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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? 3

What is a project? (contd)
Work-based projects are diverse, they can:

  • Vary in size and time from a few people over a few days to hundreds of people over many years

  • Be internal to an organisation, or external involving other businesses or even governments

  • Be driven by change, a business opportunity or, more commonly, by a problem

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    Example projects:

    • Designing a new airliner
      (e.g. the Airbus)

    • Developing a new or existing IT system
      (e.g. NATS)

    • Building a new dam
      (e.g. the Yangtse Gorge Dam)

    • Introducing a new business procedure
      (e.g. online airline booking)

    • Building a new road
      (e.g. any motorway)

    • Deploying troops overseas
      (e.g. Afghanistan)

    • Building a new tunnel
      (e.g. the Channel tunnel)

    • Writing and delivering an educational programme
      (e.g. this module)

    • Designing a fashion collection
      (e.g. Versace collection)

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