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meet those needs - is it feasible.

In the diagram 2 below, the boxes above the red line signify the activities undertaken in diagram 1. The real objective of the key members of the project management team is to ensure a range of opportunities are shown to the sponsor (not always possible) and a certainty that the approved project will meet the needs of the sponsor when the project is handed over at completion.

Diagram 2

Keep Records
It is important to keep a record of why a particular decision was made, and the reason for the selected design or manufacturing process. It often happens that design concepts are discussed and chosen because of their attractive cost implications. This can often lead to short cut measures being taken when the project gets underway, possibly making use of designs used on earlier projects or which are known to be of cost benefit to the manufacturing or service departments.
For these reasons, it is vital to document the intended design approach in as much detail as possible when the project proposal is made and to ensure, subsequently, that the product is built according to those decisions.

Module:    Business Project Management
SESSION 10 - PEOPLE IN PROJECTS AND GOVERNANCE

Contents

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  Job Roles
  Directed Reading
  Process of Study (Navigation)
  Background concepts
  Project Teams
  Team Selection
  Stakeholders
  Communication Planning
  Project Governance
  Governance Responsibilities
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Directed Reading

As usual these texts should be used in support of this learner page, please ensure that you use both sets of information together, and particularly for verification of this page.
PLEASE NOTE: THE ASPECTS COVERED BELOW ARE OFTEN LOCATED IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF TEXT BOOKS. IN THESE NOTES YOU ARE FOLLOWING THE PROJECTS LIFE CYCLE, FROM STAGE TO STAGE
Maylor. H (2005) Project Management. 3rd Ed: media. Harlow: FT Prentice Hall. Chapter 9 pp 223 - 239,
Field, M., Keller, L., (2001) Project Management. The Open University, Thomson Learning, London. Chapter 4 pp 226 - 265.
APM - Directing Change - A guide to governance of project management . High Wycomb: apm - short pdf document
Alleman. G (2004) Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing and Adjourning. Colardo:pmi - a short pdf document.
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Process of Study (Navigation)

Developing a project teams, is a process which continues all the way through the project life cycle, at the commencement of the project there will only be small number of team members present, these are usually the key project team members. The team builds and increases in numbers right the way throw to the operations stage, when that the majority of the project is put in place, the team can then be reduced in numbers. It is important to keep the key team members right way through the project until handover, this ensures a successful handover and post mortem appraisal. Communication planning is one of the most important aspects of project management, and much