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Years ago, I started leading project management workshops inside the companies I worked for. I remember my first course, back in the mid-1990’s was on the steps of project control and I delivered to our engineers and construction professionals (our employees and the employees of the general contractor). Then 

How does CAMMP compares to global guides?

How does CAMMP™, The Customizable and Adaptable Methodology for Managing Projects™, compares to global guides like ISO 21500 and PMBOK Guide? The following table summarizes the differences

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.

How to make the PMBOK Guide works for you?

Every once in a while we run into discussions and statements like: The PMBOK Guide is not real world, or The PMBOK Guide does not work Are these correct or realistic statements?  Well, the best answer in project management always start with “it depends.” Let us elaborate.

Once again, what is the project life cycle? Why this question? Because it is our belief that the most common misunderstanding in project management today, especially among those who follow PMI and learned project management through the PMBOK Guide. Notice, we used the term misunderstanding because 

There are too many debates on social media, especially LinkedIn, and by subject matter experts and even thought leaders in project management about the need to have a common language. One of the justifications for documents like the PMBOK Guide, the ANSI approved PM Standard, ISO 21500, and many other resources is a common language....