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Earlier today I saw a post from a colleague that triggered this short post. What my colleague had posted is guidelines about how to complete the “first” document on a project. In the view of person posting the message, that first document is the project charter.  This is not a correct statement. Yes, developing a charter...

A few weeks ago, PMI had released the draft for the Project Management Standard that is published in the PMBOK Guide. At that time, we published a blog post on the main points with the updated – draft standard. A week or so ago, PMI published the exposure draft for the guide part of the...

This blog post is by my colleague, Mr. Luc A.E. Bauwmans, PMP Optimizing construction project performance using the New Engineering Contract Third Edition (NEC3) Part 1  Part 2 is next About partnering contracts Partnering contracts between supplier and customer have probably always existed, in some form or other. In fact they come in so many...

This blog post is by my colleague, Mr. Luc A.E. Bauwmans, PMP Optimizing construction project performance using the New Engineering Contract Third Edition (NEC3) Executive summary Part 1: Partnering in construction contracting is still the subject of much debate. The simplest form of partnering occurs when two parties to a contract have aligned (some of)...

Do you think we need a PM Association for the Arab World?

Since we have published this article on LinkedIn we refer you there, please click here to read. We have also developed a draft for a concept paper. What we are looking for at this time are: Determine who is interested and think this is a good idea. If you like to learn more, let me...

I am a true believer in open communications and definitely not an advocate of censorship or imposing strict rules. People are free to post whatever they want, if I do not like it, I will delete, and if I find it offensive I will block the person or stop following him or her. However, we...

What is the ONE thing you need to manage projects? There is not one!

In a recent article, we discussed if the project manager the jack-of-all-trades and the master of NONE. That discussion was due to the numerous online discussions and even publications by “leading” project management associations that cannot make up their mind on what the role of the project manager is.

Why did SUKAD decide to partner with GPM® Global? In today’s post, we mix it up a bit. We will discussion business, passion, and project management. Recently, SUKAD has signed an agreement to represent GPM in West Asia, including GCC, Lebanon, and other countries in the region. After 12 years in the regional market, why...

Introduction Over the years, the PMBOK Guide has the ANSI stamp on the cover, giving the impression that the whole guide is an ANSI Standard. However, inside the guide, one can find a mention that the ANSI Standard was part of Chapter 3 in the 3rd and 4th edition of the guide and an Annex...