Are Global Projects Really Any Different?
Projects that are run efficiently and managed well follow the due process and pay attention to detail. This outlook on life may be thought of as “good housekeeping.” The good housekeeping principle applies in global projects, but the “house” in this case is far larger and it contains many more things to keep track of. This makes the global project “same, but different” in that the same process group activities are carried out, but at the same time, there is much more to think about. To make an analogy with an ongoing operation, many operations today seek to outsource goods and services in order to reduce the cost of doing business, or to gain access to technologies that are not available in ...
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