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CHAPTER
THREE
PLANNING
FOR PROJECT
MANAGEMENT

James L. Eastont Division Engineer
Los Angeles County Flood Control District
Los Angeles, California

Robert L. Day Project Manager
Southern California Edison Company
Rosemead, California


INTRODUCTION

"OK boss, we've decided to use project management, what now?" The boss
should answer, "Before we take any drastic actions, we've got to do a lot of
careful planning."

Once the need for project management has been established, the orga-
nization must be careful not to jump too precipitously into project man-
agement. It is risky for a chief executive to merely issue a memo creating a
project and a project manager, and then expect everything to go well. This
would probably result in complete disruption of the entire organization. Top
management must realize that their management and their specialists very
probably prefer the status quo. As indicated previously, line or functional
management is very comfortable with the hierarchical organization, and will
be strongly resistant to change. It also must be recognized that the implemen-

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Publication Information: Book Title: The Implementation of Project Management: The Professional's Handbook. Contributors: Linn C. Stuckenbruck - editor. Publisher: Addison-Wesley. Place of Publication: Reading, MA. Publication Year: 1981. Page Number: 24.
    
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