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Preface
Excellence is a mind-set built on the foundation of
precision, perseverance, and passion. Project manage-
ment is a skill-set based on the foundation of nine
knowledge areas and five process groups. The pur-
pose of the “12 pillars of project excellence” is to share
with you a practical blueprint that will allow you to
convert the skill-set into a permanent mind-set.
Mount Everest is the highest peak in the world,
soaring more than 8848 meters or 29,028 feet. Reaching the summit seemed
“mission impossible” and resulted in fatalities of a number of the world’s stron-
gest climbers, until one morning of May 29, 1953, when a beekeeper fr ...