Project

The Need for Project Management
Let's start out by considering a very important question:

Why is project management needed?
five different answers to this question. Perhaps you can think of someother answers.



The world is complex and ever-changing.
Much of the developed world is characterized by cultural diversity and high geographic migration. Organizations are impacted by changes inemployment practices (layoffs, hiring, and employee turnover) and attitudes toward work (reduced company loyalty and increased emphasis on quality of life in non-work-related activities). Technologycontinues to advance. Companies drive towards process improvement in order to better satisfy customers and increase profitability.
Project management also has a large service component. Companies areincreasingly outsourcing projects that used to be performed internally. Training is one example.
In response to these changes, organizations constantly launch initiatives to meet customer requirementsor simply to survive. These initiatives often result in projects that are ill-conceived and that have unrealistic completion dates. Employees assigned to oversee these projects frequently haveinsufficient experience, expertise, and time. 
Project management is an ideal approach to optimize these expectations in a rational and reasonable way. Unfortunately, there are still far too many people whodo not have an appreciation of project management and the benefits it can provide.
Many people are unfamiliar with project management subject matter.
I have often heard this statement:

Isn'tproject management just common sense? All we need for our projects is software and a technical person to form and lead a team.

Studies indicate that a very high percentage of projects do not meet theiroriginal objectives as defined by schedule, cost, and performance. It takes a great deal of knowledge, training, and effort to effectively plan, implement, and control a project.
The cost of failure...