Main functions of project management

The main functions of project management are: in order to ensure the smooth progress of the project in all aspects such as design, procurement, construction, installation and debugging, focusing on the control objectives of "safety, quality, construction period, investment and final accounts", in the aspects of project integration management, scope management, time management, cost management, quality management, human resource management, communication management, risk management, procurement management, settlement management and final accounts management.

The project management enterprise does not directly sign a contract with the project general contracting enterprise or the survey, design, supply and construction enterprise, but can assist the owner to sign a contract with the project general contracting enterprise or the survey, design, supply and construction enterprise according to the contract, and be entrusted by the owner to supervise the performance of the contract.

Specific methods, service contents, authority, expenses and responsibilities of project management, etc. , should be agreed by the owner and the project management enterprise in the contract.

Extended data

In the late 1960s and early 1970s, industrialized countries began to apply the theories and methods of project management to the field of construction engineering, and set up a major related to project management in universities around the mid-1970s. The application of project management is first applied in the owner's project management, and then gradually popularized among contractors, designers and suppliers.

Project management consulting service appeared in the mid-1970s. The main clients of project management consulting companies are owners, but they also serve contractors, designers and suppliers. The International Association of Consulting Engineers (FIDIC) promulgated the conditions of the project management contract between the owner and the project management consulting company in 1980.

As a discipline, project management has been developing continuously for more than 30 years. Traditional project management is the first generation of this discipline, and the second generation is project management (there is no unified Chinese term, which refers to the management of a project team composed of multiple interrelated projects, not limited to the implementation stage of the project).

The third generation is project portfolio management (there is no unified Chinese term, which refers to the management of a program composed of multiple projects, which may not necessarily have internal relations, so it can be called project portfolio management), and the fourth generation is change management (change management). These management techniques and methods have been applied in project management.

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