A guide to project management: Project lifecycle and additional project management techniques
Produced in partnership with Cranfield School of Management, this Practice Note considers the key phases of defining, planning, implementing, and closing a project, and also suggests alternative techniques that can be used by project managers to deal with or manage complexities that are likely to arise that will impinge on almost all project plans. This guidance forms part of Cranfield School of Management’s complete guide to project management which outlines some of the key concepts, tools and techniques used in project management.
Practice notesA guide to project management: Project lifecycle and additional project management techniques
Produced in partnership with Cranfield School of Management, this Practice Note considers the key phases of defining, planning, implementing, and closing a project, and also suggests alternative techniques that can be used by project managers to deal with or manage complexities that are likely to arise that will impinge on almost all project plans. This guidance forms part of Cranfield School of Management’s complete guide to project management which outlines some of the key concepts, tools and techniques used in project management.
Practice notesFor an introduction to project management, the key parameters of a project, and the key players generally involved in a project, see Practice Note: A guide to project management—An introduction to project management, the key parameters and the key players in projects.
For a checklist of key documents which will be necessary at the main action stages of the project lifecycle, see: Project management: key documents—checklist.
Project lifecycle
When managing a project or programme, it is likely to have key phases with sub-project tasks. The lifecycle of all projects proceeds through the following generic
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