Practical Project Management
Tips, Tactics, and Tools
Chapter One
About Projects and
Project Management
Here's a familiar scene. It is played out daily, across the world. The firm finds
itself with a "project." It "assigns" the project to one or more project leaders.
Other people are asked to contribute to the project. The work starts. Responding
to an inquiry from a senior level person, the project leader reports, "We're not
sure where we're going, but we're making good time." The boss asks, "Where's
the plan?" Leader responds, "Who has time to plan? We are already in over our
heads." Leader continues, "Where are all the people whom I was promised?"
Boss asks, "Where is the project charter? And, besides, without the plan how do
we know what you need and when?"
Well, you can fill in the rest. It goes on and on and gets worse and worse. The
firm is not set up to work on projects. Roles are not clear. Procedures are nonexistent.
Senior management expects that p ... read full excerpt from Practical Project Management: Tips, Tactics, and Tools ebook
