CHAPTER 3
STRATEGY AND THE ROLE OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Vision without execution is hallucination.
—attributed to Thomas Edison
Projects are key instruments to make and reorient an organization’s strategy. However, the executives who set the strategy, the business managers who provide inputs, and the project managers who endeavor to reconcile these different interpretations of the strategy will face obstacles, at every stage of its conception, implementation, and assessment.
Having a good strategy is undoubtedly key to the survival and success of any organization and is a responsibility that is expected to fall on its senior managers. Indeed, surveys of thousands of executives in a variety of sectors have confirmed that strategic thinking is the ...
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