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Project Management Definition - Part Three
22 JUL 2010 | Posted in project management | Author Ross Jackson |
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MailSo, with our definitions for the individual words "project" and "management", we should simply be able to put these together to come up with an adequate definition for the phrase "project management". Here goes - "the process of managing a planned undertaking". Seems about right, so let's have a look in slightly more detail. Project Management is about being in control of a scheme that has been planned to deliver something pre-defined to a business or organisation. This may or may not involve the definition and planning for the scheme. This is much more in line with our Agile philosophy, though of course it doesn't take into account the various other Agile elements, such as flexibility, incremental delivery etc. As an overall definition, though, we think it works just fine.
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