Project Management, at its best, isn't visible. It enables other people to do what they need to do and gets out of the way.

"As far as I can tell, project managers do nothing. But if they stopped doing it, then I'm pretty sure everything would fall apart." - Paul Boag

This means project management isn't about managing people, creating timelines, budgets, etc. While those are activities we do to enable others, it's important to recognize when you're doing something unhelpful just for the sake of doing it when you should really be doing it for the sake of the team.

If the tool, system or methodology isn't working for your team, you should step back and focus on doing your job - enabling other people to do good work.

Citations

• A teacher's value isn't in teaching
• Week 1 PM Essentials & Project Tools

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