What is project management?

Project management is actually the concept of project management + A combination of project management tools , The concept of project management is to cultivate the concept and habit of project management through the study of professional knowledge of project management , Make us have the method of project management in our daily work , The project management tool is a specific implementation tool , Include WBS,CPM,PERT,EVM etc. . The author summarizes what project management is ：    

1、 Project management is a combination of challenges and opportunities

Project management is implemented in an organization , That is to implement the project , The organization generally selects the work with great difficulty and innovation as the project implementation , So it's challenging , At the same time, once acting as the project manager of the project , There is an opportunity , The success of the project will bring personal skills 、 Treatment and career development , So when we face the project, we need to comprehensively evaluate the right person to serve as the project manager .

2、 Project management is problem management

Project management includes nine areas of expertise , The problem management of project management is to solve these problems every day , The daily work of the project manager can be carried out around these nine categories of problems , Time issues , Quality problems , The question of cost , Risk issues , Procurement issues , Communication problems , Team problems, etc , project manager 80% Time should be spent on communication , So communication management also needs to solve these problems , It tests all-round skills of project management , So communication is problem oriented .

3、 Project management is strong management

Strength is not always an argument , But from three aspects , The first is the rights given to you by the organization , Second, working methods and skills , Third, external physical expression and expression . At present, the common project management organization form in China is functional , So the project manager is a micro power , At this time, the working methods and skills of the project manager should be strengthened , And personal charm , In order to better survive in such a project organization , Otherwise, we will face many functional problems , And there's no way to start , Including department walls , Competition for resources , Departmentalism, etc .

4、 Project management is a combination of professional knowledge and management knowledge

Project management must have professional knowledge in this professional field , At the same time, we should learn the knowledge of project management , Be short of one cannot , Only professional knowledge, no project management knowledge , Will become a technical expert , No systematic concept , Only project management knowledge, no professional knowledge , Will become a cheerleader , Unable to directly participate in the handling of project problems . Professional knowledge , It's very broad , Problem solving oriented , Such as risk problems , That is risk expertise , For example, procurement , Procurement expertise .

5、 Project management lies not only in knowing but also in doing

The knowledge system of project management has been very perfect , At the same time PM-BOK Constantly update and integrate the latest project management development , It is enough to support the knowledge we need . But one's professional accomplishment , The important thing is to form your own opinions in practice . Knowledge is universal , So we are learning the professional knowledge of project management, which belongs to the introduction , It belongs to building the foundation , Sublimation must be based on the project characteristics of your organization , Surrounding environment, etc , Develop project management skills and expertise appropriate to the environment .