The International Community for Project Managers (ICPM)

One of the primary functions of management is to keep the entire staff busy on the highest priority work. People, supplies and money are too precious to spend on work that is not of the highest business value. On the surface, this can seem like a fairly simple process. However, there are a number of elements that make this process effective (or less than effective). Let’s say, for instance, that you are an IT department manager with sixty people. Let’s look at some of the elements of this process from a manager’s perspective.