The History PM

Introduction There is no such thing as an average project, they are all different. DUH!  of course! We may think that but, much of our

Introduction On the evening of the 28th of December 1879, a violent storm brought down a section of the new Tay rail bridge, taking with

Introduction Around 7:00 in the evening John Watt struggles through the worst storm he can remember to visit his friend Thomas Barclay, the signalman at

Introduction Project Managers, like all human beings do not want to think that their success is due to luck. After all we are PMPs1, or

Introduction The 20th Century is often referred to as “The American Century”. What drove the United States from its isolationist stance to leader of the

Introduction In the first two posts in the series we saw how the network of alliances and ententes failed to prevent the Great Powers coming

Introduction For two decades authors both fictional and non-fictional had speculated that there would soon be a major European war, but no one agreed who

Introduction In some ways the Europe of the early 20th century was like our world today. There was continual change, and inventions were rapidly altering

Introduction Over the last few weeks, we have explored events which occurred in the last few hundred years. Now, I would like to explore the

The Berlin Airlift is one of my favorite historical projects, and this is the second of four posts on the topic. Introduction With the blockade

Introduction The Berlin Airlift is one of my favorite historical projects, and this is the first of four posts on the topic. The 25th of

Introduction This week’s topic is indispensability; and some of its effects on project managers. As I see it there are two types of indispensability: Type

Introduction Since I am planning to regale you with project management lessons from history, it is only fair that I advise you of some of