Project management is a "carefully planned and organized effort to accomplish a specific one-time effort" (Gray,2000). Project management includes developing a project plan, which includes "defining project goals and objectives, identifying tasks or how goals will be achieved" (Gray, 2000). It also identifies what resources are need, and associating budgets and timelines for completion. Project management also includes implementing the project plan, along with "careful controls to stay on the "critical path", to ensure the process is being managed according to plan" (Gray, 2000).
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