If there needs to be substantial system development or integration, more traditional project management approaches may come into play.
In taking an in-depth look at this project, and others, the authors show why this approach is so effective and how the initiatives are managed in conjunction with more traditional project activities.
In the pages that follow, we'll take a close look at rapid-results initiatives, using case studies to show how these projects are selected and designed and how they are managed in conjunction with more traditional project activities.
If granting agencies are following methods taught by traditionalists, you'll probably have to figure out a way to comply with a more traditional project management methodology.
On the other hand, "as a postdoc who was funded on these projects, I essentially had seven or eight advisers... who were all interested in my career and helped me out, and I had interactions across universities that I wouldn't have had working on a more traditional project," he says.
We are lucky to have a team of not only talented, but also generous people who are able to help us avoid a lot of the costs associated with a perhaps more traditional project.
