Project Management: Making It Happen

Been engaged in recent discussions about how project managers can add more value, and change perception of over-focusing on keeping books straight. Keeping books straight is only valued when projects get in trouble, otherwise it's perceived as a necessary, or often unnecessary, evil. The concept of "making it happen" resonated with me as we progress our thinking on the value-added aspects of project management ...

Project Management: Making It Happen: Via Herding Cats: Three Kinds of PMs

... "Project Managers that make management a verb have a fighting chance of making it happen. Keeping the books straight on the project is not management. " ...