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It is common to hear the following comments in feedback to classes and workshops: “it would have been great to link the materials to our own internal way of doing things”. Another comments, “it would also be great if the examples and case studies are from our own work.” We agree with both of the...

This article (actually a presentation) is a follow up to the last post on OPM. At the end of September 2014, we had the pleasure and opportunity to support the Dubai International Project Management Forum (DIPMF.ae) where we led a 3-hour workshop on how to build the organizational project management system. The workshop slides were...

In the past we did publish a few articles about project management office (PMO), organizational project management (OPM), project management methodology, and similar topics. At the end of September 2014, we had the pleasure and opportunity to support the Dubai International Project Management Forum (DIPMF.ae) where we led a 3-hour workshop on how to build...

I raise this question “Is the Project Management Institute (PMI) changing direction?” to generate some discussions on whether PMI is indeed changing its direction of it is being a follower or a leader for project management? Initially, we posted this article without offering much of our opinion in order to generate discussions, which it did...

The Project Management Institute (PMI) has just published Implementing Organizational Project Management: Practice Standard. In this – just published standard – it emphasize the importance of tailoring a project management methodology. However, the main focus is on implementing an organizational system. We are happy to see this publication especially that we have been advocating the need for...

In this post we address two important concepts about project management, which are: How to manage projects in organizations, and How to manage projects successfully. We split these topics since the first deals with the organizational system – policies – procedures – processes – methodology, among other factors. The other topic, deals with offering a...

This is part 4 of a 4-part series on project change management. This topic is a chapter in our upcoming book, Redefining the Basics of Project Management, scheduled for second quarter 2014. Project Change Management Closing Comments In the previous discussions, specifically the scope creep, air condition example, we had: Natural growth due to design...