INTRODUCTION
Converting a punched card information system into a computerized system on NCR's first computer, the Century 100, was the author's earliest project. Lacking project management training, mistakes were made and scar tissue was created. The main lesson: Project management training can improve your productivity quickly and permanently.
Also, mid-level management positions are being cut. Project managers are a new class of managers filling the vacancies.
Expertise in project management is a source of security, prosperity, and power for these survivors.
Project management goes back before the pyramids in the construction industry. Recently, weapons development and the Channel Tunnel [UK/France] relied on it, as have space exploration projects.
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