What is Project Management?

“It is change, continuing change, inevitable change, that is the dominant factor in society today. No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be.”
— Isaac Asimov, Writer, Scientist, Philosopher

What is project management and why should I care?

There are three general skill sets that every business needs:

The ability to identify what is happening and the correct changes
The ability to do the same things over and over
The ability to implement directed change

These skills are so important that business has given them names. The first is Strategy. The second is Systems or Processes. And the third is Projects.

Without all three your business will fail.

Project Management is the combination of attitudes, tools, techniques and skills needed to make change in the organization. The attitudes, tools, techniques and skills that help your projects to succeed.

Of course implementing change isn’t always about radical innovation. Sometimes it’s about repairing or upgrading of what is already in place. That also involves project management skills. After all, you don’t do it every day, do you?

Project Management is:

Determining the details which make up your goal
Determining the conditions that affect your goal
Determining the tasks that you need to do
Determining the tasks that you need to do if something goes wrong
Communicating so everyone knows how, what, when and why
Monitoring so everyone works together
Communicating so everyone knows what is happening
Identifying problems, solutions and reactions
Celebrating success, avoiding failure and learning from what happened

“Innovation is the product of creativity and implementation. We’re implementation.”
- Greg Plonka, CEO, VProz Inc.

Call us and we’ll explore implementing directed change with you.

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