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Generally, a client can perform all management tasks in-house. He or she can also assign them, either in total or in part, to professional project management companies. Whether he or she decides to do so, and to what extent, depends on the special situation of the client. There are numerous points of view about this and just as many theoretical explanations. What is decisive, however, is that practical experience and scientifi c investigations have shown that early involvement of professional, external project managers leads to an optimization potential of 10 to 15 per cent of construction costs, maybe even more. This depends on professionalism levels and competency of the external project manager as well as on the extent of the responsibility areas assigned.
This chapter outlines practical solutions in their different varieties, as they result from over 35 years of experience by the author. The respective disadvantages and advantages for the different varieties are often viewed differently by different clients, depending on their individual priorities.
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Sommer, H. (2010). Management Varieties. In: Project Management for Building Construction. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-10874-7_5
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