The Handbook of Project Management, 6th Edition

Chapter 19 Managing the process

Martina Huemann and Rodney Turner

DOI: 10.4324/9781003274179-22

Introduction

In this chapter, we describe a process perspective on projects. Rodney Turner (2014) suggests the purpose of project management is to convert vision into reality. We start with a vision that there is a change we can make to give a beneficial outcome. The delivery of that beneficial outcome is an investment. When we start, we may not be sure that the solution exists or is achievable, but we work through the stages of the process to improve our understanding of what the solution may be and how it can be achieved until we actually achieve the desired outcome. Graham Winch (2002) has similarly talked about converting desire to memory. ...