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Projects are critical to the success of
any organization. They are the activities that result in new or
changed products, services, environments, processes and
organizations. Projects increase sales, improve customer
satisfaction, reduce costs, improve the work environment, and result
in other benefits.
Project management is a discipline. It
applies principles, concepts, tools and techniques to improve
project performance and organizational effectiveness. Project
management adds value by improving the probability of consistently
successful projects.
Project managers and their managers and
clients must be flexible and adaptable to be effective. Effective PM
recognizes that projects in different environments and of different
types require variations on the basic PM principles. Effective PM
requires ad hoc adjustments, based on moment to moment assessments
of current conditions, within the context of a comprehensive plan
created using sound and consistent methods and relevant past
experience. Effective PM requires collaborative efforts among
project stakeholders (participants, clients and other interested
parties).
As organizations have recognized the
criticality of projects to their success, project management has
become a focal point of improvement efforts. Project management
centers of excellence (e.g., project management offices), training
programs and organization change programs to improve project
management practices are increasingly common parts of strategic
plans to improve organizational effectiveness.
Project management addresses the full
range of activities from the beginning to the end of a project and
addresses the management of multiple projects within programs and
across organizations. PM addresses "technical" skills like
scheduling, cost estimating, and statistical risk management and
encompasses complex disciplines such as scope (product) definition,
procurement management, human resource management and
communications.
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