Project management & project leadership

A project is a temporary endeavor in order to create a unique product, service or result.

The main characteristics or a project are:

• temporary
• complex
• unique
• innovative
• with defined scope
• with limited budget
• can be risky.

Project management is a structured approach adopted in order to achieve project success by planning and steering the course of the project. This occur with particular focus on the three aspects of the so-called project triangle: time, cost, scope.

The main roles within a project usually are: project lead, project sponsor, steering committee, project team and PMO.

Project management activities consist of:

• initiation & kick-off
• planning
• steering
• leading
• communication ( & marketing)
• information management
• risk management
• closing.

The project management process consists of these phases:

• initiating
• planning
• executing
• monitoring & controlling
• closing.