Lessons in Project Management, Second Edition

Year-End Recap

I have enjoyed my job over the past year, and I hope I was able to provide value to the project managers in our organization. The preceding stories represent only a fraction of the meetings and coaching sessions I participated in during the year. I tried to pick out stories that highlight some of the most valuable project management lessons. Of course, there are many others.

The year has not only been fun, but it has been professionally rewarding for two reasons. First, I have been able to see the project managers learn and grow. Some were already skilled in the project management discipline, but others had never before received formal training or coaching and didn’t really know what it meant to manage a project—people like Jerry ...