項目管理 外文翻譯 外文文獻(xiàn) 英文文獻(xiàn) 項目管理的演變

1、 外文出處：the evolution of project managementthe evolution of project managementby sandro azzopardi importance of project management is an important topic because all organisations, be they small or large, at one time or other, are involved in implementing new undertakings. these undertakings may be div

2、erse, such as, the development of a new product or service; theestablishment of a new production line in a manufacturing enterprise; a public relationspromotion campaign; or a major building programme. whilst the 1980s were about quality and the 1990s were all about globalisation, the 2000s are abou

3、t velocity. that is, to keep ahead of their competitors, organisations are continually faced with the development of complex products, services and processes with very short time-to-market windows combined with the need for cross-functional expertise. in this scenario, project management becomes a v

4、ery important and powerful tool in the hands of organisations that understand its use and have the competencies to apply it. the development of project management capabilities in organisations, simultaneously with the application of information management systems, allow enterprise teams to work in p

5、artnership in defining plans and managing take-to-market projects by synchronising team-oriented tasks, schedules, and resource allocations. this allows cross-functional teams to create and share project information. however, this is not sufficient, information management systems have the potential

6、to allow project management practices to take place in a real-time environment. as a consequence of this potential project management proficiency, locally, nationally or globally dispersed users are able to concurrently view and interact with the same updated project information immediately, includi

7、ng project schedules, threaded discussions, and other relevant documentation. in this scenario the term dispersed user takes on a wider meaning. it not only includes the cross-functional management teams but also experts drawn from the organisations supply chain, and business partners. on a macro le

8、vel organisations are motivated to implement project management techniques to ensure that their undertakings (small or major) are delivered on time, within the cost budget and to the stipulated quality. on a micro level, project management combined with an appropriate information management system h

9、as the objectives of: (a) reducing project overhead costs; (b) customising the project workplace to fit the operational style of the project teams and respective team members; (c) proactively informing the executive management strata of the strategic projects on a real-time basis; (d) ensuring that

10、project team members share accurate, meaningful and timely project documents; and (e) ensuring that critical task deadlines are met. whilst the motivation and objectives to apply project management in organisations is commendable, they do not assure project success. however, before discussing the me

11、aning and achievement of project success it is appropriate at this stage to provide a brief history of project management. brief history of project management project management has been practiced for thousands of years dating back to the egyptian epoch, but it was in the mid-1950s that organisation

12、s commenced applying formal project management tools and techniques to complex projects. modern project management methods had their origins in two parallel but different problems of planning and control in projects in the united states. the first case involved the u.s navy, which at that time was c

13、oncerned with the control of contracts for its polaris missile project. these contracts consisted of research, development work and manufacturing of parts that were unique and had never been previously undertaken. this particular project was characterised by high uncertainty, since neither cost nor

14、time could be accurately estimated. hence, completion times were based on probabilities. time estimates were based on optimistic, pessimistic and most likely. these three time scenarios were mathematically assessed to determine the probable completion date. this procedure the evolution of project ma

15、nagement 2 was called program evaluation review technique (pert). initially, the pert technique did not take into consideration cost. however, the cost feature was later included using the same estimating approach as with time. due to the three estimation scenarios, pert was found (and still is) to

16、be best suited for projects with a high degree of uncertainty reflecting their level of uniqueness. the second case, involved the private sector, namely, e.i du pont de nemours company, which had undertaken to construct major chemical plants in u.s. unlike the navy polaris project, these constructio

17、n undertakings required accurate time and cost estimates. the methodology developed by this company was originally referred to as project planning and scheduling (pps). pps required realistic estimates of cost and time, and is thus a more definitive approach than pert. the pps technique was later de

18、veloped into the critical path method (cpm) that became very popular with the construction industry. during the 1960s and 1970s, both pert and cpm increased their popularity within the private and public sectors. defence departments of various countries, nasa, and large engineering and construction

19、companies world wide applied project management principles and tools to manage large budget, schedule-driven projects. the popularity in the use of these project management tools during this period coincided with the development of computers and the associated packages that specialised in project ma

20、nagement. however, initially these computer packages were very costly and were executed only on mainframe or mini computers. the use of project management techniques in the 1980s was facilitated with the advent of the personal computer and associated low cost project management software. hence, duri

