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Project Management

Introduction

Module 1: Projects and Project Lifecycle

What is a Project?

Project Management?

Personal Projects

Project Lifecycle

Benefits

Fast-tracking

Summary

Hints and Tips

Module 2: Project Teams and Roles

Management

Project Teams

Running a Project

Uncertainty

Success/Failure

Summary

Hints and Tips

Resources

What is a project? 1

What is a project?
Projects are diverse. They range in type and size but all have similar characteristics or features, including:

  • Objectives

  • Deliverables Aims/Outcomes

  • Temporary concentration of resources

  • Budget/Resources

  • Uncertainty/Risk

  • Lifecycle

  • Stakeholder expectations

  • Scope (what's in, what's not)

    Definitions icon

    Some definitions of a project:

    'Unique venture with a beginning and an end conducted by people to meet established goals within parameters of cost schedule and quality.'
    (Buchanan and Boddy 1992)

    'A project is a set of activities which has a defined start point, a defined end state, pursues a defined goal and uses a defined set of resource.'
    (Slack et al 1998)

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