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Project Implementation in Schools

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The phase of project implementation refers to the efforts involved in directing the progress of a project against the project plan, intended to minimize the variances between the planned and actual progress. Inherent in this phase is change management and process inevitably taken by the project manager and team to meet the project goals and plan. In fact, project implementation encompasses educational changes on different levels that take place as the design and development of the project mature.

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Yemini, M., Oplatka, I., Sagie, N. (2018). Project Implementation in Schools. In: Project Management in Schools. Palgrave Pivot, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-78608-7_4

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