Project Management

Section I: Introduction and Summary of Project Management This paper discusses the meaning of Project Management as discussed by Knod and Schonberger in chapter 17 of our Operations Management text book. "Projects are large-scale, typically expensive, one of a kind endeavor that may require months or years to complete and involve major portions of an organization's resources. Project manager is a manager or management team having responsibility for a project, not a function. Various project managers' …showed first 75 words of 1832 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1832 total…pull in start and completion dates other tasks as applicable. This will gain me float time for some unseen contingency that may happen later. I am certainly convinced that I will be a better project manager because of knowledge gained from this article. The article has given me a new appreciation for the science and skill of being a project manger. Project management is my major and this article has given me a good foundation.