Project management is the application of logic and the right tools to plan, manage and control temporary activities. Almost every company faces the need for project management at some point. It may be necessary to install a new physical plant, expand the office space or move it to a new location. Reengineering can offer process changes with associated equipment.
reorganization and retraining to ensure the effectiveness of the change. The current speed of technological change often forces companies to introduce new hardware and software to stay current. Softer issues, such as implementing quality programs, are also within the scope of project management. While some organizations specialize in projects, others may need project management skills only occasionally to achieve a change, physical or sociological, from the norm.
Generally, a project is defined as a set of interrelated activities that have a specific beginning and end and lead to a specific goal. Probably the most important concept in this definition is that the project is intended to be a temporary activity, as opposed to continuous steady state operations. Secondary is the singularity of the output.
