part eight
Aligning projects to business needs
Projects exist within a context, and for most of you that context will be a business or other complex organisation. A well-run project has a clear set of objectives, but these objectives are often set at the micro level of the individual project. Outside of the project there is a larger set of objectives or strategy that the organisation as a whole is trying to achieve. An individual project’s objectives may or may not be aligned to these corporate objectives – but irrespective of this they cannot be ignored. This part considers four typical contemporary business challenges that set a context in which projects operate.
The first section looks at the need to deliver a project quickly. We live in ...
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