21、ng this period, the manufacturing and software development sectors commenced to adopt and implement sophisticated project management practices as well. by the 1990s, project management theories, tools and techniques were widely received by different industries and organisations. four periods in the

22、development of modern project management. 1 prior to 1958: craft system to human relations. during this time, the evolution of technology, such as, automobiles and telecommunications shortened the project schedule. for instance, automobiles allowed effective resource allocation and mobility, whilst

23、the telecommunication system increased the speed of communication. furthermore, the job specification which later became the basis of developing the work breakdown structure (wbs) was widely used and henry gantt invented the gantt chart. examples of projects undertaken during this period as supporte

24、d by documented evidence include: (a) building the pacific railroad in 1850s; (b) construction of the hoover dam in 1931-1936, that employed approximately 5,200 workers and is still one of the highest gravity dams in the u.s. generating about four billion kilowatt hours a year; and (c) the manhattan

25、 project in 1942-1945 that was the pioneer research and development project for producing the atomic bomb, involving 125,000 workers and costing nearly $2 billion. 2 1958-1979: application of management science. significant technology advancement took place between 1958 and 1979, such as, the first

26、automatic plain-paper copier by xerox in 1959. between 1956 and 1958 several core project management tools including cpm and pert were introduced. however, this period was characterised by the rapid development of computer technology. the progression from the mainframe to the mini-computer in the 19

27、70s made computers affordable to medium size companies. in 1975, bill gates and paul allen founded microsoft. furthermore, the evolution of computer technology facilitated the emergence of several project management software companies, including, artemis (1977), oracle (1977), and scitor corporation

28、 (1979). in the 1970s other project management tools such as material requirements planning (mrp) were also introduced. examples of projects undertaken during this period and which influenced the development of modem project management as we know it today include: (a) polaris missile project initiat

29、ed in 1956 that had the objective of delivering nuclear missiles carried by submarines, known as fleet ballistic missile for the u.s navy. the project successfully launched its first polaris missile in 1961; (b) apollo project initiated in 1960 with the objective of sending man to the moon; and (c)

30、e.i du pont de nemours chemical plant project commencing in 1958, that had the objective of building major chemical production plants across the u.s. the evolution of project management 3 3 1980-1994: production centre human resources. the 1980s and 1990s are characterised by the revolutionary devel

31、opment in the information management sector with the introduction of the personal computer (pc) and associated computer communications networking facilities. this development resulted in having low cost multitasking pcs that had high efficiency in managing and controlling complex project schedules.

32、during this period low cost project management software for pcs became widely available that made project management techniques more easily accessible. examples of major projects undertaken during this period that illustrate the application of high technology, and project management tools and practi

33、ces include: (a) england france channel project, 1989 to1991. this project was an international project that involved two governments, several financial institutions, engineering construction companies, and other various organisations from the two countries. the language, use of standard metrics, an

34、d other communication differences needed to be closely coordinated; (b) space shuttle challenger project, 1983 to 1986. the disaster of the challenger space shuttle focused attention on risk management, group dynamics, and quality management; and (c) xv calgary winter olympic of 1988, which successf

35、ully applied project management practices to event management. 4 1995-present: creating a new environment. this period is dominated by the developments related to the internet that changed dramatically business practices in the mid 1990s. the internet has provided fast, interactive, and customised n

36、ew medium that allows people to browse, purchase, and track products and services online instantly. this has resulted in making firms more productive, more efficient, and more client oriented. furthermore, many of todays project management software have an internet connectivity feature. this allows

37、automatic uploading of data so that anyone around the globe with a standard browser can: (a) input the most recent status of their assigned tasks; (b) find out how the overall project is doing; (c) be informed of any delays or advances in the schedule, while working independently at a remote site. a

38、n example of a major project undertaken during this period is the year 2000 (y2k) project.the y2k project, known as the millennium bug referred to the problem that computers may not function correctly on january lst, 2000 at 12 am. this was a global phenomenon and was highly problematic because reso

39、lving the problem at ones organisation did not guarantee immunity, since a breakdown in the organisations supply chain could affect the organisations operating capability. many organisations set up a project office to control and comply with their stakeholders regarding the y2k issue. furthermore, u

