Waht is the level of criticallity in Project management for
a Project which is started in maintenance Phase ? Which
phase of Project management theory must be more focused for
such kind of projects .
Answer Posted / srinivasa rao paidisetti
Any project is unique and one of its kind. Hence,
criticality would be at par with any other project.
Business weightage might change for a project in an
organisation based on various parameters like the
beneficiaries, cost, technical know-how etc.
For any project, Planning Phase is the Key. Execution
phase will be successful upon seamless Planning and careful
Monitoring & Controlling
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