Undertaking Projects

Undertaking Projects

Projects are undertaken in organizations at all organizational levels. Depending on project's scope it can impact a single person, single product or single department or may involve thousands of employees, people, clients, customers etc. Time frames also depend on project's scope. Sometimes small projects can take maximum few weeks to finish sometimes complex projects are spread on 3 or more years. Very important thing is that projects are ususally critical to the realization of the performing organization's business strategy due to their strategical goals for which senior management decides to implement them. Few examples of the projects include:

  • Launching a new set of products, services, production lines
  • Changing, improving the organization's structure, staffing, sometimes even managing style
  • Designing completly new brand for transportation vehicle
  • Merging data in databases after new company's acquisition
  • Constructing a bridge over the river, building or facility
  • Developing and launching a new business process or re-design existing business processes
  • Running a political campaign

source: PMP® Resources
published: 2009-05-05 11:21:42

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