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1) What is the definition of a project? What are some of the elements that differentiate a project from maintenance work?
2) What is a project life cycle? How do project life cycles differ among organizations? To what degree does the structure of the project lifecycle used by the organization affect the project manager's job? Explain your answer.
3) What is a project stakeholder? What are some examples of project stakeholders? How are projects affected when stakeholders are not identified and addressed early in the project?
4) What are three project selection criteria? What do you think is the most important information required to select a project? How would you explain to your manager that a project that was important to his or her department is not good for the organization based on the selection criteria?
5) How does a focus of a project affect the business direction and orientation?
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1) What is the definition of a project? What are some of the elements that differentiate a project from maintenance work?
When I think about a project, I think about a task of a set duration, budget, and goals. When I see the word "maintenance" that tells me that something is ongoing and really has no set end or goals. Although, it may have a budget. If you look online, you get a lot of definitions of the word itself. One I came across was "a plan, proposal, or scheme" at http://www.thefreedictionary.com/project .Clearly, in project management you have a plan or proposal, but it goes a little further than that, as I pointed out.

2) What is a project life cycle? How do project life cycles differ among organizations? To what degree does the structure of the project lifecycle used by the organization affect the project manager's job? Explain your answer.

A project life is exactly what it sounds like. It is the various states a project goes through. You can find some steps at these references here: http://www.visitask.com/project-life-cycle.asp or at http://www.method123.com/project-lifecycle.php .You can see that each of these sources is relevant and useful, but not quite the same. This is why they differ among organizations. Not everyone is following the same methodology, and often organizations have different needs and ...

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