When should we monitor or control a project? Is control a continual effort or intermittently done so the project manager can get some sleep?
Out of the 5 eBooks that we have published to date, this one is closer to my heart. In this eBook we cover a few major topics that are often lost by project management professionals (PMP) and those who study the PMBOK® Guide. The PMBOK® Guide only briefly mention the project life cycle but put...
This article is part of a theme consisting of a few articles on project management professional training. Introduction In recent articles, and in our eBook: Project Management I: Challenges, Opportunities, Methodology, we discussed that project management is at a crossroad due to damages coming from overzealous professional associations, training providers, and individuals. Project management training...
See note at the end for a disclaimer Why This Article Due to the popularity of project management certification, especially PMP Training, we have seen since 2005 a huge jump in training providers, at least in the region we operate in. There is nothing wrong in an increase in number of providers as long as...
This is one of a series of inter-related articles on learning and training; if interested in this subject, please check other blog posts.
Today we decided not to put an opinion or address a common pitfalls but raise many questions that have been often debated in online forums. We raise these questions for the reader to think about them and come up with their own conclusions and hope that you share your opinion to start a dialogue.
We do realize that some will object to what we write here – which fine with us. We do know professionals and those who truly believe in project management and its strategic value will likely agree with what we post here. Those who maybe offended – if they care – we ask them to think...
A few months ago we published an article with the title Is project management simple? In that article we did address one of the challenges facing the field of project management. At that time we published six challenges, which we also included in one of our eBooks, with the title: Project Management Challenges, Opportunities, Methodology.
Please see the bottom of this article for an update Introduction The PMBOK current edition was published a few months ago and we had written a few articles in relation to the change. This month, the PMP exam will change from using the PMBOK 4 (4th edition) to PMBOK 5 (5th edition) as the basis...
We had published this article in the past on a different platform and we republish here for its importance. One in six major IT projects go 200% over budget – Knowledge Centre – ITP.net. This is an article published by ITP Publications By Mark Sutton Published August 27, 2011. However, the article actually reflect a...
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