Project Management Step by Step: How to Plan and Manage a Highly Successful Project
by Richard Newton
Setting the scene
Imagine that you are about to sign a contract with one of your suppliers who will do a major piece of work for your business, perhaps the development of a new computer system for your office or the re-fitting of a chain of shops. Alternatively, in your private life you may be asking a builder to do some work on your house. Whichever example you consider, you are about to ask the supplier to do a project for you. Imagine you have already agreed what this project will deliver using the approach described in Chapter 2, so you know you will get what you want. What more information do you want from your supplier before you commit to the contract? The most important questions you will have to ask are usually: ‘How long will this work ...
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