Project management encompasses all the activities needed to plan and execute a project:
•Deciding what needs to be done
•Estimating costs
•Ensuring there are suitable people to undertake the project
•Defining responsibilities
•Scheduling
•Making arrangements for the work
•Directing
•Being a technical leader
•Reviewing and approving decisions made by others
•Building morale and supporting staff
•Monitoring and controlling
•Co-ordinating the work with managers of other projects
•Reporting
•Continually striving to improve the process