Sometimes with projects there is a way they "should" be, and then there is the reality. That reality is often dictated by budget, but sometimes is about more intangible things. Like personalities and expectations. Even if you've got cubic dollars, if a collaborator insists that the sky is green and you think it is blue...well, there's going to be a problem. So then project management becomes more about people than knowledge/design/results. I think I already knew that, but perhaps I needed a little reminding...