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Project Management—A Science, an Art, or an Organisation Problem?

Part 1. Project Management at the Ministry of Technology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2016

R. E. W. Harland
R. E. W. Harland*
Affiliation:
Ministry of Technology
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Modern weapons are very powerful. They may be very spectacular. They make news.

They are also very complex. They cost a lot of money. This, too, makes news.

Doing something complex and expensive usually takes a long time. This is not news. It only becomes news, then, if something sudden or unexpected happens—like a crash or a cancellation.

Sometimes it seems that, for such projects, the press look on no news as bad news; and bad news is good news for a reporter.

The art of project management is to ensure that nothing is entirely unexpected. This may not be newsworthy, but it should be economic.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 71 , Issue 684 , December 1967 , pp. 821 - 824
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1967

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