Divine Sentence # 1.Project Managers manage people, manage process, and monitors products.
Divine Sentence #2.
People use the Process to create the Products.
By using these two sentences, you would have a better grasp of what project management is really all about. This is a very good illustration for noob PM's who more often than not fall under the trap of micromanaging their staff and their deliverables. It is not the job of the PM to do that. It's the teams job. A PM should only manage (i.e. provide direction, guidance, and support) to his people as well as manage the process (i.e. ensure that the process used to create the products or services are followed accordingly). He should ONLY monitor the products or services being performed and not be part of its development. He is an indirect cost to the project.
It's as simple as that.
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