Project management

Management may be defined as;

Getting things done from the available resources,
the way you want them to be done.
Project management defined
Project Management is an all-embracing term
covering the management of every detail of a
project (Project cycle) and may be defined as,
the process of planning and directing a project
from its inception to its final completion.
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Project management (cont.)

Project management decisions - a necessary function for
setting up a project. It is concerned with:

Forecasting
Setting objectives
Policy making

Planning - determines success/failure of project. It has

three (3) main aspects:

Programming
Scheduling and
Budgeting
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Project management (cont.)

Project control - To control is to compare actual
with planned achievements and take action to correct
any adverse deviations. It involves:
Plans of Operation
These are the result of the planning process of Project
management.

Review and Updating

Review is necessary to determine whether the project is
proceeding according to plan or not. Updating is recording the
state of the project as shown by the reviews, or of making
amendments.
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Project management (cont.)

Project Action - When review has shown a
project to be deviating from plan, action is
required to restore the operation to its planned
characteristics.

Characteristics of a good
project manager
A good project manager should:
have

working knowledge in several fields

be able to understand general managerial
problems
have active interest in training and
developing subordinates
be able to delegate some tasks to
subordinates
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Characteristics of a good
project manager (cont.)
A good project manager should:
know

the project and understand its objectives

know the systematic process for managing
projects
be able to answer the following questions:

What is the project for?

Why is it required?
Whom does it serve?
How is it justified?
How is it going to be used?
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