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Project Plan Project Management American Intercontinental University

Project Plan Project Management American Intercontinental University. Author Note This paper was prepared for MGMT-412-1401B-01 taught by Donald Buresh. Barriers to the success of a project. Attitudes toward project management People differ in terms of perceptions about project management.

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Project Plan Project Management American Intercontinental University

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  1. Project PlanProject ManagementAmerican Intercontinental University Author NoteThis paper was prepared for MGMT-412-1401B-01 taught by Donald Buresh

  2. Barriers to the success of a project Attitudes toward project management • People differ in terms of perceptions about project management. • Some view project management negatively • Some people see it as being hard and tiresome. • Most people do not like manning of projects • Others consider project management to be a slow, tiresome and boring subject • With such negativity, achieving the set goal is quite hard (Field & Keller,1998).

  3. Barriers to the success of a project Cultural differences • Cultural differences can act negatively towards a project’s success • Cultural differences often lead to conflicts and disagreements • These differences can even cause the members to diverge from the set goals due to the disagreements • Africans for example, hold different cultural beliefs from the westerners and this can lead to conflicts (Nagarajan, 2005).

  4. Barriers to the success of a project Varying priorities • People with different priorities apart from the set ones, seem to lag behind projects • Different priorities lead to difference in goals to be achieved • When working on a project, group members are supposed to hold the same priorities in order to accomplish their goals successfully. • When priorities are different within the members, it generally causes a division which affects the progress of the project • Varying priorities within the members of a group working on a common project, have the effect of diverting the members from the main goals to be achieved and often causes conflicts(Nagarajan, 2005).

  5. Barriers to the success of a project • Various factors may be considered as barriers to the success of a project. These include the following; • Attitudes toward project • Cultural differences • Varying priorities • Ambiguity of the project (Field & Keller,1998).

  6. Barriers to the success of a project Ambiguity of the project • Projects are said to be ambiguous when the group/team member do not have a clear idea of what their role is towards achieving the set goals. • There is a lot of time wastage due to ambiguity • There is also a lot of wastage in terms of resources and this occurs especially when different people find themselves doing the same thing • Role ambiguity causes confusion among the members • It generally lags behind the progress of the project (Nagarajan, 2005).

  7. Logistical barriers • Inadequate resources • Over utilized resources that cannot be useful in achieving the needed project goals • Poor transport systems • Lack of the required information for carrying out projects • Poor planning by the logistics manager (Nagarajan, 2005).

  8. References • Field, M., & Keller, L. S. (1998). Project management. London [u.a.: International Thomson Business Press. • Nagarajan, K. (2005). Project management. New Delhi: New Age International.

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