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Project goals and impact goals

Thank you for your answer! Here is my example of a SMART goal-formulation for the climbing expedition: “At least two of four climbing teams shall reach the summit, and get …

Goals

Overall, project management is about obtaining goals in an uncertain environment, with the purpose to create value. Everyone in the project organization must have a common understanding of the goal …

A Summary

Here are eight good reasons to plan: No plan is to plan for failure! Many projects fail because of poor project plans. Here are five good reasons to make up …

Why a project plan?

“Nothing ever goes as planned, so why have a plan?” While it is true that deviations from the plan will occur in nearly all projects, the project plan is a …

How to Create a Project Plan Template

A Project Plan Template As seen in the video, the template below can be useful for planning a project. Why & What An introduction to the project should explain the …

Learn more

More information about project management, courses, events and networks can be found within the homepages of the Project Management Institute, PMI (https://www.pmi.org/). PMI is also the publisher of the PMBOK, …

A summary

In this section, we have discussed different perspectives on how we know if a project is successful, and if it matters. Regardless of project, everyone involved wants to succeed with …

4 project management approaches

A suitable project management approach depends on the project being goal-oriented or goal-seeking. 1. Goal-oriented project A goal-oriented project implies that the goal can be specified early in the project. …

Project management in different contexts

Due to different kind of settings, projects are influenced by different factors, which in turn influence the way of managing the projects. Some examples of factors/aspects connected to the project …

Building blocks in project management

This video presents several building blocks through which project management can be illustrated. Temporary organization and teams. Management and governance. Goals (proejct and impact goals). Uncertainty, i.e. risks and opportunities. …

Project management definitions

This activity is about understanding what characterizes project management in different settings and contexts. In a similar way of presenting project definitions, examples of project management definitions are from the …

A summary

The highlights/most important steps in this activity have been: How do we know if projects are successful? And does it matter? Regardless of project, everyone involved wants to succeed with …

The elusive concept of project success

How do we know if projects are successful? Regardless of project, everyone involved wants to succeed with their projects – and get recognition for the efforts made, for example the …

Project Context

Projects enable people to work in many different organisations, within many different contexts around the world. This means that the preconditions can vary a lot between different projects and consequently …

Project definitions

To increase our understanding of what a project is, further elaboration of the definitions’ content can be useful. Some project definitions: A temporary endeavour undertaken to create a unique product, …