thanks, you’re very right. I’ve thought about the movie analogy and our thinking is similar. To me, making a movie is similar. One difference being that a movie is an entire project without a business around it. Everything comes together for the movie.

In a business, people are pulled from other parts of the business. The project is temporary, the parts of the business are permanent. Whether this works well or badly goes a long way toward determining if the project will succeed or not.

Thanks for the comment and the little thought vacation.

I really like how you touched on the history of Business in Silos. Indeed, since the industrial revolution, widgets have often been made using an assembly line mentality. Yet projects are by nature cross-functional and require specialized trades to get the work done. This is not unlike the movie industry where the “talent” comes together for a “season” to produce a film, then disbands until the next gig comes along. History may be bunk, but movies – and project management when done right – are very cool. Doug