Modern project management

现代项目管理

Managing projects is one of the oldest and most respected accomplishment of mankind.。We stand in awe of the achievements of the builders of pyramids ,the architects of ancient cities ,the masons and craftsmen of great cathedrals and mosques; of the might and labour behind the great wall of china, and other wonders of the world.

This is an exciting time to be reading a text on project management .business leaders and experts have proclaimed that “project management is the wave of the future .”stewart ,in fortune magazine ,asserts that the corporate jungle has a new species:the project manager who will fill the void created by the extinction of middle management:

  If the old middle managers are dinosaurs ,a new class of manager mammal is evolving to fill the niche they once ruled:project managers.unlike his biological counterpart,the project manager is more agile and adaptable than the beast he’s displacing , more likely to live by his wits than throwing his weight around.

likewise , the wall street journal reports that more and more of the work in America is project oriented with a beginning ,a middle ,and a end. they go on to describe the emergence of project junkies, a growing band of professional gypsies whose careers consist of a series of independent projects.

The project approach has long been the style of doing business in the construction industry, u.s department of defense contracts ,and Hollywood as well as at big consulting firms .now project management is spreading to all avenues of work. today,  project teams carry out everything from port expansions to hospital restructuring to upgrading information systems .the “big three “ automakers credit their ability to recapture a significant share of the auto market to the use of project management teams, which quickly develop new cars that incorporate the lastest automotive technology .the impact of project management is most profound in the area of information technology, where the new folk heroes are young  professionals whose Herculean efforts lead to the constant flow of new hardware and software products.

吴彦俊 2006-10-9

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