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Project Management
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Projects are, more than ever, a fact of life for voluntary organisations. Changing patterns of funding, particularly the impact of the Community Fund, mean that it is becoming ever more common for agencies to develop their work and secure funding by developing specific projects. Funders in their turn are asking for details of how projects will be managed, with some beginning to expect agencies to use one or another established project management system. Technical projects are more common. Many organisations are getting involved in IT and Internet based projects which bring high risks and costs, and take managers into technical developments where they may not feel confident. Against this background there is a clear need for project management expertise, yet the voluntary sector has no great tradition of using formal methods of project management. This may be a reflection of a reasonable record of success: we haven’t suffered from high profile project failures, especially IT project failures. A string of troubled projects has plagued the commercial and statutory sectors and driven the adoption of a more systematic approach.