Project planning and management

Neither the Owner nor the contractor can control factors like project size, type, and location nor can they control local weather or economic environment. However, they can minimize their adverse effects with good project planning and management and, in all cases, by recognizing the dangers and making proper productivity allowances in the estimate. 

Some of the adverse conditions are inherent to the specific sites and/or project and cannot be eliminated through project planning and management. In these cases, the following multipliers should be applied to the estimated hours ... 

Portfolio and Project Planning and Management in the Drug Discovery, Development, and Review Process... 

Places excess burden on the project team leader to both lead and provide process and project planning and management support... 

With the increasing role and complexity of medical software, manufacturers started to adopt risk control management as a basis for project planning and management, introducing a practical approach to optimizing safety with effects that are as low as possible on costs and time-to-market. 

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