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?

    1. Improvised activities
    2. Routine activities
    3. Project-based activities 
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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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