Project control is an essential concept in project management, yet, some still do not do well, especially in organizations new to project management. Others – follow traditional project control concepts which might not be enough. In this series we address some of the gaps in practice. Project Control CAM2P™ Alternative Perspective We believe that many...
The following is from our upcoming book with the title Redefining the Basics of Project Management. Idea to Project Detailed Plan Let us take a road trip and consider the project as our trip; forgive us for the over simplification, but we know that you will get the concept and will be able to translate...
This is a short post in response to a reader question on our last post. What is the difference between the project life cycle and the project management life cycle?
This post is an Appendix in a book we are finalizing at this time to send to the publisher; Redefining the Basics of Project Management is expected in the market by the end of March 2014. It is common to hear the following question: “how much effort should we spend on planning” or “how long...
In this article we address a major gap in the practice of project management today! Our hypothesis is that this GAP is one of the leading factors contributing to project challenges and failures. This is a controversial topic since it touches on what project management professionals practice – based on their understanding of global standards, such as...
It is a common belief that project outcomes contain a degree of uniqueness. They may be highly unique, such as in space exploration projects, or only very slightly unique, such as in the construction of a number of identical buildings in an office park, where uniqueness may reside simply in a set of user requirements...
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...
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...
Introduction This blog post is part of lengthy article that we published in the past. We base the observations that we discuss in this paper on interactions with project management practitioners, online discussion groups, as well as surveys and polls that we have conducted in the past. It has been quite clear to us that...
Those of us in project management often think that we ‘speak-PM,’ meaning we have a shared terminology. However, we believe that we have common words, but we do not necessarily have standard definitions of those same words. Therefore, project management terminology is tricky and includes confusing terms that are often used out of context. Today,...
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