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CHAPTER 14

THE PROJECT MANAGER AS LEADER

You must take an art and discipline approach in the project environment when leading your project team: the art of managing people and the discipline of applying the necessary project processes to be successful. I hear it all the time because it is true. It has been my experience that the people factor can be and often is the most challenging part of the project equation. The project champion, team members, functional managers, subject matter experts, and virtually all stakeholders need to be effectively managed to ensure project success. Chapters 1 and 2 introduced definitions of generic leadership, and ...

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