Chapter 16
Project management
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Project management
Direct
Operations
Design management Develop
Project management Deliver
The market requires…
specified time, quality and
cost of a project
The operation supplies..
the delivery of the project
on-time, on-specification and
to budget
Figure 16.1 This chapter covers project planning and control
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Key operations questions
In Chapter 16 – Project management – Slack et al. identify the
following key questions…
q
What is project management?
q
How are projects planned and controlled?
q
What is network planning?
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Stages in project management
Stage
1 Understanding the
project
environment
Stage
Changes
2
Project definition
Stage
Corrective
3 Project planning
action
Stage 5
Stage
4 Technical Project control
execution
Figure 16.3 The project management model
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