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Marstan Guides - Project Management
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Introduction to Project Management
Defines project management and provides an overview of how to approach the 7 stages of a project
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Major Projects - Keeping Track of Time and Money
Solutions to the most common problems in managing the time and budget on major projects.
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'01 - Project Inception - Simply Put!
Project inception should be the shortest stage of the project, but it should also have the most significant impact on the way that the project progresses throughout its life.
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'02 - Feasibility and Cost Planning - Simply Put!
As soon as a Client has established what they think they need, it is time to carry out more detailed cost checks to ensure that finance is available and the scheme is in line with expectations and affordable.
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'03 - Assembling the Project Team - Simply Put!
Assembling the Project Team is a very short stage of the Project but is very important and has a profound impact on the success of later stages of the project.
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'04 - Managing the Design Phase - Simply Put!
The effective management of the design phase will produce many benefits for the time, cost and quality of the entire project.
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'05 - Construction and Implementation of a Capital Project - Simply Put!
Whilst this is usually the longest phase of a project, it is essentially a case of ensuring that the project is implemented in accordance with the agreed design, costs and programme.
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'06 - Completion, Handover and Utilisation of Capital Projects - Simply Put!
A project can be considered as completed effectively if it is handed over to the Client without delay and with no significant or persistent faults.
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'07 - Project Evaluation and Close-Out - Simply Put!
At the end of each project, it is invaluable to analyse and reflect on the project to see which aspects were successful and which could have been improved, with the benefit of hindsight.