Advances in Technology Project Management: Review of Open Source Software Integration

Project Management

There are numerous perspectives regarding the concept of project management as this is a field with many employment opportunities in various industries such as defense or aerospace (Dawson & Rahim, 2011). Thus, the definitions generated by these perspectives also vary, according to the context in which it is discussed. However, the purpose of most project management activities is generally similar. Project management is a way of managing and organizing corporate resources so the available resources can generate the completion of a project within given scope, time, and resource constraints (Wideman, 2001).

The understanding behind project management also accounts for the definition of a project. A project is a unique endeavor performed to create certain products, services, or results (Project Management Institute, 2009). This definition is dissimilar to the definitions of process and operation due to several factors. The easiest to define is the time-constraint factor. A project performs the work necessary to complete activities within a limited amount of time, while processes and operations generally account for on-going continuous effort. A project aims to produce a single or a group of products, services, or results and the chain of activities are terminated once these are produced. Thus it is important to understand the acquisition of Information Technology (IT) and Information Systems (IS) in project management (Rahim & Dawson, 2010).