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INTRODUCTION

Project managers are changing the world.

Project managers are all around us, : building a custom home,

opening a medical clinic, installing an updated accounting system, or

writing a book. Everywhere that people are leading change they are

managing projects.

No wonder the project management discipline has leapt from a

neglected corner to center stage. Government and industry are

embracing the project management discipline as leaders recognize

that they are increasingly managing project-driven organizations.Before we understand the new interest in project management and

project-driven organizations, we must first understand the concept of

projects. Projects are all the work we do one time. Whether it¿s

designing an aircraft, building a bakery display case, or creating a

business logo, every project produces an outcome and every project

has a beginning and an end. Fundamental to understanding the

importance of projects is realizing that each one produces something

unique. So designing and tooling up to build a new sports car is a

project (actually a lot of projects), but manufacturing thousands of

them is not. Manufacturing and other repetitive processes are defined

as ongoing operations.

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