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Re:The Art and Science of Leading Projects by asdr on Saturday November 17, 2018 @05:25AM (#18474878)
People have a tendency to classify some what complicated tasks as art or science. Leading a project is neither science nor art.
Re:The Art and Science of Leading Projects by delinka on Saturday November 17, 2018 @07:12AM (#18475228)
I think we're at a place where using the phrases "Art of ...", "Science of...", and "Art and Science of ..." are not interpreted with the literal definitions of art or science in mind. Typically, in colloquial (as opposed to formal) writing, "art" comes with an understanding of "all the steps haven't been quantified and some intuition is involved" and "science" tends to be "here are the steps to take and the items to observe and the things to change in response."

So I disagree: there is Art and Science to, well, most things; including leading projects.