ABSTRACT
Government builds roads and schools. It funds and manages the construction of submarines and bombers, and missile protection systems. Disagreement may exist in the minds of government administrators and managers themselves. Government’s role is changing, and with it, the ways governmental employees must go about doing their jobs. Public sector project management is also a source of much confusion. Public sector project management is also a source of much confusion. A project vision, as James Lewis notes, “literally paints a picture” in a project manager’s or planner’s mind of what they hope the project will accomplish. Proponents of the project argued that a clear vision was secondary in importance to getting the Town Hall fixed structurally before construction prices could rise further. Project critics maintained that in proceeding to construction without a clear idea beforehand of the ultimate purpose of the project, the managers and planners would end up with a building with which the public would never be satisfied.
