In Part 1 of this two part series on what to tell those inquisitive people that are curious about what it actually means to be a project manager, we began looking at the first three of six major functional areas that PMs deal with day in and day out. It isn’t always exciting, it isn’t always awe-inspiring, but it is usually fairly interesting. At least to me – and far more interesting…in my opinion…than most people imagine it to be.
And it is almost always different. No two projects are the same, issues and risks and decisions are always present and different, and teams and clients create an interesting – and challenging chemistry – that we must creatively manage and keep in check. And always…we must keep the project moving forward while keeping one eye on the end solution and one eye on the overall scope of the project to make sure we aren’t stepping out of bounds for what we have been tasked to accomplish.
And it is almost always different. No two projects are the same, issues and risks and decisions are always present and different, and teams and clients create an interesting – and challenging chemistry – that we must creatively manage and keep in check. And always…we must keep the project moving forward while keeping one eye on the end solution and one eye on the overall scope of the project to make sure we aren’t stepping out of bounds for what we have been tasked to accomplish.
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