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Why Are Successful Projects so Important to Hewlett-Packard?

Satisfactory Essays

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Chapter 1

Projects in Contemporary Organizations

Copyright 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Introduction
Rapid growth in project management  In the past, most projects were external

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Building a new skyscraper New ad campaign Launching a rocket Developing a new product Opening a new branch Improving the services provided
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Growth lately is in internal projects
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How Project Management Developed


Credit for the development of project management goes to the military
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Navy’s Polaris program NASA’s Apollo space program Development of “smart bombs” and “missiles”

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Project management has found wide acceptance in industry It has many applications outside …show more content…

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Directed Reading
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Microsoft Project 2010


Make sure that you have read the following chapters in Bunin:
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Chapter 1 Chapter 2



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