It can feel as though these days everything is a project and everyone is a project manager. That represents a significant shift in organisational thinking from only a few years ago.
And everyone seems to have heard horror stories about bad experiences with projects (and project managers).
But what makes something a project, rather than just a complex piece of work?
And what can we do to give ourselves a better chance of success?
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