HRCI PHR – Human Resources Core Knowledge – Functions and Activities

19. Project Management Concepts and Applications (4)

There are a number of tools that can be used to help track project success and key deliverables. First gantt charts. This show the relationships between the project task along with time constraints in graph form a chart with a vertical axis representing activities, a horizontal axis representing time and a closed area. This can also show milestones and other project information. Next is a project schedule. This breaks down project activities into tasks with specific timelines and resources associated with each task.

It is a table comprising information such as project phases, milestones, activities, tasks and the plan start and end date for each task, a program evaluation and review technique or Perth chart. This identifies all major project events and shows the amount of time needed to complete a project. It is a chart displaying estimated activity times along a critical path and the critical path method. This determines the critical path activities and displays the time and cost required to complete a task. A network diagram and a table with details of time and cost associated with the critical activities is also included.

20. Project Management Concepts and Applications – Review

Project management concepts and Applications a Review so here is the next set of review questions. HR professionals need to understand how to manage a variety of projects effectively match steps typically followed in managing a project with actions associated with the steps some activities might not match to a step. Here we have the options clarify issues and gain support, plan, implement, oversee, control and adjust and assess results. And here we have the targets identify the problem that needs to be addressed, select a project manager, motivate team members, monitor work quality and progress, measure outcomes and identify the project benefits. And here is the answer for you to compare. The first step clarifying issues and gaining support is characterized by identifying the problem or initiative that needs to be addressed and gaining support from senior management or executive.

If the project is not supported by management, it will be very difficult to implement and may not be possible at all. The second step of the project management process is the planning phase. Would you select a project manager and team members if they are required? Project managers are responsible for the entire project and other leaders. For example, midlevel managers manage daily team activities. Project manager duties at this stage include leading, collecting and communicating information and allocating resources. This implementation stage is the third step in the process and the one that involves the most effort both in terms of actual work and resources required. Project manager responsibilities at this stage expand to include motivating team members and removing barriers to the team’s progress.

As the implementation process wraps up, the fourth step is performed where the project manager monitors the work quality progress compared to planned schedule and the use of resources needed to complete a project. Project managers must be aware of all risk and barriers that could stall the project’s progress and take decisive action to manage risk. Project managers often carry out assessments at key phases throughout the process in order to monitor and control, and also to develop an effective measure that can be used to measure the project success. In the final step of the project management process, the project manager assesses the outcomes. Assessment includes measurement of the project’s results against the stated objectives and the way in which the project was carried out and managed. You need to identify the project benefits before the project starts. This is one of the early steps in a costbenefit analysis, a method that can be used to determine the viability of a project. There are a number of tools that can be used to help track project success and key deliverables. Match each tool with its use. Not all users will match to a project management tool. Here I have the options Gant chart, project schedule, program evaluation and review technique and critical path method and here have the targets.

Shows the relationship between project task and time constraints breaks down project activities into task identifies all major project events displays the time and cost required to complete a task determines the point in time that the project becomes profitable, and or estimates the dollar amount of qualitative cost and this is the answer for you to compare. A gang chart has a vertical axis representing activities, a horizontal axis representing time, and a plot area. It can also show milestones and other project information. It shows the relationship between the project task along with time constraints. In graph form, a project schedule is a table comprising information such as project phases, milestones, activities, task and planned, start and end, and end date for each task.

It breaks down project activities into tasks with specific timelines and resources associated with each task. The Program Evaluation and Review Technique, or Perth, is a chart displaying estimated activity times in the form of a critical path. It identifies all major project events and shows the amount of time needed to complete a project. The critical path method is a network diagram and a table with details of time and cost associated with critical activities. It determines the critical path activities and displays the time and cost required to complete a task. Determining the point at which a project is or was profitable is done by using a break even analysis. This is not a tool used to help track project success and key deliverables. Estimating the dollar value of qualitative costs, such as employee morale is done by conducting Think a return on investment analysis. An ROI is not a tool used to help track key deliverables and project success.

21. Human Resources Core Knowledge – Functions and Activities

Congratulations. You finished the Human Resources Corps Knowledge, Functions and activities course. In this course, the focus was on HR personnel and administrative responsibilities, such as meeting documentation requirements of various federal laws and regulations, measuring employment attitudes and opinions, and the job analyzes process. We also took a high level view of common budgeting and accounting concepts, qualitative and quantitative analyzing methods, and third party supplier management. You learned about risk management practices, the tools and techniques used to support HR activities such as HR information systems, some common techniques for forecasting HR needs, and you ended with an overview of the project management process.

So in topic one, personal management and administrative Functions, you were introduced to compliance related documentation requirements, method for assessing employee attitudes, opinions and satisfaction, job analyzes techniques and job description, development and employee records management. In topic two, analyzes financial management and vendor management, our focus was on identifying qualitative and quantitative methods and tools for analyzing interpretation, decision making, budgeting concepts, and vendor selection and management. The main challenge for management in an important change is dealing with the uncertainty that is inevitably cost.

So in topic three, tools and Techniques to support HR activities, you were introduced to technologies used to support HR activities, techniques for forecasting and planning, HR activities, and risk management practices. If the project project is not supported by senior management, it will be difficult, if not impossible to implement. So in topic four, project Management Concepts and Applications, the focus was on the basics of the project management process. That’s it. Thank you for watching and see you in the next course.

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