The Human Factor In Project Management

There is a quote I used when training for years on Project Management around the human factor and the difference between doing Project Management well or poorly. It identifies to me the importance of the art of managing projects and identifying the right people to lead them.

The quote says:
“Plain and Simple, project management is an operational practice; the means to an end. Practiced well, it leads to value; practiced poorly it does virtually nothing except give itself a bad name.
This raises the issue of the human factor. Project Management is nothing more than a construct with methods and practices that support it (Science). The difference between doing it well and doing it poorly therefore must lie with the practitioners, those who manage the practitioners, and the organization support provided to project management within the organization. Were this not true, every organization that practices project management would realize similar benefits. We know this is not the case”

Recognising that, I would say that project management is considered to be 80% art and 20% science. Projects fail or succeed because of people, not because of technology, tools, or techniques.

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