Is Project Management Art or Science?

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Project management is the combination of art and science working in unison for an ultimate goal. Science is the bringing together all the theory and experience acquired over the years, while art is the way you use and adapt these ideas to suits your situational needs. Many people have all the skills and experience of science, but without the adaptability of art a project manager will not succeed.

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- Mara Pederson

December 2009

Tags: art, Project Manager, science

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December 3, 2009 at 10:16 am

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Michael G says:

December 3, 2009 at 11:09 am

Excellent points. PM work involves people, right? And getting people to work together towards a goal, there’s always a bit of an artform in that.