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What Project Managers Actually Do

by Project Management Planet · August 3, 2011

The activity of project managers should be to gather requirements, estimates and control the work … or is it? This articles suggests that the main activity of project managers is in fact negotiation. You will learn how to gain influence and power in your organization as well as how to convert that into change for the better.

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