Defined as “the application of knowledge, skills, tools and techniques to project activities to meet the project requirements,” project management has “always been practiced informally,” according to ...

Account managers and project managers are responsible for a section of the overall business of a company, but their roles are different. The account manager deals with one or more customer accounts on ...

We may not have always called them “project managers,” but since the building of the pyramids, someone had to do the planning, budgeting and delegating responsibilities that laid the groundwork for ...

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Strategic project managers focus on achieving business results. Operationally managed projects tend focus more on just getting the work completed. By focusing on improving customer satisfaction, ...

Mikeie Reiland is a staff writer for Education at Forbes Advisor. Before coming to Forbes Advisor, he wrote magazine journalism for publications like the Oxford American, Bitter Southerner, and Gravy.

Project management is about helping a team plan and deliver a project with a pre-defined goal, within a specific period. Project managers must delegate tasks effectively and intelligently, monitor the ...