People in Projects

Implementation

It was Napoleon who quipped, “Plans are nothing, but planning is everything.” There is a message there that has significant relevance to today’s project managers. It is the act of planning, discussing, agreeing, and committing that forms the basis of effective project plans, not the document itself. Yet, so many of today’s project managers are dazzled by the ability of software to beautify and present their plans in so many different ways that they lose sight of their primary responsibility: to lead! The focus of project management is seemingly in the wrong place. The focus is on tools and reports. The tools of project management, which are presented in great detail within A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® ...