CHAPTER TEN

Creating an Environment for Successful Projects in Your Organization

Amid pressure of great events, a general principle gives no help.

HEGEL, PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY

Bold moves are needed to develop project management in most organizations. The person leading the change is likely to be going against tradition, fighting inertia, and attempting to overcome fierce resistance to change. Many organizations halfheartedly attempt to add project management to existing organizations. But to do it right requires that someone in senior management wants the change to happen. Without the backing of at least one person in senior management, any number of excuses can be found to justify not making the change; but it is also true that if only one senior ...

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