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The basics of project management are the fundamentals of managing projects which must be handy for projects to be successfully completed. They are the theories, knowledge areas and tools which have evolved over time and which have been tested on different projects and found useful. These basics have been documented in variuos bodies of knowledge and are:

1. Concept of project management: "A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK (2003), issued by the Project Management Institute (PMI) defined a project as "a temporary endeavour undertaken to create a unique product or service". The critical issue with this definition among a school of thought is that it does not say how the 'temporary endeavour' which creates the 'unique product' is done. A project therefore, can be defined as a one-off task that has a start and finish time and in which resources have been commited to undertake it. Management is the planning, organising, controlling, directing, coordinating and supervising activities.

Project management is the planning, controlling, organising, supervising and directing of one-off task in order to create value. A project manager should be able to add finesse and quality to the process of project development which would not be there has his or her service not sought. His or her service is made easier because of changes in quality-definition, changes in trend of construction, changes in method of contruction, changes in materials for construction and changes in technology of construiction.

Before globalisation which turned the whole world into a small vlllage and before the advent of information technology, projects scope are peculiar to certain areas and project concepts are myopic. With globalisation and use of information technology in business, project owners are now more informed about their projects than ever. Glass and steel structure are no more the building materials of the Aussies, they have been used for contruction in China, Thailand, United Kingdom etc. The highrises, which started in United States of America are now the mode of construction of houses in Mid-East.

A project manager is the member of a project team that is in charge of planning, organising, supervising, coordinating and controlling a project. His mission is to coordinate the project development process so that its objectives will be met. He must be able to analyse the project charter, a document detailing the objectives, and which provides an overview of the project

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