Project management is a misunderstood profession that has often been equated with herding cats. Much of this confusion comes from the fact that project management isn’t a single discipline, but rather the practice of bringing a set of disciplines together to achieve a common goal.

One of the big challenges in project management is the defining and attributing individual roles in projects that often require expertise and involvement from across an organization. I want to take a look at how these roles and responsibilities are defined and maintained, and why it’s important to do so.

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