49. Journalists
Journalists are project managers who detach the goal of accurate reporting from the goal of project success.
Project managers know that they have to understand the true state of their projects and to report accurately on them. Sometimes, however, they lose sight of the reason for all this attention to detail: to make sure the project achieves its objectives. They adopt as their goal the accurate portrayal of the state of the project at all times. They become, in effect, journalists. Like film critics,1 project journalists believe—if only subconsciously—that they can succeed even if their project fails.
1 See Pattern 19, “Film Critics ...
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