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PROJECT MANAGEMENT GROWTH: THE STAGE-GATE PROCESS

When companies recognize the need to begin developing processes for project management, the starting point is normally the stage-gate process. The stage-gate process was created because the traditional organizational structure was designed primarily for top-down, centralized management, control, and communications, all of which were no longer practical for organizations that use project management and horizontal work flow.

THE MANY FACES OF SUCCESS IN PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Historically, the definition of success has been meeting the customer’s expectations regardless of whether or not the customer is internal …

Project Management Growth: RESISTANCE TO CHANGE

Why was project management so difficult for companies to accept and implement? The answer is shown in Figure 2–7. Historically, …

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Project Management Growth: Concepts 1985 –2003

By the 1990s, companies had begun to realize that implementing project management was a necessity, not a choice. The question …