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Project management

Project management

A project management approach to child injury prevention provides a systematic and structured manner to planning/development, implementation and evaluation.  It is probably helpful first to define "what is a project?" and "what is project management? ".

What is a project?

A project is a temporary series of activities undertaken to create a unique product/service or achieve a specific goal or end result that brings about a beneficial change or added value. [32] [33]

A project has:

• a definite beginning and end
• it is not a continuous process.[33]

What is project management?

Project management is the process of defining a project's requirements, planing the tasks and ensuring the project is implemented and finalised so that it is completed to the QUALITY specification, on TIME and to COST or budget.[32] The process of project management is similar to problem solving.[33]

What does project management include?

Necessary project management skills encompass the following (in no set priority):

• Initial problem definition through the collection and analysis of valid data/information
• Clear articulation of the project, based the evidence of need and what works
• Development and clarification of the project including scope, goals and deliverables
• Establishment of a mutually agreed governance structure for how the project will operate including how decisions will be made, reporting relationships and roles/responsibilities etc
• Identification of project resource needs (human, capital and intellectual) and monitoring of budget expenditure
• Stakeholder analysis through consultation that is inclusive of input from all key stakeholders to build effective partnerships and ongoing commitment for sustainability
• Clear articulation of the work to be completed with specificity related to what work is to be completed, how it will be completed, in what time frame, by whom etc, at times (referred to as a work breakdown structure)
• From the outset, proactive identification and analysis of potential project risks and opportunities, with appropriate management plans
• Development and operationalisation of a multifaceted communication strategy to ensure the timely and appropriate generation, collection, dissemination and archiving of project related information
• Design of clear, simple, measurable and reliable performance indicators (covering process, impact and outcome) from the outset and used throughout the duration of the project to inform decision making, monitor progress; as well as flag desired and/or unexpected outcomes/outputs.

There are a plethora of templates etc including electronic programs available that can be used, as well as a range of other supportive resources.

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