When you can get people's attention they are better positioned to learn and apply that learning. Movies however hold a mystique, capture people's attention, motivate and excite. Could it be that these traditional sources of comparison by which we strive to learn from and relate to are boring and lack the ability to captivate and motivate those not in that industry to use them? Let's consider building a house or pool - the audience's eyes roll - not that exercise again! But the uptake of construction methods and practices in the delivery of business projects whether IT or NON IT does not at face value appear great though proven to deliver success. When we compare construction project management to IT or Business Process project management, construction in the main is considered more mature in how it plans and executes projects and delivers a successful outcome. Construction has had thousands of years to consider how they go about their business.
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In the IT industry we often look to the age old construction industry for Project Management analogies and guidance. But how often do we in the “real world”, detached from the silver screen, consider what people in the movies do to complete their projects. Exhibit 1.0 Introduction to this paper and sample Script Page for Project Management at the Movies.Ī movie fits the description of a project - Start, End, Unique Endeavour (PMI, 2004).