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* '''[[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 )
:::* '''[[w:Project planning|Project planning]]''' is part of [[w:project management|project management]], which relates to the use of [[w:Schedule (project management)|schedules]] such as [[w:Gantt chart|Gantt chart]]s to plan and subsequently report progress within the project environment.<ref>{{cite book  | author = [[Harold Kerzner]] | year = 2003 | title = Project Management: A Systems Approach to Planning, Scheduling, and Controlling | edition = 8th Ed. | publisher = Wiley | isbn = 0-471-22577-0}}</ref>
:::* '''[[w:Project planning|Project planning]]''' is part of [[w:project management|project management]], which relates to the use of [[w:Schedule (project management)|schedules]] such as [[w:Gantt chart|Gantt chart]]s to plan and subsequently report progress within the project environment.<ref>{{cite book  | author = [[Harold Kerzner]] | year = 2003 | title = Project Management: A Systems Approach to Planning, Scheduling, and Controlling | edition = 8th Ed. | publisher = Wiley | isbn = 0-471-22577-0}}</ref>
::::::* A '''[[w:project plan|project plan]]''', according to the [[w:Project Management Body of Knowledge|Project Management Body of Knowledge]], is:
:::::::::"...a formal, approved document used to guide both ''project execution'' and ''project control''. The primary uses of the project plan are to document planning  assumptions and decisions, facilitate  communication among ''stakeholders'', and document approved scope, cost, and schedule ''baselines''.  A project plan may be summarized or detailed.".<ref>PMBOK, 2000 Edition</ref>


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


* Preparation and planning is often the most crucial phase in a project ( Teacher's PPs )
* Preparation and planning is often the most crucial phase in a project ( Teacher's PPs )
* A '''[[w:project plan|project plan]]''', according to the [[w:Project Management Body of Knowledge|Project Management Body of Knowledge]], is:
"...a formal, approved document used to guide both ''project execution'' and ''project control''. The primary uses of the project plan are to document planning  assumptions and decisions, facilitate  communication among ''stakeholders'', and document approved scope, cost, and schedule ''baselines''.  A project plan may be summarized or detailed.".<ref>PMBOK, 2000 Edition</ref>


== Project management softwares ==
== Project management softwares ==