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== Project Management in Multicultural Environment - Session 1 ==
== Project Management in Multicultural Environment - Session 1 ==


* A '''[[w:project|project]]''' is a temporary endeavor designed to produce a unique product, service or result  with a defined beginning and end (usually time-constrained, and often constrained by funding or [[w:deliverables|deliverables]]),  undertaken to meet unique goals and objectives, typically to bring about beneficial change or added value. ( Wikipedia on project management )
* A '''[[w:project|project]]''' is a temporary endeavor designed to produce a unique product, service or result  with a defined beginning and end (usually time-constrained, and often constrained by funding or [[w:deliverables|deliverables]]),  undertaken to meet unique goals and objectives, typically to bring about beneficial change or added value. ( Wikipedia on '''[[w:project management|project management]]''' )


* In contemporary [[w:business|business]] and [[w:science|science]] a '''[[w:project|project]]''' is defined as a collaborative enterprise, involving research or design, that is carefully [[w:plan|plan]]ned to achieve a particular aim ( Wikipedia on projects )
::* In contemporary [[w:business|business]] and [[w:science|science]] a '''[[w:project|project]]''' is defined as a collaborative enterprise, involving research or design, that is carefully [[w:plan|plan]]ned to achieve a particular aim ( Wikipedia on projects )


* '''[[w:Project Management|Project Management]]''' is the process and activity of planning, organizing, motivating, and controlling resources, procedures and protocols to achieve specific goals in [[w:scientific|scientific]] or daily problems. ( Wikipedia )
* '''[[w:Project Management|Project Management]]''' is the process and activity of planning, organizing, motivating, and controlling resources, procedures and protocols to achieve specific goals in [[w:scientific|scientific]] or daily problems. ( Wikipedia )


* Usual project progression: Preparing -> Planning -> Implementing -> Closing
* Usual project progression: Preparing -> Planning -> Implementing -> Closing ( Teacher's PPs )


* Preparation and planning is often the most crucial phase in a project
* Preparation and planning is often the most crucial phase in a project ( Teacher's PPs )


== See also ==
== Project management softwares ==
'''[[w:Microsoft Project|Microsoft Project]]''' is a [[w:project management software|project management software]] program, developed and sold by [[w:Microsoft|Microsoft]], which is designed to assist a [[w:project manager|project manager]] in developing a [[w:plan|plan]], assigning [[w:Resource (project management)|resources]] to tasks, tracking progress, managing the [[w:budget|budget]], and analyzing workloads. ( Wikipedia )


* [[w:Comparison of project management software|Comparison of project management software]]
There are lot of competitors in the area of [[w:project management software|project management software]]. '''See [[w:Comparison of project management software|Wikipedia list of project management software]]'''.