The Structure of a Project

The project environment is usefully distinguished from the operational environment (where routine operational processes are executed). The project environment is characterised by three structures imposed on this work so that it can be managed systematically. In the first of these, the life of a project is broken into four global phases. The second offers an anatomy for a project in which all the core information about a project is classified into seven elements. The third separates the work on a project into two layers: one related to the production of the project’s outputs and the other involving the management of that activity.