Answer to Question #176753 in Management for joe

Question

Project planning runs through the entire project management

Life-cycle phases. Discuss

Answer 1

 Project Management Phases

 Initiation is the first phase of a project management life cycle and it involves identification of a business need or opportunity, followed by brainstorming of how such need can be resolved. This project management phase constitute a concept of project planning especially in the concept of identifying   the required deliverables and planning for how they will be availed to enhance achievement of the requited need. Planning is the next project management that is dominated with planning on how the ultimate goal will be achieved. This is done by breaking of the project into smaller manageable tasks and setting time limits that will make the set goals achievable.  The execution phase which is the most important part of project management process also has concepts of project planning. During the project execution, the managers have to plan on how activities are going to run through every day of the execution to ensure that the goals of the project are effectively achieved.