At its heart, project management is a combination of skills and tools that help you predict and control the outcomes of endeavors undertaken by your organization. Your organization might be involved in other work apart from projects. Projects(such as publishing a new children’s book) are distinct from ongoing operations(such as running payroll services). Projects are defined as temporary endeavors undertaken to create some unique deliverable or result. With a good project management system in place, you should be able to answer such questions as: