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What does tailoring refer to in the new PMBOK Guide? PGR5

Well, it has been roughly two weeks since the new PMBOK Guide, Sixth Edition is out and the online community is flooded with posts on this topic. Some posts go through extensive details even comparing page count on a chapter by chapter basis. As someone who has been using the PMBOK Guide, since the first consolidated...

Do Agilists really think we are dumb?

In the past, I did write a few articles about Agile and we tried to clarify the difference between Agile (as a movement) versus agile practices (as in being dynamic) You can find these articles here: Article 1 Article 2 Other articles you can find by searching on the word “Agile”

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.

Busting the myth of Agile for most projects, most of the time – 2

This is the third article on Agile. The first one covered a discussion on LinkedIn and summarized the key points discussed. With the second article, we started to demystify the concept that Agile is for most projects most of the time. In this second Article, we highlighted the overview mission of the Agile Manifesto. Today,...

This is an update from an earlier post. In this update, I will focus only on the comments and other related information. On 21 March, I started the following discussion on LinkedIn We keep hearing about the PMBOK Guide sixth edition and that Agile is in every knowledge area. That brings two questions: Is Agile for...