Chapter 2
Traditional Projects
For much of the 20th century, many projects worked just fine with a strategy of planning and control. Most of these projects were engineering pretty big things.
These early projects worked with iron, concrete, and hammers. They used physical objects that couldn't be deleted or remixed or easily reused.
These traditional projects typically had authoritative project managers who were an essential part of the project. They were large and in charge—a single source of accountability. Their job was to manage the project from start to finish.
In a traditional project, the project manager's work is deterministic. They help “determine” as many of the pieces of the project as they can. They try to create certainty. Each ...
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