The key features of project management

Many elements of your inquiry require you to manage a process. 

Here are some helpful hints from a simple but straightforward source with a few notes added into the text. Everyone is encouraged to find your own sources for the processes and products that make up your inquiry work in your final module.

Key features of project management - focus on priorities, track performance, overcome difficulties, and adapt to change (flexible and responsive approach); may be time consuming initially, but in the long term planning will save time, effort, and reduce the risk of failure.

Defined start and end - start up and close down stages.

Organised plan - planned methodical approach is used to meet project objectives.

Good planning ensures a project is completed on time and within budget  - having delivered the expected results. An effective plan provides a template that guides the project and details the work that needs to be done.

Separate Resources - allocated time, people, and money - working within agreed resources is vital to successfully completing the project.

Teamwork - project team [employer, colleagues, professional networks, community of practice] – this might also mean Gatekeepers and your Academic Advisor.

Established Goals - bring results in terms of quality and/or performance. Project may result in a new way of working, or create something that did not previously exist.

Bruce and Langdon (2000) Project Management Essential Managers, London: Doring Kindersley