Project management is the application of processes, methods, skills, knowledge and experience to achieve specific project objectives according to the project acceptance criteria within agreed parameters. Project management has final deliverables that are constrained to a finite timescale and budget.
DEFINING THE FUNCTIONAL EMPLOYEE’S ROLE Once the line managers commit to the deliverables, it is the responsibility of the assigned functional employees to achieve the functional deliverables. For years the functional employees were called subordinates.…
DEFINING THE PROJECT MANAGER’S ROLE The project manager is responsible for coordinating and integrating activities across multiple, functional lines. The integration activities performed by the project manager include:● Integrating the activities necessary to develop a…
DEFINING PROJECT SUCCESS In the previous section, we defined project success as the completion of an activity within the constraints of time, cost, and performance. This was the definition used for the past twenty years…
INTRODUCTION Executives will be facing increasingly complex challenges during the next decade. These challenges will be the result of high escalation factors for salaries and raw materials, increased union demands, pressure from stockholders, and the…