CHAPTER 1
BASIC CONCEPTS
Grasp the basic concepts related to project management and understand why so many people can't make a clear distinction between what is and what is not a project.
Since project management is a subject that is widely current, thus catching the attention of many people, professionals have been considering everything that they do as “projects.” I have heard many people talking about the management of a project, such as “running the monthly payroll of an organization,” or many other similar claims.
When talking about a project, we have to consider something that has its own unique characteristics. Projects are temporary events, which means that they have a start date, a period during which they are executed, and an end ...
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