How managing a great project works
Defining what we are talking about
Getting stuff done: that’s what this book is about. Call it an initiative, a job, an assignment, an undertaking, an engagement, a venture or a scheme, an enterprise or a quest. Call it what you like: everybody has, at some time, to get stuff done, to make a change, to create something new.
Often, we call that a project.
How to recognise a project
Projects are new: they do something novel that has not been done before – or, at least, has not been done before, by you, in this place, and in this way. And they also tend to involve different steps, different materials and different people. This makes them complicated and, therefore, risky.
Lots of things need to be co-ordinated, ...
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