Declaring Victory

At the end of the project, you ll have a fairly good idea whether the project is a victory or a failure. A project is a victory if you have completed the project on time, on scope, and within budget, and the project has resulted in the quality deliverable that was expected. A project manager and the project team should take measures throughout the project to ensure that the vision of the project is being worked toward and achieved. Think of the pyramids in Egypt. However those were built, it s doubtful the Egyptians started building a condo and then midway through decided they were really after a pyramid instead. The same is true in your project management skills: by knowing and recognizing the vision of the project, you constantly check that the work being completed is moving closer to the desired results.