Part 1: “Projects” are Hot
by R. David Hofferberth, Service Performance Insight

Organizations of all types have begun to take a project-centric approach to running their business. Competitive pressures, shareholder demands and regulatory scrutiny are merely the tip of the iceberg in explaining why this is occurring.  Executives are utilizing project management discipline to manage and control their business with greater precision. Articles printed in every leading business publication affirm that the demand for project management skills is on the rise.

This new tactic is not just about classifying work as “projects” as some arbitrary metric used to show the amount of work undertaken. It really means taking a standardized and structured approach to work, with a suite of evaluation criteria used to determine the relative importance and priority of the potential work—prior to any allocation of resources.

In the next few posts on this topic, I’ll explain some of the specific benefits that a project-centric approach has for businesses.