Why Project Managers Need to Understand Strategy
Project management historically has been preoccupied solely with the planning and execution of projects.
Strategy was considered to be under the purview of senior management. This is
old-school thinking.
New-school thinking recognizes that project management is at the apex of strategy and operations.
Aaron Shenhar speaks to this issue when he states,
it is time to expand the traditional role of the project manager from an operational to a more strategic perspective.
In the modern evolving organization, project managers will be focused on business aspects,and their role will expand from getting the job done to achieving the business
results and winning in the market place.