The Most Important Thing in Project Management: the Word MANAGEMENT

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In my opinion the most important thing in project management that many people overlook is in the word MANAGEMENT. Of all the difficulties you face, - Project methods and tools are useful in project management to organize, to plan, to follow-up, to report but they represent no more than 30% of your challenges as a project manager. - The other 70% concern the management of the project team, integrating the project into the overall management of the firm, the management of the stakeholders, and of course the management of the client relationship. (...) Read more? Sign up for free

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		The Hardest Thing In Project Management: Managing Cross-functional Activities Linda Juspandi
	I totally agree. However, management of cross functional activities is the hardest thing and are often missed... For example, security requirements (physical & electronic) often come from the client security department and not the accommodation property group. If it does come from the property group...it is a matter of them forwarding the brief directly to us. The thing is that some of the reqs are actually in conflict with one another...but unless we go through them in fine combs...we won't know. It is so time consuming (in particular with door schedules etc etc)... Anybody ever experienced this too...??

		Why Projects Fail: Project Definition and Resources, ... David Dicanot, Analyst, France, Member
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		The Most Important Thing in Project Management: Motivating the Teams P V ANANTHARAMAIAH
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		What's Most Important in Project Management? Managing the People Xolani Nxanga
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		There is No Most Important Thing About Project Management... Paul D Giammalvo, Professor and Consultant, Indonesia, Member
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		The Weakest Link in Project Management is the Unexpected Marcelo Charlin
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		The Most Important Thing is Project Management with Conviction Smeeksha
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		What's Most Important in Project Management: Stakeholder Analysis Sukru MINDAS, Project Manager, France, Member
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		What's Most Important in Project Management? Continuously Managing the People Hector Rodriguez, Analyst, Paraguay, Member
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		What's Most Important in Project Management - Leadership Ted Garrison, Management Consultant, United States, Member
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		What's Most Important in Project Management afolabi adeosun
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		Most Important in Project Management? The Project Scope M Swain, Consultant, United States, Member
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		Most Important in Program and Project Management are the People Leodegardo M. Pruna, Professor, Philippines, Member
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		The Most Important Thing in Project Management is MANAGEMENT MSc Alberto Carrizo Kacheff, Business Consultant, Brazil, Member
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		The Most Important Thing in Project Management: Managing Relationships Makhosandile Ndzuzo, Director, South Africa, Member
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		The Most Important Thing in Project Management: the Word MANAGEMENT Jean-Michel DE JAEGER, EMBA, PMP, Project Manager, France, Moderator
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		Managing Cross-functional Activities is Part of Management Jean-Michel DE JAEGER, EMBA, PMP, Project Manager, France, Moderator
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		Most Important Thing in Project Management: MANAGING the People Elizabeth Elikem Addae, Student (University), Ghana, Member
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		Important in Project Management: (Managing the) Communication Dirk Schleef
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		The Focus of Management in Project Management C.L. Kappagomtula, Professor, Malaysia, Member
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		Management Support is also an Important Element of Project Management Kevin M. Adolfo, Management Consultant, Philippines, Member
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		Many Things are Crucial for Project Management Success Schubert Pereira
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		The Most Important Thing in Project Management: The Right Project Manager! Alex Yap, Accountant, Malaysia, Member
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		Organizational Project Management Serge Kuznetsov, Teacher, Russian Federation, Member
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		Sponsor and Client must Work Together Marcelo Fenoll Ramal, ICT Consultant, Brazil, Member
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		Most Important in Project Management: Planning Rosemary Barasa
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		Management is Most Important in Projects and Has Many Aspects FAYEZ, Management Consultant, Saudi Arabia, Member
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		Management of Subcontractors is also an Important Element of Project Management benjamin, Manager, Taiwan, Member
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		Most Important in Project Management: Project Definition and Resources Grace Alleyne
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		Most Important in PM: Management of Commitment and Expectations M Swain, Consultant, United States, Member
