Integrated Project Management

The Project Diary

In 1995, Tetra Pak, a Swedish food packaging machine-manufacturing firm with facilities around the world, published an excellent handbook titled Project Working Model.^[1] The Tetra Pak CEO described his firm as “the project oriented company.” Many project management principles found in this unusual and excellent manual echo those we have developed during years of experimentation and experience. One principle most emphasized is that project management should be a continuous learning experience. To that end, both we and Tetra Pak insist that a project manager keep a project diary.

^[1] Leif Ögárd, Project Working Model, a guide for project managers, Effect, Effectusgruppen Malmö, Illustrations, layout, and original: TPM Information: ...