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Although managing projects has been going on for thousands of years, the practice has only recently been recognized as a discipline in its own right. Suddenly master's-level degree programs are springing up at schools throughout the world, and certificate programs are being offered as well. Not only that, but some organizations have begun to ask their contractors to provide only project managers who have been certified as professionals by the Project Management Institute, the professional society for practitioners.
Project management is a crucial expertise in today's modern society. To be able to define, plan, execute and close a project are the mains phases of a project.According to the International Journal of Project Management, Project Management is the combination of the technical skills and planning which lead the accomplishment of unique product by managing process from the point of cost, time, and quality and to diversify the Project constraints to use various resources . It can be identified as "A temporary endeavour undertaken to achieve a particular aim." (2002 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.). It is never on going or continuous it always has an end date. To be able to manage a project effectively a project manager should always consider Time, Scope, cost and quality since these are crucial elements of a project to end successfully. Project Management also very crucially involves a team and the ability for the team to work well together defines how well the project can come along and be put together since managers must plan and arrange with the input of others. Throughout this report interviews with I.T project managers on different elements of Project Management will demonstrate and asses the implications as well as implementations that consist in managing projects, also how managers assess and deal with and skills that have come to be improved over time.
Project Management-The Challenges & Their Resolutions
This paper helps in understanding and reviewing the different types of risks and challenges that are encountered with respect to project management and how various methods can be used to resolve those risks. The main interest of this paper is to analyze the influence of the dynamic and ever-changing environment of projects nowadays. Corporate projects undergo lots of real time changes and these need to be thought of and understood before starting the project so as to avoid any delays or obstruction in the completion of the project. The following are some of the topics that have been analyzed in this paper: What is project management? What are the challenges faced? How can those issues be resolved?
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International Journal of Project Management, 1996
The role of different project management techniques to implement projects successfully has been widely established in areas such as the planning and control of time, cost and quality. In spite of this the distinction between the project and project management is less than precise. This paper aims to identify the overlap between the definition of the project and project management and to discuss how the confusion between the two may affect their relationship. It identifies the different individuals involved on the project and project management, together with their objectives, expectations and influences. It demonstrates how a better appreciation of the distinction between the two will bring a higher possibility of project success.
Application of Project Management Approaches in Running an Organization in Modern Conditions
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It is determined that we formulate the concept of project management as the art and science of effective use of experience, knowledge, skills, tools and methods to meet the expectations of stakeholders in accordance with the criteria of project acceptability within agreed parameters. It is noted that project management is an approach to achiev project goals within organizational structural and resource constraints for internal projects. For external projects there should also be considered political, social, legal and environmental constraints. Five modern approaches to project management are considered, among them: traditional, flexible, waterfall, system approaches in project management and program management approach. While analyzing these approaches their main components were highlighted, as well as substantiated which components are the most effective in project management. Among the highlighted components: defining the role of each member of the project team-because understanding of each area of responsibility will ensure the accuracy and timeliness of all processes; a clearly defined goal of the projectbecause the correctness of the goal determines the direction of movement and development of the project; ensuring transparency of tasks-this means creating a project management system in which all team members can easily and efficiently access all the necessary information about the project.