项目管理似乎很简单:在预算内按时完成工作。但这个过程可能会变得复杂。本文描述了项目管理中存在的问题，并提出了共同管理的解决方案。将工程师的技能与MBA的技能相结合，可以让每位管理者专注于实现三个基本目标中的两个目标之一。在规划、组织和实施项目工作时，需要五个独特的系统:成本跟踪、工作安排、信息管理、质量保证和冲突管理。一个表格列出了工程师和MBA的职责以及共同的职责。在另一个表格中，冲突的来源按强度排序。

Project management seems straightforward: get the job done on time and within budget. But the process can become complicated. This paper describes problems in project management and suggests co-management as a solution. Combining the skills of an engineer with those of an MBA allows each manager to focus on meeting one of two of the three basic objectives. When planning, organizing, and implementing the project effort, five unique systems were needed: cost tracking, work scheduling, information management, quality assurance, and conflict management. A table lists responsibilities for the engineer and the MBA as well as shared responsibilities. Sources of conflict are ranked in terms of intensity in another table.