Summary: Projectmanagement, A Practical Approach-English Edition | 9789001790929 | Roel Grit, et al
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1 The Project
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1.1 Types of activities, types of work
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What are the three groups of activities?
- Improvised activities
- Routine activities
- Project-based activities
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What are improvised activities?
People usually improvise when something unforeseen that requires immediate response occurs -
What are project-based activities?
Project-based activities are non-recurring and have limited duration, but are reasonably predictable -
1.2 Examples of projects
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What are examples of projects?
- Building a new shopping centre, bridge, nursing home ore factory
- The technical development of a new product
- Developing a marketing plan or export plan for a new product
- Designing a new school course
- Doing a theatre production or producing a film
- Doing research for a thesis
- Relocating a large company to a new location
- Arranging a logical system for providing meals in a hospital
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1.3 What is a project?
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What is the definition of a project?
A project can be defined as a group of people collaborating temporarily with the aim of reaching a predetermined goal within the predetermined budget -
What features should a project have?
- Kick-off
- Finishing date
- Defined goal
- Client or Sponsor
- Budget
- Group of people from various fields of expertise
- Organisational set-up
- Starting date
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1.5 Types of projects
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What are technical projects?
These are projects whose aim is to effect some charge in technology or to come up with new products -
What are social projects?
Their aim is to change the corporate culture or organisational structure of a company, they deal with the way in which people work together -
What are commercial products?
The ultimate goal is to make money -
What are mixed projects?
These combine some of the aspects of both technical and social projects
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