Section Two: Introduction
THE PROFESSION OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Project management has evolved from the “accidental profession” of years ago—when no one actually planned to become a project manager, but just happened into the position—to a profession based on formalized bodies of knowledge, such as PMI’s PMBOK® Guide and those developed by other professional organizations—the International Project Management Association (Europe) and the Association of Project Managers (UK), among others.
Where once project management was merely an add-on to the role of a civil engineer or systems engineer, today it is more commonly identified as a career choice in and of itself. The rapid growth of the discipline’s primary professional organization—the Project ...
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