April 2022
Beginner
480 pages
12h 14m
English
Content preview from Project Management For Dummies, 6th Edition
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Chapter 1
Project Management: The Key to Achieving Results
IN THIS CHAPTER
Defining a project and its four phases
Breaking down project management
Shifting from process-based to principles-based project management
Determining whether you have what you need to be successful
Successful organizations create projects that produce desired results in established timeframes 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 (or multiple projects!). So, hang on tight — you’re going to need a new set of skills and techniques to steer that project to successful completion. But not to worry! This chapter gets you off to a smooth start by showing you what projects and project management really are and by helping you separate projects from non-project assignments. This chapter also offers rationale for why projects succeed or fail and gets you into the project management mindset.