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The Environment in which Projects Operate and the Role of the Project Manager

CHAPTER COVERAGE

  1. Project Life Cycle
  2. Characteristics of Project Life Cycle
  3. Types of Project Life Cycle
  4. Relationship Between Project Phases
  5. Life Cycle Models
  6. Stakeholders
  7. Organizational Influence
  8. Functional Structure
  9. Projectized Structure
  10. Matrix Structure
  11. Organization Process Assets
PROJECT LIFE CYCLE

The life cycle is the only factor that uniquely distinguishes projects from non-projects. The project life cycle defines the beginning and the end of a project and the various milestones associated within it. Although every project has definite planned start and end dates, specific deliverables vary widely across projects.

At various points in the project ...

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