Project Formulation and Management

Project is the cutting edge of development. Where are projects, there are investment. So, project formulation and implementation is very important for development and poverty alleviation. Every officer should have to know how the project is formulated and implemented. This would be a unique book in terms of project related issues and this is our first enthusiastic effort to cover an important area of development as there is no such comprehensive book on this subject. In this book, different aspects of project management like project identification, appraisal, preparation, approval, implementation, monitoring-controlling and evaluation are thoroughly and elaborately discussed; one will be able to conceive the text easily and grasp the idea about the projects. It has been evidenced that project implementation is still lag behind in terms of time, cost and performance. We have tried to enlighten the necessary information of the different phases of the project including tips and techniques to overcome the constraints and the readers will be benefited to a great extent. This book is an evidence-based, informative, self-sufficient and comprehensive book on project formulation and implementation. We think that it will unveil a new horizon in formulating and implementing the project and this will be a great opportunity for the readers to know about the project from A to Z. We like to express our deepest gratitude to all officers and staff concerned of this academy, participants of the project management course for their collaboration, contribution, extreme support and cooperation in preparing this book which in many respects is the unique one and first of its kind in Bangladesh; specially linking the global tools and techniques of project management with the public funded project management system keeping its applicability in the business oriented project management as well. This book is published with the necessary permission from the Ministry of Public Administration (MOPA) of the Goverment of Bangladesh. In writing the book, a vast amount of literature have been drawn from different sources and our profound intellectual debt to those. In spite of the best efforts some inevitable errors might have been crept into this book. Any kind of mistake is requested to look into the beautiful creations. Comments and suggestions are much welcome and will be appropriately addressed in the next editions.