Project Management in Community Source Efforts

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_interaction_management

Defines 2 types of processes (Mechanistic/Human-driven). We are, i think, in the midst of:

Human-driven

• involve innovation
• Depend on interaction
• Dynamically shaped by the participants

There are numerous examples given, such as:

...
Running an election campaign
Solving a crime
Military action
Restoring an old building
  ....

The dynamics are different and the project management methodology should, if possible?, reflect those dynamics.

jt.

test

Did you hear the one about the guy that walked into a bar with a
parrot on his shoulder?

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