SCMI - Project Management
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Project Environment
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The first question one should ask about any project is whether the project environment is well understood. By the project environment we mean the sum of all the factors that may affect the project during its life time. These can include geographical, social, economic, political, commercial, and cultural issues. It is the nature of the project environment that makes some project intrinsically more difficult than others. A particularly important aspect of the project environment is the project stakeholders. These are individuals or groups who have some kind of interest in the project. Stakeholder management can be particularly important in managing successful projects. It depends on recognizing that different stakeholders have different interests (sometimes conflicting) and need to be managed in different way.