
A Book ' The Successful Project Manager' with case studies coming shortly Project and Project Managers You might have heard of discussions about whether a particular activity is a project or not. Can we really differentiate between project and non-project activities. Well, as per definition of Project Management Institute (PMI) , we can differentiate a project activity from non-project activities based on definition on projects. A concise definition is that It's a temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product, service or result. A project is temporary in that it has a defined beginning and end in time, and therefore defined scope and resources. A project is unique in that it is not a routine operation, but a specific set of operations designed to accomplish a singular goal. Accordingly project team is also unique. The construction of an airport, oil refinery construction and commissioning, new offshore terminal, cross country pipeline...