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Every project is voiceless. This might sound esoteric, and it probably is, but this helped me distill what a core function of a project manager is: A project manager acts as the project’s “voice”. There are many activities and definitions of what a project manager is, but at a foundational level, I believe this is a good starting place. Examples of what this “voice” can look like are shown below: One way a project can have a "voice" is to report on it's health. This can be

Nieto-Rodriguez, A. (Ed.). (2023). Harvard Business Review Project Management Handbook : How to launch, lead, and sponsor successful projects . Harvard Business Review Press.

Now that we have the “shape” of a project, it is time to consider its “movement”. Movement is the status of the work - a simple example is shown below. In this case, there are three statuses: “To Do” “Doing” “Done” If the project is in the “To Do” status, that means work has not started on it yet: When the project is in “Doing” status, work is actively being performed: When all the tasks have been completed, the project can move into a “Done” status:  These examples intend

This series of posts discuss basic concepts of project management as a foundation for broader portfolio management and global governance scaling. A project is: temporary effort (has a start & end) delivers or creates something No one “does” a project.  You can only “do” tasks. A project is just a collection of tasks. A project manager helps define which specific tasks are needed to deliver the desired end result: To complete the “shape” of a project, a concept called the “t