Those of us in project management often think that we ‘speak-PM,’ meaning we have a shared terminology. However, we believe that we have common words, but we do not necessarily have standard definitions of those same words. Therefore, project management terminology is tricky and includes confusing terms that are often used out of context. Today,...
This article is a follow-up on two prior posts that we published recently. It is also in response to various online exchanges on the topic of Accidental Project Manager. The previous articles were: Are you an accidental project manager? and Are you an accidental project manager? My wife is.
If you read our last article and you are reading this article now good news and welcome back to a fun article. So, are you an accidental project manager? In the last article we talked about the accidental project manager and we explained that the term is not offensive at all; if it was offensive, my...
Are you an accidental project manager? I hope that no one gets offended by this term since the use of this term in our view is not offensive at all, rather it reflects a common reality. It is for those non-project managers who are asked and expected to manage projects. However, if anyone objects to the...
A colleague and client asked me “how can we differentiate between projects and tasks”. For many that may seem like a simple question but is it? Why the confusion?
Some of the words we often use in the emerging and dynamic field of project management are related to death; yes death as in no longer alive. Why the darkness?
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