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Executing, Monitoring, and Controlling Projects

The Standard Path

This is when the work “gets done.” Most in the industry advocate spending the most time and focus in this area of project management. There are more books, podcasts, webinars, and articles on this dimension of project management above all others. This is where most project managers spend the majority of their time, focusing their care and attention.

The Evil Path

The Evil path involves doing some stupid things in the name of finishing the project on time. Keeping a project on track is basically the entire point of your job as a project manager, but there are galactically moronic measures for which there will be no understanding or forgiveness.

The Evil path involves steps ...

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