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    Modern Project Management: Chapter Outline

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    This chapter introduces modern project management. It defines what a project is and is not, outlines the typical project life cycle, and discusses the role of the project manager. It emphasizes the growing importance of effective project management due to factors like shortened product life cycles, global competition, increased knowledge, corporate downsizing, and a focus on customers. The chapter presents project management as an integrative approach that aligns projects with strategic plans and ensures integration within the project management process.

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    This chapter introduces modern project management. It defines what a project is and is not, outlines the typical project life cycle, and discusses the role of the project manager. It emphasizes the growing importance of effective project management due to factors like shortened product life cycles, global competition, increased knowledge, corporate downsizing, and a focus on customers. The chapter presents project management as an integrative approach that aligns projects with strategic plans and ensures integration within the project management process.

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    This chapter introduces modern project management. It defines what a project is and is not, outlines the typical project life cycle, and discusses the role of the project manager. It emphasizes the growing importance of effective project management due to factors like shortened product life cycles, global competition, increased knowledge, corporate downsizing, and a focus on customers. The chapter presents project management as an integrative approach that aligns projects with strategic plans and ensures integration within the project management process.

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    This chapter introduces modern project management. It defines what a project is and is not, outlines the typical project life cycle, and discusses the role of the project manager. It emphasizes the growing importance of effective project management due to factors like shortened product life cycles, global competition, increased knowledge, corporate downsizing, and a focus on customers. The chapter presents project management as an integrative approach that aligns projects with strategic plans and ensures integration within the project management process.

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    Chapter 1

    MODERN PROJECT MANAGEMENT


    Chapter Outline
    1. What is a project?
    A. What a project is not
    B. Project life cycle
    C. The project manager
    2. The importance of project management
    A. Compression of product life cycle
    B. Global competition
    C. Knowledge explosion
    D. Corporate downsizing
    E. Increased customer focus
    F. Small projects represent big problems
    3. Project Management todayan integrative approach
    A. Integration of projects with the strategic plan
    B. Integration within the process of managing actual projects
    4. Summary

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