Project Management

Why project management is important

Whenever we decide we want to do something, go somewhere, build something, achieve something, we need to know the answer to some questions. What are we trying to do? When will we start? What do we need? Can we do it alone, or do we need help? How long will it take? How much will it cost?

These are typical questions asked at the start of any project and the answers are the building blocks of project management - defining what we want to do and working out the best way we can do it.

Structured project management means managing the project in a logical, organised way, following defined steps. A structured project management method is the written description of this logical, organised approach. There are any number of good project management processes out there but, as always, a process is only as good as the people running it.

The dynamic and transient nature of projects and the need for pro-active management of a group of people who may never have met before, may never work together again and yet are asked to perform well immediately is a source of constant challenge and concern. In order to apply the principles of project management, you need to have the skills in the techniques.

This course aims to develop those underlying skills, focusing on the techniques needed to manage a project.

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