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Is the project life cycle fixed or varies?

A recent post on the project life cycle has been generating quite a bit of interest and discussion on LinkedIn. The post is “Once again, what is the project life cycle?” Well, in this follow-up article, we will highlight some of the confusions that remain and present a few project life cycle examples.

How to make the PMBOK Guide works for you?

Every once in a while we run into discussions and statements like: The PMBOK Guide is not real world, or The PMBOK Guide does not work Are these correct or realistic statements?  Well, the best answer in project management always start with “it depends.” Let us elaborate.

Once again, what is the project life cycle? Why this question? Because it is our belief that the most common misunderstanding in project management today, especially among those who follow PMI and learned project management through the PMBOK Guide. Notice, we used the term misunderstanding because 

How to lead large and complex (mega) projects to success?

This post is specific to Executives, especially those leading Project Owners’s Organizations. How to lead large and complex (mega) projects to success? How you can minimize the chance of delays and overruns and maximizing value to your shareholders? In a recent article, we wrote and recorded video on why project owners organizations are afraid of project management....

There are too many debates on social media, especially LinkedIn, and by subject matter experts and even thought leaders in project management about the need to have a common language. One of the justifications for documents like the PMBOK Guide, the ANSI approved PM Standard, ISO 21500, and many other resources is a common language....

What is the difference between output and outcome? Why does it matter in project management? In the project management context, an output could refer to the result of a given process, like those discussed in ISO 21500 or PMBOK Guide. Well, if we consider the output of the ultimate process = the project, then the...