Comparison Project Management Practices in Industry Auto Parts

Abstract

The auto parts, according to their main client, the assembly of vehicles, are dozens of projects each year that range in complexity and size. The observation of these companies shows that most of the time failures are observed with typical problems of project management, poorly developed scopes, delays, communication problems, quality, cash flow and so on. If you look at the auto parts and his influence in the auto industry, we could observe the existence of structured practices for managing projects of new products, which of course are to ensure the proper management of projects and consequently the achievement of goals set. This report aims to compare two practices in a simplified form of project management, The APQP which is used by the automotive industry and auto parts and prepared by the PMBOK in wide use in the market.