The world of project management is both exciting and challenging all at once. But there are some frameworks and heuristics "Rule of thumb" we can follow that can bring us success as project managers. 

We can read all the books we want about running efficient projects and succeeding, but it does take real-world experience and a few errors (calculated risks) for us to earn the expert PM title. 

The Project Management Institute (PMI), an organization about 30 years old, created standards for project management and recently went through a significant upgrade. The project management framework now focuses on three main domains, also known as process groups. 

People, Process, and Business Environment

The cool part is that these new process domains do cover the essence of real project management. Let's review them in detail: 

1. We need the People Domain, well, because, without our team, project managers are useless. In this domain, we focus on training, coaching, mentoring, and creating an environment where the team works and produces deliverables. 
2. We also need the Process Domain; here is why it helps us create the much-needed project management plans and documents. In the process domain, we perform the project's work, ensuring the team has all roadblocks eliminated to meet the project objectives. Your role as a project manager is to protect your team and guard them against external influences. 
3. The final process domain is the Business Environment. This one gets interesting because we are now focusing on the project being compliant with Federal, State, and industry standards. In this domain, we also keep our critical stakeholders updated on the project's benefits to the organization.

Keeping these three process domains in mind while managing your project, and remember that a project manager is the project's visionary. Someone who creates the product roadmap sets communication standards and allows the team to develop their ground rules of how they will operate as a whole. The project manager has one goal, and that is to meet their customer's requirements. You will succeed doing or lose your job trying.