The book “The Lean Startup” by Eric Ries defines a startup as “a human institution designed to create a new product or service under conditions of extreme uncertainty.” Ries offers the idea that a startup can exist just the same within a large corporation as it can in a Silicon Valley garage.

Project management is first and foremost about communication. It’s about listening to stakeholders, asking questions to clarify goals and expectations, then forming a well-defined scope around this discovery.