Why Are Successful Projects so Important to Hewlett-Packard?

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Projects in Contemporary Organizations

Copyright 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Introduction
Rapid growth in project management  In the past, most projects were external
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Building a new skyscraper New ad campaign Launching a rocket Developing a new product Opening a new branch Improving the services provided
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Growth lately is in internal projects
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How Project Management Developed
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Credit for the development of project management goes to the military
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Navy’s Polaris program NASA’s Apollo space program Development of “smart bombs” and “missiles”

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Project management has found wide acceptance in industry It has many applications outside of construction
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Managing legal cases Managing new product releases
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Forces Fostering Project Management
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Main forces in driving the acceptance of project management:
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Exponential growth of human knowledge Growing demand for a broad range of complex goods and services Increased worldwide competition

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All of these contribute to the need for organizations to do more and to do it faster
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Projects Tend to be Large
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Projects tend to be large
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The Channel Tunnel, or Chunnel Denver International Airport Panama Canal expansion project Three Gorges Dam, China Flying: balloons  planes  jets  rockets  reusable rockets

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Projects are getting larger over time
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The more we can do, the more we try to do
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Project Management Also Getting Smaller
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More people are seeing the advantages of project management techniques The tools have become cheaper The techniques are becoming more widely taught and written about

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Three Project Objectives: The “Triple Constraint” Time  Cost  Scope ** Customer Expectations??? Scope Creep??  Time, cost, and performance are all related to a project
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Three Project