Societal: Project Manager Possesses
#1: Name and briefly describe the societal forces that have contributed to the need for project management. #2: Why is the project manager often called a super-manager? In an organization, if there is a project manager that is known to execute projects within the scheduled time frame and whose estimates are exact, he probably acquired a substantive amount of knowledge and experience over the years on project management. This “Super” project manager possesses therefore some valuable skills that can be taught to other project managers within the organization. Thus, this “super” manager will often be assigned to manage the project manager such that they can benefit from his experience and also manage project successfully.
#8: How do projects, programs, tasks and work packages differ? A work Package may be defined as the basic building block of a work breakdown structure. It may be considered as a sub-project composed of one or several tasks which are accomplished over a short period of time (generally 1 week-1 month) by an individual or a small group of workers. A task is defined as a piece of work requiring resources and has a concrete outcome (deliverables). Though a task may be of any size, the term task is usually used to describe a small piece of work. Projects may be considered as very large collection of tasks. Tasks may also be grouped together to form a work package. A program may be defined as plan of action which aims at accomplishing a specific objective. Therefore, a project may be considered to be a collection of work packages, tasks and programs. A project is an assembly of work packages which are composed of their own respective collection of tasks and the project program is the schedule or plan of action which aims at accomplishing the goals of the work packages in the most time and cost efficient manner.
#9: How would you define a project? A project is a term used to describe a set of connected activities which have a global goal and
#8: How do projects, programs, tasks and work packages differ? A work Package may be defined as the basic building block of a work breakdown structure. It may be considered as a sub-project composed of one or several tasks which are accomplished over a short period of time (generally 1 week-1 month) by an individual or a small group of workers. A task is defined as a piece of work requiring resources and has a concrete outcome (deliverables). Though a task may be of any size, the term task is usually used to describe a small piece of work. Projects may be considered as very large collection of tasks. Tasks may also be grouped together to form a work package. A program may be defined as plan of action which aims at accomplishing a specific objective. Therefore, a project may be considered to be a collection of work packages, tasks and programs. A project is an assembly of work packages which are composed of their own respective collection of tasks and the project program is the schedule or plan of action which aims at accomplishing the goals of the work packages in the most time and cost efficient manner.
#9: How would you define a project? A project is a term used to describe a set of connected activities which have a global goal and
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