1. Define a project. What are five characteristics which help differentiate projects
from other functions carried out in the daily operations of the organization?
A project is a complex, non routine, one-time effort limited by time, budget, resource,
and specifications. Differentiating charact...
Project Management The Managerial
Process Larson 6th Edition Solutions
Manual
, Chapter 1
MODERN PROJECT MANAGEMENT
1. What Is a Project?
A. What a Project Is Not
B. The Project Life Cycle
C. The Project Manager
D. Being Part of a Project Team
2. Current Drivers of Project Management
A. Compression of the Product Life Cycle
B. Knowledge Explosion
C. Triple Bottom Line
D. Corporate Downsizing
D. Increased Customer Focus
E. Small Projects Represent Big Problems
3. Project Governance
A. Alignment of Projects with Organizational Strategy
4. Project Management Today: A Socio-Technical Approach
5. Summary
6. Text Overview
7. Key Terms
8. Review Questions
9. Exercises
10. Case: A Day in the Life
Chapter Objectives
To explain why project management is crucial in today’s world
To define a project and differentiate projects from routine operations
To establish the importance of projects in implementing organization strategy
To establish that managing projects is an act of balancing the technical and
sociocultural sides of the project.
Review Questions
2 PROJECT MANAGEMENT: THE MANAGERIAL PROCESS
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