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This is an excerpt from the Project Management Journal - Sept 2006

• Project control system
• Project mission and goals should be well defined
• Top management support within resources and budget in essential
• A detailed project planning that covers all aspect of the project
• Client consultation and acceptance during the project life cycle
• Competent project team members that supports project aims and objectives
• Technical abilities of the project team and project organization
• Project team should have troubleshooting capabilities
• Success criteria should be agreed upon with the stakeholders before onset of project
• A collaborative working relationship should be maintained between the project owner and project manager
• The Project manager should have the flexibility to deal with uncertainty
• The project owner should take an interest in the project performance

These in my opinion are a really nice set of factors which one should keep in mind whenever involved in a project.

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Software Project Management — A Mapping between RUP and the PMBOK

Many organizations wish to standardize their software engineering practices as well as their project management PM practices, and two well-known processes are available to help in both these areas, respectively. The IBM® Rational® Unified Process,® or RUP®, offers a prescriptive approach for standardizing on software engineering best practices, and the Project Management Institute® PMI® Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge® PMBOK® offers a descriptive approach for standardizing on project management best practices. With both these approaches available to organizations, the question becomes: Are they compatible? The simple answer is, “Yes.”

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PMI is pleased to introduce a new credential for individuals who manage programs. The Program Management Professional (PgMP^SM) credential will be available in the first half of 2007. You can view more information about the PgMP credential, including Frequently Asked Questions on PMI’s website.

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