26-08-2017, 04:32 PM
Project ideas are generated through different sources such as customers, competitors and employees. Sometimes they are discovered by accident. The project manager should try to improve people's creativity, scan the entire business environment and evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of the company to generate a large number of ideas. Techniques such as list of attributes, brainstorming and delphi technique are useful for improving creativity at individual and group level.
Project managers should analyze the business environment comprising the economic sector, the government sector, the technology sector, the sociodemographic sector, the competition sector and the supplier sector. Once a group of ideas has been generated, the project manager should examine them carefully. The project rating index method helps managers
Eliminate poor ideas in the initial selection process. In the case of financial projects, the project manager must evaluate the NPV of the project ideas.
Project managers should analyze the business environment comprising the economic sector, the government sector, the technology sector, the sociodemographic sector, the competition sector and the supplier sector. Once a group of ideas has been generated, the project manager should examine them carefully. The project rating index method helps managers
Eliminate poor ideas in the initial selection process. In the case of financial projects, the project manager must evaluate the NPV of the project ideas.