Project management is a discipline with an extensive body of knowledge that has evolved through project management practices over time. A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge first published in 1996 by the Project Management Institute (PMI) incorporated in 1969. Projects range in complexity from sending a man to the moon to organizing a wedding anniversary in Tuscany to planning for end of life .
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There are four primary constraints that require continual balancing and attention in effective project management. They are project scope, time, quality and budget. All projects proceed through stages of initiating, planning, executing, controlling, and closing the work of a project team who collaborate to achieve specific goals with identified success criteria within a specified period of time.