Comparison of the guidelines and forms used in grant projects in turkey with PMI standards: An example of development agencies

In Turkey, there have been important developments in the field of project management in recent years. The concept and features of project management which have been frequently used in numerical fields such as engineering and informatics and studied academically, have unfortunately lagged behind in the fields of social sciences. In addition there are projects that will enable development in areas such as econımic, social, cultural, education and tourism in oor country. Projects are carried out with the support of different intitutions and organizations such as the EU(European Union), TUBITAK, ministries, Municipalities, Development Agencies and a very significant amount of money is invested each year. For this reason, it is very important that planning, execution, control and termination steps of the grant projects, starting from the idea stage, are carried out meticulously and in accordance with certain standards. Because in a project that is not planned correctly, there will be important problems in the implementation phase. Each problem encountered and not solved corrcly will lead to prolongation or the project, increase in cost and many other problems. When it comes to project management standards, there are certain examples in the world. The most accepted and widely used in our country and world are the standards determined by PMI (Project Management Institute). In this respect, in our research, we examined the project forms and project guides that used in the Grant programs and we tried to determine how well they comply with the PMI standards. Project application forms, application guides and additional documents for the programs announced by the Development Agency through the call for proposal method were examined. Based on the Project Preparation Guide and project forms prepared by the agency, it has been observed that there are significant differences in some points (The Project Preparation Guide and project forms and the detailing of the work breakdown structures between the standards and the PMI's rewards at some points as determined by the milestones) between the standards determined by PMI.