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Many managers are called upon to run project management teams and achieve specific outcomes. But how effective are these teams generally? Is their success assured or more or less hit and miss?
Project management software is of course available but before trying it you should concentrate on developing pure project management skills. The best software in the world will not help you if you can't do the key task of managing a team.
What is a project?
Let’s be clear from the start about what we’re talking about. A project is a temporary activity undertaken to create a specific outcome.
‘Temporary’ means that every project has a definite ending point. In contrast to other ongoing operations or programmes you might be involved in, the project team cannot endlessly rework project outputs and the project will eventually come to an end. Projects may take a few weeks, months or even years to complete. The key, however, is that the project is finite. The outcome of the project, or the ‘deliverable’, could be a brand new product or service; at least it will result in something new, even if it’s simply an enhancement of something that already exists.
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