Project Planning & Management - Aspects of Development

Akampurira Abraham

ISBN 10: 3656394288 / ISBN 13: 9783656394280

Published by GRIN Verlag, 2013

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Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - Doctoral Thesis / Dissertation from the year 2011 in the subject Business economics - Business Management, Corporate Governance, grade: B, ( Atlantic International University ) (BUSINESS MANAGEMENT AND ECONOMICS), course: REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT. - Development Studies, language: English, abstract: A project comprise a series of activities (investments) thataim at solving problems within a given time frame with aclear set of objectives for man's benefit. It is an undertakingthat involves the commitment of scarce resources in theexpectation of future benefits. According to Heagney (2012:2), a project should have a definite starting and end point(time), a budget (cost), or a certain magnitude of work andspecific performance. Before achieving the objectives, aproject goes through several stages of a project cycle.The Project life Cycle refers to a logical sequence of activitiesto accomplish the project's goals or objectives. Regardless ofscope or complexity, any project goes through a series ofstages during its life. The first stage is the birth phase orIdentification. In this stage the outputs and critical successfactors are defined. This is followed by a Planning phase,characterized by breaking down the project into smallerparts/tasks. In the Execution phase, the project plan isexecuted, and lastly a Closure or Exit phase, marks thecompletion of the project. The project cycle has seven stages,each stage links with the preceding one and leads forward tothe next one. These include Identification, Preparation,Appraisal, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation andwinding up.[.].

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Project Planning & Management - Aspects of Development
• Publisher: GRIN Verlag
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3656394288
• ISBN 13: 9783656394280
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 210W x 148H x 8D millimeters 210 millimeters width by 148 millimeters height by 8 millimeters depth
• Weight: 157 grams

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Doctoral Thesis / Dissertation from the year 2011 in the subject Business economics - Business Management, Corporate Governance, grade: B, ( Atlantic International University ) (BUSINESS MANAGEMENT AND ECONOMICS), course: REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT. - Development Studies, language: English, abstract: A project comprise a series of activities (investments) that aim at solving problems within a given time frame with a clear set of objectives for man's benefit. It is an undertaking that involves the commitment of scarce resources in the expectation of future benefits. According to Heagney (2012: 2), a project should have a definite starting and end point (time), a budget (cost), or a certain magnitude of work and specific performance. Before achieving the objectives, a project goes through several stages of a project cycle. The Project life Cycle refers to a logical sequence of activities to accomplish the project's goals or objectives. Regardless of scope or complexity, any project goes through a series of stages during its life. The first stage is the birth phase or Identification. In this stage the outputs and critical success factors are defined. This is followed by a Planning phase, characterized by breaking down the project into smaller parts/tasks. In the Execution phase, the project plan is executed, and lastly a Closure or Exit phase, marks the completion of the project. The project cycle has seven stages, each stage links with the preceding one and leads forward to the next one. These include Identification, Preparation, Appraisal, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation and winding up.[...]