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2-10 STATE OF THE ART OF GLOBAL PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Project
assignment

Project start

Project controlling
Continuous
project coordination
Resolution of a
project discontinuity

Project close-down

Project
approval

FIGURE 2.6 Project management process.

identity in order to resolve the discontinuity. The objective of continuous project coordi-
nation is to ensure the progress of the project.
The project coordination process is performed continuously. The performances of the
other project management subprocesses are limited in time.
By definition, the project start and the project close-down are each performed only
once. Project control is performed several times in a project and takes place either period-
ically or at project milestones. The need to resolve a project discontinuity depends on the
occurrence of a project crisis or a project chance (Fig. 2.7).

TABLE 2.2 Objectives and Time Boundaries of the Project Management Process
Objectives of the project management process
• Providing the structural prerequisites for the realization of the project objectives
• Efficient performance of the project start, project controlling, project close-down, and continuous
project coordination
• Possibly: Efficient resolution of a project discontinuity
• Management of the social-, time- and content-related project boundaries
• Management of the relationships of the project to the project context
• Building up and reducing of project complexity
• Management of the project dynamics
• Nonobjective: Realization of the content work of the project (Note: This is an objective of the
project and not of project management)
Time boundaries of the project management process
• Start: Project assigned
• End: Project approved