... 131–134Senior management: acceptance of project management by, 70as driving force for project management, 69involvement of, in project management, 41involvement of, in strategic planning, 25–26and ... project management, 126–127and project failures, 39stakeholders served by, 25 strategic planning for, 16support for, 71Middle management: and implementation of strategic planning, 16performance ... simplyrush into the project? 17. Why do organizations rush into project management without first performing strategic planning for project management or, at least, some form of benchmark-ing...