What is Project Management?

• The Basic Functions of the Project Manager

  • Directing and Controlling the Project:
    • Perhaps the manager's most difficult and important function is controlling the project.
      • The project manager's job is to monitor tasks, schedules, costs, and expectations in order to control those elements.
      • The project manager must be able to present the alternatives and their implications for the budget and schedule in order to manage expectations.

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Few plans will be executed without problems and delays. If the project scope is increasing, the project manager is faced with a decision: Should the scope be reduced so the original schedule and budget will be met, or should the schedule and budget be revised?