Usage of Project Management Methodologies in Mining – Mining Project Life Cycle

Abstract

Project management is already an extensive and independent field of management. Knowledge in this field is shared not only by universities, but also, and in principle it could be said that mainly by associations of practitioners and theoreticians of project management such as IPMA or Project Management Institute. These organizations present different approaches to project management. Today, many companies face a dilemma about which approach to project management to apply. Traditional, well-known by most management practitioners, or agile, younger approach. The paper presents how popular project management methodologies define a project and its life cycle. This has been confronted with the characteristics of the mining project, which at the same time indicates which of the methodologies have the potential to be used in mining.