#456 – PROJECT MANAGEMENT REQUIRES CONSTANT GARDENING – MALCOLM PEART

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What on earth does gardening have to do with projects?  Well…projects are defined as a series of structured tasks, activities, and deliverables that are carefully executed to achieve a desired outcome.  Furthermore, they are seen as temporary endeavors undertaken to create a unique project service or result.

Gardens too have similar traits albeit the temporary nature of some gardens is relative.  An overseas visitor to the United Kingdom once asked a gardener of the late Queen how long it took to make Windsor Castle gardens look like royalty…the gardener replied, “about 900 years”. Continue reading