How is a project different to any other work? Is Project Management relevant to me? 

So first, when we say project: it is normally defined as a work to bring about a beneficial change and which has a start and an end, a multi-disciplinary team brought together for the project, constraints of cost, time and quality, and a scope of work that is unique and involves uncertainty. According to Project Management Book of Knowledge (PMBOK), a project is a temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product, a service or a result. Why is it temporary? It is because; in every project has a definite beginning and a definite ending. The end is reached when the projects objectives have been achieved, or it becomes clear that the project objectives will not or cannot be met, or the need for the project no longer exist and the project is terminated or completed. There are many project that I have met in my life, like in our subject System Analysis and Design (SAD) in which we are in a group of five and we will going to adopt a company and make documentation or shall we say deliverables on how to improve their existing system into a new and better one. In this project, I learned a lot especially on the schedule, you must be hectic on time that is allotted on the project, do not just relax instead make it before on the due time. And even though we did not submit it on time but I’m happy also that we have complied it.

How is a project different to any other work? According to a site spottydog.u-net.com, they stated that a continuous process is not a project and the development of new rent or lettings policy is a project but the subsequent day to day operation of that policy is a continuous process that is usually managed by an individual or a management. For me, based on my own understanding of how is a project different to any other work, it is because when you are making a project you must have focus and determination so that you can achieved your objective on that particular project.

Does project management relevant to me? I could say that having a Project management is very important to me because project management itself does have a quality of managing and organizing the information’s that you needed in a project – from its scope, the resources and down to the time management as well as the team management and the most important is to set the requirements that you should meet in order to employ changes to the project. According also to the site spottydog.u-net.com, they stated that if you have been given a specific job to complete then you should consider using the principles of project management if it has the following features: - A defined goal, time, cost and quality (or functionality) constraints, requires expertise and support from other functions, Involves a unique (to you or the organization) scope of work. Using a project team approach will help you to achieve the beneficial gain in a structured, controlled and cost effective way.