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Tag: Cordova Research Group

Cordova Research Group spent more than thirty years conducting pure and applied research for a variety of external customers. With the reduction, however, in R&D funding, Cordova decided that the survival of the firm would be based upon becoming a manufacturing firm as well as performing R&D. The R&D culture was close to informal project management with the majority of the personnel holding advanced degrees in technical disciplines. To enter the manufacturing arena would require hiring hundreds of new employees, mostly nondegreed.

A system approach to planning, scheduling and controlling PMP Project Management

PRODUCT VS. PROJECT MANAGEMENT: A DEFINITION

By Ashkan Ghasemi | September 22, 2021September 10, 2022 by Ashkan Ghasemi

For all practical purposes, there is no basic difference between program management and project management. But what about product management? Project management and product management are similar, with one major exception: The project manager focuses…

A system approach to planning, scheduling and controlling PMP Project Management

SYSTEMS, PROGRAMS, AND PROJECTS:
A DEFINITION

By Ashkan Ghasemi | September 21, 2021September 10, 2022 by Ashkan Ghasemi

In the preceding sections the word “systems” has been used rather loosely. The exact definition of a system depends on the users, environment, and ultimate goal. Business practitioners define a system as:A group of elements,…

A system approach to planning, scheduling and controlling PMP Project Management

Project Management Growth: RESISTANCE TO CHANGE

By Ashkan Ghasemi | September 19, 2021September 10, 2022 by Ashkan Ghasemi

Why was project management so difficult for companies to accept and implement? The answer is shown in Figure 2–7. Historically, project management resided only in the project driven sectors of the marketplace. In these sectors,…

A system approach to planning, scheduling and controlling PMP Project Management

Project Management Growth: Concepts 1985 –2003

By Ashkan Ghasemi | September 18, 2021September 10, 2022 by Ashkan Ghasemi

By the 1990s, companies had begun to realize that implementing project management was a necessity, not a choice. The question was not how to implement project management, but how fast could it be done? Table…

A system approach to planning, scheduling and controlling PMP Project Management

Project Management Growth: Concepts 1960 –1985

By Ashkan Ghasemi | September 17, 2021September 10, 2022 by Ashkan Ghasemi

The growth of project management has come about more through necessity than through desire. Its slow growth can be attributed mainly to lack of acceptance of the new management techniques necessary for its successful implementation.…

A system approach to planning, scheduling and controlling PMP Project Management

Project Management Growth: Concepts 1945–1960

By Ashkan Ghasemi | September 17, 2021September 10, 2022 by Ashkan Ghasemi

During the 1940s, line managers used the concept of over-the-fence management to manage projects. Each line manager, wearing the hat of a project manager, would perform the work necessitated by their line organization, and when…

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