CHAPTER 9
PROJECT MANAGEMENT IN 3D
NOT ALL PROJECTS ARE CREATED EQUAL
“I suppose it is tempting, if the only tool you have is a hammer, to treat everything as if it were a nail.”1 This phrase is on Nancy’s mind as she contemplates the politics and the human aspects of projects. She expects these factors to play a role in the ExPlus project as well.
From experience, Nancy Smart senses that the nature of this project and its organizational context are different from what she has previously faced. She is concerned that traditional techniques may not provide good results in this complex environment because of technical issues, external pressures, team management, hidden agendas, and divergent stakeholder objectives.
But she is also torn because ...
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