Having dealt with the selection and evaluation of projects for R&D, the steps in the Innovation Chain and the importance of time compression management in the introduction of new products with particular emphasis on the managerial skills that are essential. Of the many skills required in Project Management the following are the key:
- Team Selection and Management
- Project Definition
- Resource Allocation
- Methodology: Planning and Controlling
Another possible way of looking at this is to imagine it as a complex of WHAT, WHEN, WHO and HOW questions to be answered:
- WHAT is to be delivered by the project?
- WHEN is it to be delivered?
- WHO is going to deliver?
- HOW is it going to be delivered?
- What CONSTRAINTS are there on the project?
- WHEN will they be placed?
- WHO will place the constraints?
- HOW will they be applied?
- What RESOURCES will be required?
- WHEN will they be required?
- WHO will supply the resources?
- HOW will they be supplied?
- WHAT will control the project?
- WHEN will control be applied?
- WHO will control the project?
- HOW will we know the project under CONTROL?
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