Chapter One
Project Management: The Key to
Achieving Results
In This Chapter
* Distinguishing projects
* Breaking down project management
* Coming to grips with the project manager's role
* Cycling through the phases of a project
* Eyeing potential problems with your project
* Examining the requirements for project success
Successful organizations create projects that produce desired results
in established time frames with assigned resources. As a result, businesses
are increasingly driven to find individuals who can excel in this project oriented
environment.
Because you're reading this book, chances are good that you've been asked to
manage a project. So, hang on tight you're going to need a new set of skills
and techniques to steer that project to suc ...
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