40、se of the internet was common practice that led to the establishment of the virtual project office. the goal of this virtual project office was: (a) to deliver uninterrupted turn-of-the-century; (b) monitor y2k project efforts; (c) provide coordination; (d) develop a risk management plan; and (e) co

41、mmunicate y2k compliance efforts with various stakeholders. thus, the virtual project office was a focal point for all the project works, and it increased the awareness and importance of risk management practices to numerous organisations. why project management? there is no doubt that organisations

42、 today face more aggressive competition than in the past and the business environment they operate in is a highly turbulent one. it should be emphasised that the causes for the failure to deliver on time, on budget and to the quality of performance expected could be addressed by the application of p

43、roject management practices. furthermore, the failure to deliver on time, on budget and to the quality of performance expected does not necessarily mean that the project was itself a failure. at this stage what is being discussed is the effectiveness and efficiency of project execution and not wheth

44、er a project is a success or failure. conclusion project management should be viewed as a tool that helps organisations to execute designated projects effectively and efficiently. the use of this tool does not automatically guarantee project success. (project success will be discussed in a subsequen

45、t issue). however, in preparation for the next issue, i would like you to think about the distinction between project success and project management success. this distinction will provide further insight to the questions: why are some projects perceived as failures when they have met all the traditi

46、onal standards of success, namely, completed on time, completed within budget, and meeting all the technical specifications? why are some projects perceived to be successful when they have failed to meet two important criteria that are traditionally associated with success, namely, not completed on

47、time and not completed within budget? sandro azzopardi is a professional author who writes articles on various subjects on his web site and local newspapers and magazines. you can visit information about this article and others on the info pit 項目管理的演變 桑德羅阿澤帕迪 項目管理的重要性，是一個重要的課題，因為所有的組織，無論是或大或小，在同一時間或

48、其他參與實施新的事業(yè)。這些事業(yè)可能是多種多樣的，例如，開發(fā)一個新產(chǎn)品或服務(wù)；建立一個新的生產(chǎn)線；在制造企業(yè)公共關(guān)系推廣活動或重大建設(shè)方案。 80年代有關(guān)質(zhì)量； 90年代關(guān)于全球化，二十一世紀(jì)關(guān)于速度。也就是說，要保持領(lǐng)先其競爭對手，組織不斷面臨發(fā)展復(fù)雜的產(chǎn)品，服務(wù)和進(jìn)程在很短的時間與市場的窗口相結(jié)合還有跨職能專業(yè)知識的需要。在這種情況下，項目管理成為在了解它的使用者手中的非常重要和強(qiáng)大的工具。在組織發(fā)展中的項目管理能力，同時與信息管理系統(tǒng)的應(yīng)用，使企業(yè)團(tuán)隊工作定義計劃和管理團(tuán)隊同步。考慮到市場項目的合作伙伴面向的任務(wù)，時間安排和資源分配。這允許跨職能團(tuán)隊創(chuàng)建和共享項目信息。然而，這是不夠的，信

49、息管理系統(tǒng)有可能使項目管理者根據(jù)地方環(huán)境采取實時管理方案。在當(dāng)?shù)?，由于這種潛在的項目管理能力，使國家或分散在全球各地的用戶能夠同時查看和具有相同互動；立即更新的項目信息的能力，包括項目進(jìn)度，主題討論，和其他有關(guān)文件。在這種情況下，長期分散的用戶需要有更廣泛的意義。它不僅僅包括跨職能的管理團(tuán)隊。專家們還定義組織的供應(yīng)鏈和業(yè)務(wù)合作伙伴。在宏觀層面上組織積極實施項目管理技術(shù)以確保他們的事業(yè)（小的或主要的）在成本預(yù)算范圍內(nèi)按時交付，并保證規(guī)定的質(zhì)量。在微觀層面上，與項目管理相結(jié)合信息管理系統(tǒng)的目標(biāo)是：（一）減少項目間接費用；（二）自定義項目的工作場所，以適應(yīng)項目團(tuán)隊和各自的團(tuán)隊成員的運作風(fēng)格；（三）主

