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Why Would You Need a Project Manager?


Project Management adds value by improving the probability of consistently successful projects.

Why would you need a Project Manager ? by PROJECT A LA CARTE
 Successful projects are key to any organization: they are the activities that result in new or changed products, services, processes and they can benefit your company in several ways: increase sales, improve customer satisfaction, reduce costs, just to name a few.

However, they do not automatically succeed.

In 1998, BULL, the French computer manufacturer, requested a survey* conducted in the UK to identify the major causes of IT project failure in the finance sector.

The survey reveals the major causes of failure during the lifecycle of the project:
  1. a breakdown in communications (57%)
  2. a lack of planning (39%)
  3. poor quality control (35%)
Consequently, the main failure criteria were identified as:
  1. missed deadlines (75%)
  2. exceeded budgets (55%)
  3. poor communications (40%)
  4. inability to meet project requirements (37%)
Interestingly enough, we discover that all the different aspects identified for a project failure/success actually fall under the responsibility of the Project Manager : let's have a look at the Role of Project Manager.

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