HBR 20-Minute Manager Boxed Set (10 Books) (HBR 20-Minute Manager Series)

The Basics

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sional project managers. Smaller ones, such as creat-

ing a marketing brochure for a new pharmaceutical,

tend to be run by people who must add the project to

their regular work.

Regardless of job size, the buck stops with these

project managers. They must see the project through

from start to fi nish. They draw up the plan, assemble

the team, decide how to allocate resources, schedule

the work, watch the budget, solve problems, and do a

lot of other things as well. It can be a big responsibil-

ity, even when the project is modest in scope.

What’s more, project managers often fi nd them-

selves working with a team of volunteers—colleagues

who have regular assignments and supervisors but

who have agreed to contribute time to the project. ...