PRM chapter 1

Until the 1980s, project management primarily focused on providing schedule and resource data to top

management in the military and construction industries.

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One attribute that helps define a project is that a project has a unique purpose.

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Projects should go on indefinitely: they do not have a definite beginning, middle, or end.

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A program is a group of projects managed in a coordinated way to obtain benefits not available from

managing them individually.

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A project never involves uncertainty.

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Questions about how long a project’s schedule should be are related to the issue of the project’s scope.

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Managing the triple constraint involves making trade-offs between scope, time, and cost goals for a

project.

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Much of the knowledge needed to manage projects is not unique to the discipline of project management.

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Project managers must understand general management concepts such as organizational behavior,

financial analysis, and planning techniques.

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The role of a project manager is different from the role of a corporate manager or executive.

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