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Perspectives from Other Industries: Best Practice and Evolving Trends
Ian Reynolds
Logica UK Limited
London, England
I. Introduction
81
II. Program Management vs. Project Management
82
III. Project Management
82
IV. Control of Projects
83
A. Background and Situation Status
83
B. Knowing What to Aim For
84
C. Management of Change
85
D. Critical Success Factors
86
E. The Work Breakdown Structure
86
F. The Organizational Structure
89
G. Framework of Control
92
H. The Outcome
98
I.
Introduction
In peacetime, the defense industry was once thought to be slow to achieve, muddled and yet profitable with the constant changes to specification and costs being picked up by the taxpayer. The changing defense procurement scenario in the late 80s required a drastic change in the methods and the