50、動通知執(zhí)行管理；（四）確保項目團(tuán)隊成員實時的基礎(chǔ)的戰(zhàn)略項目分享準(zhǔn)確，有意義和及時的項目文件及確保關(guān)鍵任務(wù)完成最后期限。雖然應(yīng)用項目管理的動機(jī)和目標(biāo)組織是值得稱贊的，他們不保證項目的成功。然而，在討論的意義和實現(xiàn)項目的成功，它是適當(dāng)?shù)脑谶@個階段，提供了項目管理的簡要歷史。項目管理簡史：項目管理已實行多年，歷史可以追溯到埃及數(shù)千年前，但它是在1950年中期，某項目組織正式開始申請管理工具和技術(shù)復(fù)雜的項目?，F(xiàn)代項目管理方法有兩個平行的，但不同的問題，在規(guī)劃和控制它們的起源是在美國的項目。 第一個案例，當(dāng)時這是美國海軍關(guān)注與控制北極星導(dǎo)彈項目合同。這些合同包括研究，開發(fā)。工作是獨特的部分制造業(yè)和從未進(jìn)

51、行的行業(yè)。這個特定項目的特點是高度的不確定性，因為沒有成本，也沒有準(zhǔn)確時間。因此在概率的基礎(chǔ)上。時間估計是根據(jù)樂觀，悲觀和最有可能。通過這三個方案數(shù)學(xué)評估，以確定可能的完工日期。此過程中的演化出項目管理被稱為“計劃評審技術(shù)（pert）。最初，“pert技術(shù)不考慮到成本。然而，后來包括使用相同的成本功能隨著時間的估算方法。通過三個估計方案，發(fā)現(xiàn)pert是（現(xiàn)在仍然是）最適合項目的，也反映他們的水平高的不確定性程度獨特之處。 第二個例子，私營部門的參與，即杜邦的內(nèi)穆爾公司，進(jìn)行了在美國興建大型化工廠，不同海軍北極星項目是這些建設(shè)事業(yè)需要精確的時間和成本估計。由這家公司開發(fā)的方法作為項目最初規(guī)劃和調(diào)

52、度（聚苯硫醚）。 pps的現(xiàn)實估計需要的時間和成本，因而是比pert的更明確的方法。 pps的技術(shù)，后來發(fā)展成關(guān)鍵路徑法（cpm）在建造業(yè)成為非常受歡迎的。pert和cpm在20世紀(jì)60年代和70年代，在增加他們的知名度。各個國家，美國宇航局和大型國防部門工程和建筑公司用全球廣泛應(yīng)用的項目管理原則和工具來管理龐大的預(yù)算，時間表驅(qū)動的項目。在使用普及這些項目管理工具，在此期間，在項目管理專業(yè)正值發(fā)展計算機(jī)及相關(guān)包。然而，最初，這些電腦包是非常昂貴的，只在大型機(jī)執(zhí)行或微型計算機(jī)。在20世紀(jì)80年代便利個人電腦和相關(guān)的成本低的項目管理軟件的問世后項目管理技術(shù)才得到廣泛應(yīng)用。因此，在此期間，制造和軟件開發(fā)部門開始采取和實施以及復(fù)雜的項目管理實踐。在20世紀(jì)90年代，項目管理理論，工具和技術(shù)被不同行業(yè)和組織廣泛接受。 現(xiàn)代項目管理的發(fā)展可分為四個時期。1958年之前：工藝系統(tǒng)，人與人之間的關(guān)系。在此期間，進(jìn)化技術(shù)，如，汽車，電信，縮短項目進(jìn)度。例如，汽車，有效的資源配置和流動，而通信系統(tǒng)增加了通信速度。此外，工作規(guī)范后來做為發(fā)展工作分解結(jié)構(gòu)的基礎(chǔ)（wbs），被廣泛使用，亨利甘特發(fā)明的甘特圖。（一）建設(shè)建造胡佛水壩，現(xiàn)在仍然是一個在美國最高的重力壩生產(chǎn)能力約40億千瓦小時，及在1942年的曼哈頓計劃 - 1945年是為生產(chǎn)原子彈的先驅(qū)研究和發(fā)展項目，涉及125000工人，耗資近20億