What Basecamp Gets Right (And Others Don't)

A lot has already been said about project management, and plenty more will be said about it in the future. Still, let me add my two cents.Wikipedia defines a project as “a type of assignment, typically involving research or design, that is carefully planned to achieve a specific objective.” Project Management Institute describes it as “a temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product, service, or result.” And David Allen brings it down to earth: a project is “any desired outcome that requires more than one action step to complete.”I guess a project can be anything, really. Is my Pita Pan a project? Maybe — it fits the definition. But do I need project management software for it? I'm not sure.So defining a project is one thing. Managing one is another.Entire books and methodologies have been written about it. People run their lives on checklists. Project managers drown in Kanban boards. Startups rise and fall promising the project management tool of the future. Laughably,…