We have been hearing about the #PMBOK Guide going Agile for a year now; or more. However, now the new #PMBOK Guide is out, where is #Agile? This question reminds me of an old Wendy’s commercial about “where is the beef?”
We have been hearing about the #PMBOK Guide going Agile for a year now; or more. However, now the new #PMBOK Guide is out, where is #Agile? This question reminds me of an old Wendy’s commercial about “where is the beef?”
This post is a section of a chapter on project management plan. It is per our CAMMP™ Model, Version 3, and from the Project Management beyond Waterfall and Agile book that will be published later this summer. This section addresses the people aspects, a vital section of the Project Management Plan of a given project.
We have been writing and recording videos on the challenges of delivering large and complex, major, or mega projects successfully. We provided some ideas on how to lead mega projects to success. We have even shared some research on these types of projects from leading global organizations and universities. One of these articles is available...
This is a video blog but focusing on a concept outlined in the PMBOK Guide that categorizes PMOs as Supporting, Controlling, or Directing.
Every once in a while we focus on a certain topic and write a few articles about. Recently, we had a few posts with videos on terminology differences, and before that, we cover agile for capital projects. The most recent posts have been about large-complex, or mega projects. We have to admit, today’s post might...
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....
I am writing this article with the feeling that I am either courageous or stupid since what I will write about might be touching many or stepping on people soft toes. I must start by saying, I am writing this article based on observations from working in this region (West Asia, GCC) for close to...
Is it time for a National / Federal Project Management Authority? How about linking this to a National Project Management Association? هل حان الاوان لتاسيس هيئة حكومية لادارة المشاريع؟ مع تسجيل صوتي
We often hear from practitioners and read on social media platforms that many organizations around the world, do not implement proper project management practices. Maybe the situation is different from one country to another, and one cannot generalize. However, the question is valid, why (some) organizations do not follow ‘proper’ project management practices?
Ah – abbreviations – abbreviations. PMO, PMD, PMF, PM, OPM, what do all of these things mean and should we care? Well, let us start with the last part of the opening sentence, should we care?