Chapter 12. Project Management for Everyone
Based on the definition of a project offered in Chapter One, nearly everything that is done in most organizations is a project. In fact, the only work that does not qualify as a project is that which is repetitive. For that reason, there is hardly anyone who does not manage projects—whether they be at work or at home. And by that line of reasoning, everyone can benefit from applying project management methods to the work that they do.
The interesting thing about project management is that the profession itself did not develop the tools that we use. All of these were conceived as part of the process of managing products. The work breakdown structure (WBS) was developed so that all steps that must be ...
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