{"id":6699,"date":"2025-11-13T11:56:47","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T11:56:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solutionstreet.com\/blog\/?p=6699"},"modified":"2025-11-13T15:21:34","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T15:21:34","slug":"everyone-is-a-project-manager","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solutionstreet.com\/blog\/2025\/11\/13\/everyone-is-a-project-manager\/","title":{"rendered":"Everyone Is a Project Manager"},"content":{"rendered":"
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If you\u2019re reading this, then you\u2019re a project manager.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maybe you\u2019re not certified or it\u2019s not your official job title, but project management is everywhere. Let\u2019s start with defining a project. \u201cA temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product, service or result.\u201d Lucy was not a project manager when she and Ethel were stuffing chocolates in their mouth, and neither were Laverne and Shirley when they put their gloves on the bottles at the Shotz Brewery assembly line. However, all of the times Jim pranked Dwight in \u201cThe Office\u201d were temporary events with unique results, so Jim was project managing!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So how can you be a better project manager? It\u2019s all about managing expectations\u2026for your stakeholders, your team members and the people who will eventually be consuming your product\/service\/result. Set your expectations at the start of the project. These could be goals, standards or a description of how something will work. Some samples of expectations to set are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n