Project Management: Art and Science
January 12th, 2004 by Hal
A major reason projects fail is that organizations typically think of project management as a science, not as an art, according to research from the Boston University Corporate Education Center (BUCEC).
BUCEC's model divides project management skills into three major categories - technical, personal, and business and leadership. The nine technical skills were previously identified by the Project Management Institute and are incorporated into the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBoK®). They include the ability to manage project integration, scope, time, cost, quality, human resources, communications, risk and procurement.
The other two thirds of the model - personal, and business and leadership - focus on the art. Personal characteristics identified by the model include achievement and action, helping and human services, impact and influence, managerial, cognitive and personal effectiveness. Business and leadership skills include a "big picture" focus, business acumen, organizational savvy and a productive work environment.
This is an important step. Boston University is a leading provider of PMP certification preparation training. That training typically focuses on the 9 technical areas of the PMBoK®. For BU to call this one third of what is needed to be successful will redirect the way companies are investing in their project management skill development. Let's hear it for BU!
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April 21st, 2004 at 3:36 pm
The new maturity model from PMI seems to deal a lot with both the art and science of project management. There are some interesting articles on it at http://www.opmexperts.com Has anyone implemented it yet?
August 25th, 2006 at 3:26 am
my college asked us to make project on why Management in called Art and Science
i will be very thankfull if u help me