Establishes an agreed schedule and plan: Schedules help to eliminate delays or overruns and provide a plan to be followed for all those involved with the project. Creates a base for teamwork: People are required to work in a team on a project. This is due to team synergy benefits through the sharing and support of knowledge and skills. Bringing people together in this way inspires team members to collaborate on a successful project.
Document Business Case - Evaluate all Candidate Project Information that has been provided by the requesting organization or that has been gathered by a technical analyst. If additional information is needed, issue an Information Request to the requester. Format this information into a Business Case. Assign the Candidate Project a new Project Code.
Due to the triple constraint which project managers face with regards to quality, time and scope, the way in which a PM deals with these constraints on top of all the other aspects of the project that need to be managed means a lot when judging a PM's skill on a project manager resume. Without Project Management there would be chaos in organisations which would induce stress, uncertainty and higher rates of failure, highlighting project management's essential nature to organisations.
Provide the base information for more informed financial commitments to projects. Establish a more objective ranking of candidate projects.Allow a more effective matching of skilled resources to the right project. Avoid over-allocating limited skilled resources. Anticipate future human resource quantities and skills. Provide a valid basis for staff training. Make Project Initiation faster and more efficient.