Paul started by stating that project management is broad in scope with many facets. There is great complexity to managing resources, time, schedules and people. A good project manager must live through a project twice when bringing together the multi-disciplines in and out of the department. First, they must organize the team and time involved. Secondly, they must get the commitments of the team members to see the project through.
Project management is the hub of the wheel.
Steps that MDOT has taken to support project management are the formation of multi-disciplinary teams and training. For Project Management to be accepted by management, it must meet the expectations of management. The downsizing has caused MDOT to rely on consultants more. Now the split is 40 percent in-house and 60 percent consultant. All these factors have caused Project Management to become more crucial.