Việc quản lý các dự án xây dựng đòi hỏi kiến thức quản lý hiện đại cũng như sự hiểu biết một của quá trình thiết kế và xây dựng | 2. Organizing for Project Management What is Project Management The management of construction projects requires knowledge of modern management as well as an understanding of the design and construction process. Construction projects have a specific set of objectives and constraints such as a required time frame for completion. While the relevant technology institutional arrangements or processes will differ the management of such projects has much in common with the management of similar types of projects in other specialty or technology domains such as aerospace pharmaceutical and energy developments. Generally project management is distinguished from the general management of corporations by the mission-oriented nature of a project. A project organization will generally be terminated when the mission is accomplished. According to the Project Management Institute the discipline of project management can be defined as follows 111 Project management is the art of directing and coordinating human and material resources throughout the life of a project by using modern management techniques to achieve predetermined objectives of scope cost time quality and participation satisfaction. By contrast the general management of business and industrial corporations assumes a broader outlook with greater continuity of operations. Nevertheless there are sufficient similarities as well as differences between the two so that modern management techniques developed for general management may be adapted for project management. The basic ingredients for a project management framework 2 may be represented schematically in Figure 2-1. A working knowledge of general management and familiarity with the special knowledge domain related to the project are indispensable. Supporting disciplines such as computer science and decision science may also play an important role. In fact modern management practices and various special knowledge domains have absorbed various techniques or tools .
