For the second part of our definition of the phrase “project management”, we’re going to define the word “management”. Again looking at a dictionary, their definition is “the process or an instance of managing or being managed”. Not especially helpful, so let’s look at the definition for “managing”, which is “having executive control or authority”.
This is a bit more like it, as it defines the process of management as that of being in ultimate control of whatever it is that is being managed. Further, a “manager” can be defined as “a person controlling or administering a business or part of a business”, which seems to be getting more in line with what we might think of as project management.
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