{"id":119,"date":"2009-06-24T10:50:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-24T17:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.psiwebware.com\/blog\/?p=119"},"modified":"2014-02-21T07:45:00","modified_gmt":"2014-02-21T12:45:00","slug":"understanding-project-management","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psiwebware.com\/blog\/cmms-software-7\/understanding-project-management\/","title":{"rendered":"Understanding Project Management"},"content":{"rendered":"

The most basic definition of Project Management is ensuring that work is completed on a defined timeline within a budget.\u00a0 In Facility Management, this means managing a project through the design-build schedule, meeting operational requirements, and staying within budget.\u00a0 (Technical terms always\u00a0make things sound better!)<\/p>\n

To manage projects efficiently, it is best to break down the components and prioritize each component to closely match expected outcomes.<\/p>\n

Some ways to view, prioritize, and manage Projects are by:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dollar Value
\nTimeline
\nAvailable Resources
\nLevel of Effort Required<\/p>\n

Good candidates for Project Management techniques:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Capital Projects
\nDiscretionary Annual Projects
\nPeriodic Work
\nRepair Projects<\/p>\n

Inappropriate candidates for Project Management:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Administration
\nLeasing
\nPreventive Maintenance
\nRoutine Custodial Work
\nUtilities<\/p>\n

When dealing with projects, don\u2019t view each task that needs to be completed as a separate project.\u00a0 This can decrease capital costs, but it will also increase operating and maintenance costs.\u00a0 This type of thinking places barriers that leave little room for alterations.<\/p>\n

Productivity tools such as Facility Maintenance Software<\/a> help manage projects in a number of ways including prioritization, scheduling, labor management, resource allocation, and budget control.\u00a0 These tools can also help with routine custodial work, preventive maintenance, and administrative tasks.<\/p>\n

There will always be\u00a0pressure to minimize initial costs due to the visibility of most projects.\u00a0 Unfortunately, this usually guarantees increasing the life-cycle costs, which can be three times more costly than capital costs throughout the useful life of most equipment.\u00a0 Keeping things simple through organized project management can help minimize project costs without incurring any downsides, resulting in an opportunity for a great return on investment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Keeping things simple through organized project management can help minimize project costs without incurring any downsides, resulting in an opportunity for a great return on investment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[44],"tags":[6,63],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"psp_head":"Understanding Project Management \u2013 PSIwebware - Hometown of TAMS<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Keeping things simple through organized project management can help minimize project costs, resulting in an opportunity for a great return on investment.\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index,follow\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/psiwebware.com\/blog\/cmms-software-7\/understanding-project-management\/\" \/>\r\n","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2ATPx-1V","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/psiwebware.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/psiwebware.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/psiwebware.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psiwebware.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psiwebware.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/psiwebware.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":765,"href":"https:\/\/psiwebware.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119\/revisions\/765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/psiwebware.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psiwebware.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psiwebware.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}