Project management has come a long way from its humble beginnings; it has change drastically to something that is useful and important in today's business environment. From its quality, delivery and cost control are taking precedence in businesses, government organizations to nonprofit organizations. Project management allows managers an extra hand in planning, creating and executing strategic initiatives that will result in generating new revenues and at the same time find new clients. Project management gives organizations and managers an edge in the competition. Project management tools and techniques guarantees an organization manage the competition, deliver quality products, control expenses, and enhance profitability and success.
Currently there organizations are looking for people who can handle jobs in which project management is not a title but a job requirement. This underscores a major advantage to being good at managing projects; and that is the basic project management methodology you have been exposed to in this text is transferable across most businesses and professions" (Larson, & Gray, 2011 p. 603).
With all the project management tools and techniques available, a project manager can make use of one but at the same time, they need to understand why some projects fail. Sometimes it is not enough to say that you manage your project competently, on time and deliver a quality a product. A great project manager must anticipate and understand the following conditions. The appropriate business requirement should be identified, so that an achievable business case must can be created, strong project governance must be in place, to manage a high quality follow through and monitor and have the flexibility to adapt the changing business environment or any issues that arises.
"Leading organizations across sectors and geographic borders have embraced project management as a way to control spending and improve project results. When the