Fundamentals of Project Management, Third Edition

Chapter 10. Managing the Project Team

The previous chapters have concentrated primarily on the tools of project management—how to plan, schedule, and control the work. Unfortunately, far too many project managers see these tools as all they need to manage successfully. They assemble a team, give them their instructions, then sit back and watch the project self-destruct. Then they question whether there might be some flaw in the tools.

In all likelihood, the problem was with how people were managed. Even in those cases where a problem with the tools may have existed, it is often the failure of people to properly apply them that causes the problem, so, again, we are back to people.

The tools and techniques of project management are a necessary ...