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All information, quotes, graphs, tables & charts included within my Project Management Blog Postings have been taken from my course textbook:
IT Project Management, Fifth Edition
Authored by Kathy Schwalbe
Authored by Kathy Schwalbe
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What is a Project?It's a temporary endeavor to create a a unique product , service or result.
Attributes
A project has a unique purpose: a singleness of purpose directs the project and keeps the focus on the one unique purpose as opposed to doing too many things at once.Having a beginning and an end time allows for time goals.
By managing projects an organization has advantages of:
- better control of financial,physical and human relations
- improve customer relations shorter development times
- lower costs and improved productivity
- higher quality and increased reliability
- higher profit margins better internal coordination
- positive impact on meeting strategic goals
- higher work moral
