Project Management

Author: Gan Huaming
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Publish Date: 2003-08-01
Features: The concise and striking name "MBA" (Master of Business Administration) has captivated the major developed countries worldwide with its irresistible charm and extraordinary appeal. It is currently strongly attracting the attention of the educated and young people in China. The books in this series are based on the most renowned and widely used textbooks in the field of business administration from Europe and America, encompassing knowledge that is universally applicable in business management. Systematically studying these textbooks will provide a comprehensive understanding of the core required courses for MBA programs.
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Project management, globally, has not only developed into a distinct discipline but has also become a profession in some developed countries. Internationally, a systematic theory, principles, methods, and techniques for project management have been summarized through practice. A project is a one-time task that must be completed within a specific time frame and budget while meeting predetermined quality requirements. Projects are unique, one-time, multi-objective, and have a life cycle.
Project management is a systematic management method that utilizes limited resources effectively through special temporary organizational mechanisms within a defined time frame to achieve a specific goal. It involves effective planning, organization, leadership, and control. Project management has a set of mature techniques tailored to its characteristics, such as Monte Carlo simulation, decision tree techniques, project progress evaluation techniques, critical path method techniques, decomposition techniques for WBS, OBS, CBS, and PBS, critical factor analysis techniques, time estimation techniques using lines of code, function points, and man-hours, and project management visualization techniques.
The life cycle of a project can be divided into many different methods, but it is generally divided into five stages: project initiation, project planning, project execution, project control, and project closure. Each of these five stages has its own tasks, and the completion of tasks in each stage is directly related to the degree of achievement of the project's goals. A series of activities in the project life cycle can be categorized into five processes: initiation, planning, execution, control, and closure. These five processes are interconnected and overlap with each other.