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The Contexts of Project Management

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 Influenc

  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 life cycle, a project is checked and verified for ...

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