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Vol. XI Issue XII - December 2009
Project Management eJournal
PM CASE STUDY:
The Rosario Habitat Program Experience Project Management Applied To Government
By Ana Maria Rodriguez, MSE, PMP
International Correspondent for PMForum & PM World Today
and
Adriana Salomón, Architect
Rosario Hábitat Program Coordinator
Rosario, Argentina
This article continues to document the experience of the Rosario Habitat Program (RHP), developed since 2000 by the Public Housing Service of the City of Rosario (Argentina), in which many Project Management practices have been implemented since its inception. In the previous edition of PM World Today we presented the background to the Rosario Habitat Program and the application of the conceptual framework of Project Management in the same. In this paper we examine specifically the application of the concepts of Integration, Scope, Time and Cost Management in the Rosario Habitat Program.
Project Integration Management
The director of each project under Rosario Habitat has the mission of integrate all of the processes and activities in order to achieve its objectives. It is his/her responsibility to avoid team members take priority actions for one issue without considering the effects it will have on other aspects.
Once the initial formulation and executive formulation of each project are done (which give up the project, define its scope and management plan) the work performed is overseeing and integrated control of changes is done through the following mechanisms:
To read entire paper, click here for (Spanish) or (English)
About the Author
Ms. Ana Maria Rodriguez is founder and manager of ERA Project Management, offering consulting services to the Engineering and Construction Industry in Rosario, Argentina, and is an adjunct professor of project management at the Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Colombian by birth, Ms. Rodriguez graduated with a Civil Engineering Degree from Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Bogota and from the University of Texas at Austin, USA with a Masters Degree in Construction Engineering and Project Management (MSE). Ms Rodriguez has implemented Project Management best practices and managed projects both in the government sector and in the engineering and construction private sector. Ms. Rodriguez is also an active member of PMI in Argentina, and is an international correspondent for PMForum and PM World Today in Argentina. Additional information about Ms. Rodriguez can be found at http://www.pmforum.org/pm%20forum%20team/index.htm. Ms. Rodriguez welcomes contact at arodriguezdev@gmail.com also at www.erapm.com.ar .
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About the Author
Adriana Salomón is an architect, graduated from the Universidad Nacional de Rosario. She has served as General Coordinator for the Rosario Habitat Program, managing the simultaneous implementation of several projects. Ms. Salomón is Partner and Manager of Prohábitat XXI, providing consulting services design, management and evaluation of projects at various state agencies, civil society organizations and private companies since 1996. She was Director of Land and Housing of the City of Zarate. Adriana has extensive experience in coordinating interdisciplinary teams, management and evaluation of social projects, also in the creation of facilitation spaces between different actors in public policy. She has led institutional change processes and development of social programs management tools. Additional information can be found in www.prohabitat.com.ar. Adriana Salomon can be reached at adrianasalomon@gmail.com
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