The Wedding Project
One of the most significant days in a person's life is her wedding day! To ensure that such a momentous event goes off without a hitch, appropriate planning is required. And when it comes to wedding planning, picking one's partner could very well be the easiest of all the planning decisions to make. Months will be spent prior to the wedding researching vendors, comparing products and prices, meeting with photographers, hotel managers, and many more wedding vendors to determine how to save costs on each wedding item (Hammond, 2007). "The absence of a clearly defined project plan consistently shows up as the major reason for project failures," (Gray & Lawson, 2005, p. 118). Without an implementation plan that outlines budgets, how important tasks should be organized, and what the contingencies are in the event that something goes awry, could result in what should be one of the happiest days of someone's life turning into a complete disaster. "The success of your whole day depends on your ability to organize, plan, and budget," (Hammond, 2007, para. 1). Table 1 list a breakdown of the major tasks and subtasks that will be needed to carry out a wedding project.
The stakeholders in a wedding project are numerous. Naturally the bride and groom are the biggest stakeholders. But also included in this list of stakeholders will be the bride and groom's family, members of the wedding party (maid of honor, bridesmaid, best man, and groomsmen), wedding guests, wedding vendors (florist, musicians, caterer, cake maker, clothiers, venue directors), and the officiate. Further, a successful wedding requi...
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This activity gives a review on what factors to consider that would be beneficial to a great deal of people when it comes to implementing projects. In this way, not only are doing something that makes the world a brighter place, but it also enhances the overall well-being of the people involved. If only more people would think this way, then maybe the combined efforts of all who want to make a difference will surely change the world to be
When planning a new project, how the project will be managed is one of the most important factors. The importance of a managers will determine the success of the project. The success of the project will be determined by how well it is managed. Project management is referred to as the discipline that entails the processes of carefully planning, organizing, controlling, and motivating the organization resources so as to foster and facilitate the achievement of specific established and desired goals and meet the specific criteria of success required in the organization (Larson, 2014). Over the course of this paper I will be discussing and analyzing the importance of project management.
The wedding Industry in the United States is massive, with an expenditure of over 80 billion dollars in the 2 million plus wedding ceremonies that take place across the nation annually. Some of the amount is spent on one-off payments like location, décor and costumes, but a large portion is directed towards increasing the wealth of wedding planners. While the wedding planner salary is considerable, the job demands grit and determination, since these professionals have to learn to cope with the wild expectations of people who want them to deliver the greatest day of their life.
In the life, everyone sometimes has the conflicts which makes him is difficult to decide the available solution. If he recognizes the main point of the problem, he can find the way to resolve. In contrast, if he doesn’t discover the main point of the problem, he can be stressful and makes the difficulty is more bad. In my country, wedding is the significant event with the bride, the groom, and the relative sides because it brings very important meaning in the human life. From the way of holding a wedding, people can appreciate the condition and the circumstance of the family sides. Then, I am a Vietnamese so I also have the same mind as any Vietnamese. I want to hold my wedding perfectly and I want to become the beautiful bride in the best
Full Time Wedding Planners: They are the most popular type of wedding planners. They help the wedding couple plan their entire wedding ceremony, honeymoon and sending thank you notes. Make sure you spend a lot of time with them because they are very easy to get along with. They usually charge more than other planners which is usually 10-20 percent of your wedding budget. The fee is worth it considering that they may even know the intricacies of your wedding more than you do which allows you to focus on vital aspects of your engagement.