Strategic Management as a Means of Mitigating the Effect of Pandemics Like Covid-19 on Projects

Abstract

The COVID 19 pandemic affected projects performance across the globe thereby resulting in catastrophic losses. Project managers never saw it coming but before they knew it, the pandemic had done its damage. This paper opines that a strategic management approach is essential in mitigating the catastrophic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic from a Project Manager's, legal and cost management perspective. Recommendations were also made on survival strategies for project managers in the event of high magnitude force majeure in the future.