Chapter 2: Define the Project


Introduction

Many people want to plunge right in and develop the project plan. This can be fatal for an international project. Instead, you have to define where you are going and how you will get there. Most importantly, you want to get consensus from the parties who will be involved in the project as well as those who will benefit from the project. Without consensus, the project will be subjected to changes in direction and the dreaded scope creep where the project direction changes as often as sand dunes change in a desert.

For international projects you have to be concerned about the self-interest and resources of each location or business unit from the start. In one company a project was started only to be stopped cold, because the first regional office that was to be involved was undergoing relocation and reorganization. Yet, management had approved the project knowing this!




International Project Management
International Project Management: Leadership in Complex Environments
ISBN: 0470578823
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2003
Pages: 154

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