UI professor on the editorial board for the International Project Management Association
Project management is one of the most important skillsets in most organisations. Increasingly, it is about working with independent projects that have a specific lifecycle and are based on specialised procedures, either well-known or requiring definition. The aim is always to improve operations, to make them more efficient and profitable, and to speed up and fine tune processes. Project management is becoming increasingly important alongside a growing focus on innovation and change in our society and the way in which companies and public institutions are run.
"When we attempt to do something that has never been done before, there is a higher chance of errors and high costs. With project management, we learn to handle the uncertainty that comes with such projects. We acquire knowledge of uncertainties by predicting how the project will progress. This also teaches us how to handle all the things that come with working in uncharted waters."