Project management is fundamentally about managing human psychology. This is a horrifying prospect, because we do not truly understand human psychology at a mec

Project management is fundamentally about managing human psychology. This is a horrifying prospect, because we do not truly understand human psychology at a mechanistic level, much less to the point where it can be applied to the individual. Therefore, we instead seek refuge in processes and rituals that are, for practical reasons, not validated by experiment. One can hide almost any issue in a forest of obtuseness. If something doesn't work out, one can always blame it on some failure in adherence to the dogma.