Effective project management ensures that projects are delivered on schedule and within budget. Project management’s effective purpose is to improve the quality of deliverables and ensure to minimise exposure to risk and provide greater productivity/profitability.
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MANAGEMENT DISCIPLINES
Core Management disciplines are:
| General Management | Technical Management | Project Management |
| Management of all aspects of the ongoing operations of the performing organisation | Management of all aspects of the ongoing operations of the performing organisation | Management of all aspects of a project in a continuous process to achieve both internal and external project objectives |
For better managing projects one needs to understand the proposition of project management, then identify the difference between functional management and project management, should appreciate the application of management and organisational behaviour within an organisation and describe the qualities and functions of a project manager within a team.