Revolution in Project Management

Most projects have many stakeholders with different aspirations from the project—the customer demands quality, the investor wants fair return on investments, the project manager wants timely completion of the project. All of these sometimes conflicting objectives have to be satisfied at the same time. With the proper management and control mechanism, a holistic view of how a project is running can be obtained and its likely performance in future determined. This is to avoid a drain of resources in projects which are no longer viable, or to continue such projects which show promise of completion. Revolution in Project Management reviews the steps in organising and managing projects, from how to build a realistic schedule to how to measure both success and failure. India’s successful Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme (IGMDP) is provided as a case study.