Reflect on Project Management Standards and Explore Improvements

Project Management Standards
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Introduction
Projects and programs have become the two major ways through which changes occur in an organization. Through the implementation of such projects and programs significant change occurs in the organization that leads to the development of its products and services ADDIN CSL_CITATION { "citationItems" : [ { "id" : "ITEM-1", "itemData" : { "DOI" : "10.1093/infdis/jis897", "ISBN" : "9780980285864", "ISSN" : "1537-6613", "PMID" : "23255720", "abstract" : "Growing up, I didn\u2019t want to be a project manager. Unlike the more popular options of fireman and ballerina (and later doctor and chef), it wasn\u2019t as easy to visualize what being a project manager was all about. Since my love was for technology, I studied Computer Science and worked on everything from software engineering through to web development. It was only in the corporate world that I realized why people wanted to be project managers. Project management is about making things happen. Good project management is what makes the real work a success. Bad or missing project management can taint and nullify the efforts of even the most talented people. It doesn\u2019t matter how brilliant your work is if the project as a whole is twice as ex- pensive as intended, or a year late. This is not to say that the real work isn\u2019t important - it is still the core of any project. No project manager can make mediocre work into an awesome end result. But fantastic work can be overlooked if the project management required to deliver the whole isn\u2019t there. Like me, you\u2019ve probably already realized this. You\u2019ve worked on a project or two where things went wrong at the project management level. You\u2019ve figured you could do a better job of it yourself - which is exactly why you bought this book! The good news is that you were right. You can do a good job of the project management. And this book will teach you how.", "author" : [ { "dropping-particle" : "", "family" : "Williams", "given" : "Meri", "non-dropping-particle" : "", "parse-names" : false, "suffix" : "" } ], "container-title" : "Ebook", "id" : "ITEM-1", "issued" : { "date-parts" : [ [ "2008" ] ] }, "number-of-pages" : "1-66", "title" : "The Principles of Project Management", "type" : "book" }, "uris" : [ "/documents/?uuid=5da37032-7f5e-40a8-a394-65e5c5581684" ] } ], "mendeley" : { "formattedCitation" : "(Williams, 2008)", "plainTextFormattedCitation" : "(Williams, 2008)", "previouslyFormattedCitation" : "(Williams, 2008)" }, "properties" : { "noteIndex" : 0 }, "schema" : "https://github.com/citation-style-language/schema/raw/master/csl-citation.json" }(Williams, 2008). Improved performance results in the acceleration of the competitive advantage that the organization has over its competitors. The projects however cannot work effectively without proper management of the instructions set for each project/program. The level of management involved has to be clinical to ensure that the correct measures are taken to improve the organization’s performance standards. An organization that can implement a strategy successfully is directly linked to the organization’s ability to produce fruitful projects and programs ADDIN CSL_CITAT...