? ?

  8. What is a project? • One defintion is: • A project is a temporary endeavour undertaken to create a unique product, service, or result.

  9. What is a project? • Characteristics • Managed by objectives • Temporary • Unique • Progressive elaboration

  10. Project/Line

  11. Project examples • Develop a new product or service • Implementing an organsiational change • Building a facility • Carry out a political campaign

  12. Types of projects • External • On behalf of someone else • Internal • Internal customer

  13. Academic projects • Research projects • PhD projects

  14. Development projects • New product • New process • New service

  15. What is project management? ?

  16. What is project management? • One definition is: • Project management is the application of knowledge, skills, tools and techniques to project activities to meet project requirements.

  17. What is project management? • Managing a project includes: • Identifying requirements • Establishing clear and achievable objectives • Balansing the competing demands for quality, scope, time and cost • Adapting apting the specifications, plans, and approach to the different concerns and expectations of the variuos stakeholders

  18. History of Projet management • Modern project management started with the Manhattan project • Some tools: • Gantt - chart, 1917, developed by Henry Gantt • PERT - chart 1958, developed by US Navy • PM Software, 1970-talet, developed by the american army and the construction sector • In 1990s, Project management is beginning to be used more generally.

  19. The knowledge areas of PM • Integration • Scope • Time • Cost • Quality • Human resources • Project Communications • Risk • Procurement

  20. Project structure Sub project Main Project Sub project Sub project Plan, Do, Check, Act

  21. Related areas • Program and program management • Portfolio and portfolio management

  22. Project phases • Initial • Idea • Feasability study • Intermidiate • Plan • Baseline • Progress • Acceptance • Final • Handover

  23. Project management process groups • Initiating • Planning • Executing • Monitoring and Controlling • Closing

  24. Organisations • Functional/Line organisation • Projecized Organisation • Matrix organisation (Weak, Balanced, Strong)

  25. Project relations • Obstacles • Cost • Confidentiality • Diference in deadlines • Compeition of resource • Dependence of non-resulting project/closing project • Information flows • Different goals/interests • Exisiting platforms/mindsets • Conecting theories with data/”Real world” • Enablers • Right qualified people in the project • Good colaboration • Finance • Share knowledge • Flexibility among sub-projects • Time-management • Perspectives from others • Needs from outside academia • Data collection in companies • Potential for long time focus • Same field experience

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