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Project Management: Science? Art? Common Sense?

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scope, time, cost, quality etc.) How to create a project plan, manage risks, track project, report status is all defined out there and a project manager has to be clear on those fundamentals. It represents “explicit knowledge” about project management and a lot of people out there know these fundamentals.

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Experience and Expertise – A Few Thoughts

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Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Experience and Expertise – A Few Thoughts When a kid learns how to play music, he develops “ability” to play music. To be able to build/deliver quality consistently. Another realization is that more knowledge does not always mean more expertise. Know how – i can do the task 3.

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The Importance of “Know Why”?

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Knowledge industry, particularly software, is full of people who possess “ know-how ” – knowledge of how to get something done. Give them a task, and they will be able to apply their technical skills (read ‘know-how’) to accomplish it. Give them a topic and it is likely that they know the theory and facts.