PMP Project Management Note Project definition

Definition of the project

A project is a temporary work to create a unique product, service, or outcome.

The project is the operational needs of the Organization and the strategic objectives of the service.

The PMBOK guide describes the project management knowledge, in essence, is used to manage medium or higher scale, cross-departmental, cross-discipline purposes. The project in the PMP exam is usually also a project of this type.

Three special new for the project

1. Temporary

2. Uniqueness

3. Progressive Detail

Many areas of the project require progressive breakdowns, such as

1. Scope of the project

2. Plan of the project

3. Objectives of the project

Project management particularly emphasizes the characteristics of the project and the project plan are gradually refined, because:

The situation of the project is gradually clear, we can not begin to work out the details of the project characteristics, the development of detailed project plans.

With the gradual refinement of the project planning, only have a better operability and achievable, if in the early stages of the project to force a detailed plan, this plan Cohen that is not practical, it is likely to be basically useless.

The progressive breakdown of the project must be done under the appropriate scope definition, i.e., must be carried out within the scope boundaries of the project, to avoid the gradual breakdown of the evolution into a range of spread.

If the scope of the contract is exceeded, additional work is added and should be managed in accordance with the procedures for management of contract changes.

The product, service, or outcome that a project is to create can be called an interactive outcome.

An interactive result can be

1. Tangible products.

2. Intangible services.

3. Other results.

Projects and operations

There are two types of work that organizations can do: projects and operations.

Common:

1. We need people to do it.

2. Are subject to limited resources

3. Must be planned for execution and monitoring

4. All serve the organization's operational and strategic objectives

Difference:

Project	Operation
A temporary	The continuous
Create unique, interoperable results	Produce the same results
The development process of interactive results is gradually refined, and the development process is fraught with risks.	Operations are carried out in standardized production lines or in accordance with standardized service processes, with minimal risk

If the job fancy their temporary, unique, progressive details on when the project comes to do otherwise when the operation is done.

In practice, ongoing operations can often be divided into a number of temporary projects.

In the organization, operations and projects are mutually supportive and coordinated to serve the business and strategic objectives of the Organization.

PMP Project Management Note Project definition