Actions element
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Abstract
In project management, the project canvas are an essential tool for managers to organize and to visualize all the elements. One of the elements named actions is always attached high importance in projects. Project actions are tasks, activities or work that help to achieve the project’s results[1].
Nowadays, the schedule and budget are the fundamental consideration for project management. Nevertheless, plenty of projects still fail to meet these targets, especially on money and time. The reasons for failure have often been blamed on poor project definition, incomplete information, poor productivity, inadequate communications, uncertainties around labor and material costs, and the failure to use timely and appropriate project management practices and controls[2]. The solution to these problems from the root is to manage these project actions.
This article is mainly about the actions element in project management and introduces how actions element influence management of project to help project manager improve from detailed action management by making a good action plan. Being focus on the actions and interventions enable the monitoring and smoothing of group process, improve cooperation and communication, as well as maintain the health of group dynamics[3].
What are Actions
Definition
Project actions are tasks, activities or work that helps to achieve the project’s results. Actions are the completion of specific tasks within a defined period of time. They advance the project toward the desired result. An action can be split into minor activities depending on the level of detail of the Project Canvas. Actions are always best described by these verbs: create, provide, organize, test, produce.[1] Actions are always the combination of a series of detailed verbs to clearly declaim the to-dos when the project is carried out.
Importance
Actions plays a very vital role in the project management. The quality of action plan directly decides the
Specific actions element in a project
limitation
reference
[1]http://www.doing-projects.org/resources/projectcanvas
[2]Uppal, K. B. (2008). Project management, cost engineering, project definition, action plans or what? Aace International Transactions, PM.01 (11 pp.), PM.01 (11 pp.).
[3] Rui Cao, Kong Bieng Chuah, Yiu Chung Chau, Kar Fai Kwong, Mo Yin Law, (2012) "The role of facilitators in project action learning implementation", The Learning Organization, Vol. 19 Issue: 5, pp.414-427, https:// doi.org/10.1108/09696471211239712
