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Project Management - Art To The Rescue!

Project Management: Art to the Rescue!

By

James T. Fry

October 22, 2007

Course: ITM533 Module 1 – Fall 2007

Core Prof: Dr. Kurt Diesch

Coor Prof: Dr. Gregory Herbert

"Is project management more of a science or more of an art form?"
Introduction
Today’s business executives are asking their managers and employees “to do more… with less”. Fewer Project Managers are leading more projects with poor results, the latest Standish Group – Chaos Report shows that only 28% of IT projects succeed. Many believe that the key to Project success in not applying technical management principles, but rather, more artful soft skills such as communication and creativity. (Belzer, 2004).
This case study will present and discuss why the application of soft skills will help today’s stressed-out Project Managers implement successful projects. Not only must projects be deployed on time and within budget, they must ultimately bring value to the stakeholder. Often......


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