In the earlier post ‘Management by Projects – not just consolidated projects’ the concept of a business management approach, or methodology, of ‘Management by Projects’ was introduced. This earlier post defined what ‘Management by Projects is.

There must be significant and quantifiable benefits to warrant the implementation of the ‘Management by Projects’ approach in an organisation.

Following are some of these:

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Few would dispute the benefits of Project Management. Especially when it comes to IT Projects. Most IT organisations practise Project Management for the larger software development projects or service projects. Project Management tools are not particularly cost effective for small projects and therefore tend to be used on projects of a particular level of complexity and scale. read more

Most mature organisations have defined processes that they follow in order to function effectively.

But under what methodology do these processes fall? How many organisations have taken the time to stand back and consider if these processes fall under a particular business management methodology?

Work that organisations perform can be categorised into two types: operations and projects.

They are the same in that they are both:-
• Performed by people
• Constrained by limited resources
• Planned, executed and controlled read more