Once upon a time, this was the way of things: Most projects happened in-house, or at least locally, and the activities they required weren’t very complicated. In today’s global business environment, however, the days of such simplicity are gone. Instead, now the “+1” person in the N + 1 equation (see the box at right) is the glue that holds complex, global activities together for a company. That person is the project manager. Simply stated, project management (PM)…