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		Managing the Most Important Things in Project Management K.Narayana Moorthy, HR Consultant, India, Member
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		Most Important Thing in PM: Communication Greenhow, Consultant, Sweden, Member
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		The Most Important in Project Management: the Humans abdelmouneam haj bakoor
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		What's Most Important in Project Management: Managing Agreement about the Output and Managing the Interaction Zoniaina, Coach, Madagascar, Member
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		Important in Project Management: Managing Strategic Decisions about the Project Peter Brunner, Management Consultant, Switzerland, Member
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		Management Skills of Program Manager Rebecca Katticaren
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		What's the Most Important in Project Management: Project Issues and Risks Management Dieudonne Bolisomi Ebengo Mbaku
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		What is Most Important in Project Management: Control Ahmed Zahran, Business Consultant, Egypt, Member
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		Most Important Thing is Management in a Project Horbinski
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		Leadership in Project Management Damodaram Kuppuswami, Consultant, India, Member
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		The Most Important Thing in Project Management: the Word Management Jean-Michel DE JAEGER, EMBA, PMP, Project Manager, France, Moderator
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		The Most Important Thing in Management is .. Mario de Obaldia
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		The Most Important Thing in Project Management is Management, BUT... RUBEN ACOSTA, Manager, Mexico, Member
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		The Most Important Thing in Project Management is the Word PROJECT Leodegardo M. Pruna, Professor, Philippines, Member
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		The Vital Importance of Complete Connection and Communication Vincent Miholic, Manager, United States, Member
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		Personal Motivation of Project Manager SHEJA Innocent, Director, Rwanda, Member
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		An Overall Vision of Management redouane sibai, manager, Morocco, Member
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		Having your Team Members Rresponsible for their Task vickie rodriguez, Student (Other), Member
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		Most Important Things in Project Management K.Narayana Moorthy, HR Consultant, India, Member
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		What's Most Important in Project Management? Emmanuel Mwirichia, Manager, Kenya, Member
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		The Most Important Thing in Management is Management MSc Alberto Carrizo Kacheff, Business Consultant, Brazil, Member
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		People / Communications Joseph Mohammed, Student (Other), Trinidad and Tobago, Member
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		Most Important Thing in Project Management K.Narayana Moorthy, HR Consultant, India, Member
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		Project Management is a Complex System Consisting of Many Interlinked Components Paul D Giammalvo, Professor and Consultant, Indonesia, Member
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		Systemic Project Management Peter Brunner, Management Consultant, Switzerland, Member
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		The Most Important Thing in Project Management ATBA Bouchaib, Technical Studies Service Manager, Morocco, Member
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		The Most Important Thing About Project Management is that it is a SYSTEM Paul D Giammalvo, Professor and Consultant, Indonesia, Member
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		Project Management is a Complex System.. MSc Alberto Carrizo Kacheff, Business Consultant, Brazil, Member
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		Many Important Things In Project Management K.Narayana Moorthy, HR Consultant, India, Member
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		The Most Important in PM: Focus on Output and Interactions Zoniaina, Coach, Madagascar, Member
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		Project Management as a Complex System Paul D Giammalvo, Professor and Consultant, Indonesia, Member
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		System or Activities Jaap de Jonge, Editor, Netherlands
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		Most Important Thing About Project Management... Paul D Giammalvo, Professor and Consultant, Indonesia, Member
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		Project ≠ Project Management.. Jaap de Jonge, Editor, Netherlands
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		Project Management versus Operations Jean-Michel DE JAEGER, EMBA, PMP, Project Manager, France, Moderator
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		Important thing in Project Management: the word MANAGEMENT -- WHO does WHAT by WHEN? Maxx, Project Manager, Germany, Member
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		Projectization of Operations.... Paul D Giammalvo, Professor and Consultant, Indonesia, Member
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		Project Management K.Narayana Moorthy, HR Consultant, India, Member
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		Managing a Project is Truly a Cakewalk, Provided You Reign the Triumvirate C.L. Kappagomtula, Professor, Malaysia, Member
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