The Art of Project Management brief history

• Project management is everywhere and it's been around for a long time.

• If you keep a beginner's mind, you'll have more opportunities to learn.

• Project management can be a job, a role, or an activity (the advice in this book applies well no matter how you define it).

• Program management is Microsoft's strongly defined project management role. It is derived from the idea of a matrix organization.

• Leadership and management require an understanding of, and intuition for, several common paradoxes. These include ego/no-ego, autocracy/delegation, and courage/fear.

• Watch out for pretension and over-involvement in your management activity. The process should support the team, not the other way around.

• If you are a dedicated manager, look for ways to capitalize on your unique perspective of the team and project.