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Chapter 2
Strategic Project Management
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Strategic Planning and Management Process |
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Strategic Project Management |
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Strategic Planning and Management Process |
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Appoint a strategist |
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Set objectives |
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Strength and weaknesses analysis |
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Opportunities and threats analysis |
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Develop the strategic alternatives |
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Evaluate the strategic solution fitness |
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Implement the strategy |
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Feedback |
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Strategic Project Management |
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A strategic plan (Strategy) is a plan of actions |
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Definition of project management-the management of a project or a sequence of activities with both human and technical management skills and at the same time achieving the time, cost and quality and those project requirements set. |
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Definition of strategic project management-This is the application of the strategic planning and management technique in project management. |
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Progress Test 2__________________________
- The key difference in strategic project management and the normal project management is in:
a) use of good project manager
b) the application of strategic action plan in project management
c) emphasis on site control
- The use of strategic project management is an open loop process. (True/False)
- In applying the strategic project management technique, it is more useful to analyse the external forces first before analysing the internal strengths. (True/False)
- A strategy is a planned, systematic long-term strategic approach. (True/False)
- A strategy which is suitable for one organisation is not necessarily suitable for another one. (True/False)
- In applying the strategic project management technique, one must have the strategist and the objectives as the starting point. (True/False)
- “Strategic Fit” means evaluation of the strategic solutions fitting the particular organisation. (True/False)
- There is not much use in applying the strategic project management technique in very small projects. (True/False)
- Having applied strategic project management technique, it can guarantee that the project will be successful. (True/False)
- As projects are getting more and more complicated, applying strategic project management technique is a reasonable approach. (True/False)
