Everything I Learned About Project Management I Learned in Submarine Warfare

Everything I Learned About Project Management I Learned in Submarine Warfare

05 Mar 26
Posted by: Brian Hudson
5 minutes, 40 seconds read
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The author provides insight and lessons for project management from the perspective of the Submarine Service. A 5 minute read.

My professional life has moved between submarine operations, defence industry programmes, and complex civilian systems engineering. I served as a Submarine Weapons Engineering Officer in the Royal Navy, later worked in the Canadian shipbuilding industry on major naval programmes, and later held senior project and systems roles in the telecom sector. In the telecom sector, I ran a Project Management Office that supplied Project Managers into a matrix management system, selecting personnel based on their ability to operate effectively under uncertainty. Across these environments I came to recogn…

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