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project-management-tm.md

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ title: Project Management™
 than with any of the other disciplines introduced.
 As such, "project management" usually refers to _construction_ project management,
 or more generally to a layman understanding of the term:
-roughly, "the processes necessary to complete a long-term goal".
+roughly, "the organizational processes necessary to complete a long-term goal".
 
 Where I am referring specifically to the discipline,
 as documented by the [Project Management Institute](htpps://pmi.org),
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ to _software_ project management.
 > [[the-failure-of-risk-management]] humorously points out
 > that PMI may not be in touch with _any_ part of its audience
 > if they are able to release a publication "3 years overdue"
-> without embarrassment (p. 103)
+> without embarrassment. (p. 103)
 
 That's not to say that it should be overlooked in construction applications.
 There's no better source for solutions to problems that our industries share.
@@ -97,10 +97,12 @@ However, it does speak to Project Management™'s tendency to overgeneralize.
 ### Material
 
 The use of labor as a measure of cost is not a difference of philosophy itself,
-however, Project Management™ is only able to get away with conflating labor and cost
+however Project Management™ is only able to get away with conflating labor and cost
 because it assumes Material cost is negligible,
 or that it can be allocated as overhead.
 
-What I'm calling Material cost refers to direct costs not associated with labor.
-These costs vary wildly, even independent of actual installation requirements,
+What I'm calling Material cost
+refers to direct costs not associated with labor.
+These costs vary wildly,
+even independent of installation requirements,
 due to [[gold-plating]] and owner furnished scope.