[...]... in Project Management Along with providing information on project management through publications, conferences and local meetings, PMI certifies project managers as Project Management Professionals (PMP) The PMP requirements include education, considerable experience working on projects, and extensive knowledge in the Project Management field, tested via a rigorous exam This organization defines 39 project. .. typical projects that might be encountered in telecommunications are described These projects will be subsequently used to illustrate project management concepts throughout the book, although the illustrations will not be limited to these projects This chapter also introduces the general concepts of Project Management, with an overview of each area, as a basis for the more detailed discussion in the chapters... rather than the project So they are not relevant in a discussion of project management, even though they are very relevant in completing those projects encompassing them In other words, the focus is on the project, not on the product or service that the project is producing The accepted base of Project Management processes and process areas is defined by an organization called the Project Management Institute... Thanks to Kim Bell for many late hours pulling the material together, to Keith Farndale for reviewing the entire manuscript, and for John Desmond for many edits and rewrites of some portions Introduction Introduction to Project Management in Telecommunications This introductory chapter describes the telecommunications industry value chain in order to look at the types of companies in which telecommunications. .. accept order and payment, keep confidential information secure, provision the products and provide follow-up support for orders as required Thus, the product that any given project must produce, even for the end users, can be one of a very large number of types, sizes and complexities If we are going to talk about Project Management for Telecommunications Managers, we need to cover the tools, techniques,... in the telecommunications environment In particular, the operating company environment will often be used to illustrate which departments are most concerned with different aspects of project management Manufacturing and equipment vendor projects will also receive attention The process areas to be covered are: Integration Project Scope Management Time Management Cost Management Procurement Risk Management. .. working in any area of telecommunications, and it will be understandable and meaningful to anyone working in the telecommunications field PART I PLANNING A PROJECT This page intentionally left blank Chapter 1 PROJECT PLANNING & INTEGRATION We present here, a detailed discussion of Project Planning, showing all the desired contents of the project plan, and discussing the value of the information included... information included in the suggested sections Before we start discussing the details of a project plan, or requirements for projects, it is necessary to understand what we are dealing with Perhaps the best definition of a project is given in A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge, commonly known as the PMBOK®.Guide a publication of the Project Management Institute (PMI) The ® PMBOK Guide... areas involved in Project Management, and defines most project related terms 1 Definition of a project The definition of a project which is given in the PMBOK® Guide is “A Project is a temporary endeavour undertaken to create a unique product or service.” Let’s think about this definition A project is a temporary endeavour This means that there should be a start, and a finish to every project And it should... application area of telecommunications What defines success? Project managers are generally very ambitious and driven individuals, who live for success No one takes on a project hoping for failure Complacency regarding the project success is also not normal So, to succeed, we need to be aware of the factors that will cause people to rate a project as successful What is it that makes a project successful? . People 17 3 Chapter 10 Quality 2 01 Chapter 11 Ethics 215 Chapter 12 Earned Value 219 PART III Roles of Team Members 225 Chapter 13 Sales & Marketing 227 Chapter 14 Senior Management. Management 2 31 Chapter 15 Project Management 237 Chapter 16 Engineering 245 Chapter 17 Operations 249 Chapter 18 Purchasing 259 Chapter 19 Project Management Summary and Trends 2 61 Acknowledgments. Creation 85 Chapter 6 Procurement 11 3 Chapter 7 Budget 13 3 PART II Running a Project 15 7 Chapter 8 Communications 15 9 viii Project Management for Telecommunications Managers Chapter 9