CHAPTER 9

And Finally...

The tour of project planning, and how it varies depending on the project’s context is complete. There are just a few points we would like to share.

It turns out that project managers do have a natural preference for one approach to project management over the others—and this varies from project manager to project manager. When there is a good match between the project type and project manager, then things are easier. If the match is poor—problems! Given this, naturally, the next question is: Is there such a thing as a professional project manager? Can you develop ­project managers to manage appropriately, irrespective of the type of ­project they find themselves managing? The short answer is that you can. Not everyone, ...

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