ABSTRACT
Managing both planned and unplanned project activities will be the constant companion of the project manager as they work to determine appropriate courses of action impacting both the technical and organisational aspects of the project. These changes could impact any area of the project, including the project management plan, organisational policies, standard operating procedures, schedules, budgets and contractual arrangements. Despite the global standards, competing methodologies, best practice, proprietary knowledge, intuition and guesswork, project management remains a multi-faceted discipline. Under Project Management Body of Knowledge defined knowledge areas, functions or processes, project management is driven and ultimately governed by ten knowledge areas. They grow every four years, with the updated edition, but the essence of the challenges facing project managers and the benefits delivered to clients have not changed.
