Companies today are managing projects more informally than before. Informal project management does have some degree of formality but emphasizes …
PMP
The Project Management Professional (PMP)® is the world’s leading project management certification. Now including predictive, agile and hybrid approaches, …
MATURITY AND EXCELLENCE: A DEFINITION
Some people contend that maturity and excellence in project management are the same.Unfortunately, this is not the case. Consider the …
PRODUCT VS. PROJECT MANAGEMENT: A DEFINITION
For all practical purposes, there is no basic difference between program management and project management. But what about product management? …
SYSTEMS, PROGRAMS, AND PROJECTS:
A DEFINITION
In the preceding sections the word “systems” has been used rather loosely. The exact definition of a system depends on …
Project Management Growth: RESISTANCE TO CHANGE
Why was project management so difficult for companies to accept and implement? The answer is shown in Figure 2–7. Historically, …
Project Management Growth: Concepts 1985 –2003
By the 1990s, companies had begun to realize that implementing project management was a necessity, not a choice. The question …
Project Management Growth: Concepts 1960 –1985
The growth of project management has come about more through necessity than through desire. Its slow growth can be attributed …
Project Management Growth: Concepts 1945–1960
During the 1940s, line managers used the concept of over-the-fence management to manage projects. Each line manager, wearing the hat …
Project Management Growth
INTRODUCTION The growth and acceptance of project management has changed significantly over the past forty years, and these changes are …
Case Study – WILLIAMS MACHINE TOOL COMPANY
For 75 years, the Williams Machine Tool Company had provided quality products to its clients, becoming the third largest U.S.-based …