Is Project Management Creative?

Surely yes?

Here's the PMI's definition of a project:
A project is a temporary endeavour undertaken to create a unique product, service or result.

But when I spoke to some people in the video business recently, they were pretty unimpressed. They're creatives and we're... well, their impression of project people is that we're not. Their experience of project management training in particular left a lot to be desired. They almost gave up on finding appropriate project management training, which had been on their objectives for literally years. All they found was inflexible concentration on prescriptive, controlling processes and methodology.

What a pity! That says something about our too-narrow focus on the control of projects. Let's celebrate the exciting, creative aspect of our roles while embracing enough discipline and governance to ensure success. Making Projects Work Ltd. will certainly fight for creativity alongside useful methods and we'll continue to use people's own projects as case studies in our courses. The idea is that you should leave with at least as much project work done as if you'd been at your desk!