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The Ramblings
• Part I (Business & Strategic):
– Project Management History
– A Lifetime of Project Management
• Selected Projects
– What is a Project?
– Stakeholder Management &
Communications
• Part II (Leadership):
– Odds & Ends
– Leadership versus Management
– Responsibility without Authority
– Decision Making: Honeybee Democracy?
– Stop & Smell the Roses…
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DID YOU KNOW?
• Project management has been
around since ancient times.
• The Transcontinental Railroad
was the first true PM undertaking in
modern times.
• Henry Gantt used charts to monitor and
manage projects.
• Computers gave PMs new ways
to compute risks & manage.
• The Space Race jump started
Engineering (PM) standards
• The internet gave birth to
mass communication and
efficiency across projects
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Portions extracted from: https://www.ims-web.com/blog/a-brief-history-of-project-management
THE CASE FOR PROJECT MANAGEMENT
1962
1947 Mariner Bugs Out (1962) cost:
$18.5 million
The Mariner 1 rocket with a space
probe headed for Venus diverted from
its intended flight path shortly after
launch. Mission Control destroyed the
rocket 293 seconds after liftoff.
1981
KC
Hyatt
Regency
Walkway
1990 – AT&T Network Collapse Collapse
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A LIFETIME OF PROJECTS
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WHAT IS A PROJECT?
PMBOK Guide – Sixth Edition 2017:
“1.2.1 PROJECTS
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WHAT IS A STAKEHOLDER?
According to A Guide to the Project
Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK
Guide):
“Project Stakeholders are individuals and
organizations that are actively involved in
the project or whose interests may be
positively or negatively effected as a result
of project execution or project completion;
they may also exert influence over the
project and its results.”
STAKEHOLDER
CATEGORIZATION
• Generally accepted definitions:
– Key or Primary Stakeholders
• Directly involved in the project
– Secondary Stakeholders
• Exert influence over the project
• An additional concept:
– Tertiary Stakeholders
• Affected by or may affect the project
WHO ARE STAKEHOLDERS?
• Internal/External • Media Outlets
• Owners/Funders • Individuals
• Sellers/Contractors
• Temporary or
• Team members (and
their Families/ Permanent Lobbying
Associates) Organizations
• Government Agencies • Society at Large
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