A while back, we tried to answer the question Is the PMBOK Guide Real World? The point was that many practitioners believe that the guide does not reflect the real world. We cannot agree and BELIEVE that the PMBOK Guide does reflect the real world. In order not to repeat – refer to the blog...
This post is somewhat related to the previous two posts. Please note – discovering your genius is not about reaching a genius level. Some are judging the article without reading. It is about being the best that you could be whether you have average or high intelligence! As I work with professionals and youth, some...
A couple of days ago, I posted a message on Facebook and later via this blog site on conflicting emotions related to project management. On Facebook, a friend and ex-intern wrote the following response to my post:
This post is mostly about thinking out loud and sharing our thoughts with you. Balancing these feelings is tough.
I have been working on two books: The first was about the PMBOK Guide (and ISO 21500) but mostly about how to apply these guides in the real world, and The second book is a re-write of a book we self-published two years ago (Redefining the Basics of Project Management), which focus on The Customizable and...
I cannot help it seeing the PMI huge focus in recent months on benefits realization and benefit management. It is like PMI discovered a way to go to Mars and back in one week.
What do you think, is project management becoming a commodity? I am a member on numerous online groups related to project management. There is a huge focus on certifications, PMP being the most popular but others as well like ACP, Agile, PRINCE2, RMP and numerous others. We see advertisement such as:
Following up on the previous post, this is another chapter that we deleted from an upcoming book.
I have been using the PMBOK Guide since 1996 and I used the original consolidated version to prepare for the PMP in the days where there were no real exam prep books. I became a PMP in 1998 and since that time, I had been contributing to the updates of the guide. However, in recent...
This will be a very short post and maybe more on the light side Technically, in the new sixth edition of the PMBOK Guide, per the exposure draft, there are only four process groups not five. Well – let us agree first on the definition of a group. Would you agree that a group of...
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