New This Month — January 2019
Papers — Project Management Body of Knowledge Revisited - Part 2 Having established the structure of a PMBOK, the next challenge was to describe the typical social environment in which projects take place, whatever the area of PM application. Hence this Paper covers topics such as: PMBOK Standards, Basic functional divisions, the project life cycle, and other essential functional capabilities, as seen back in 1986-7.
Musings — In this Musings I dig a little deeper in A Look Back at the Original (PMBOK) Framework - Part 2 to examine the impact and dangers of trying to represent the art of project management solely in terms of processes. The current PMBOK Guide describes in some detail around forty to fifty project management processes that may, or may not, all be useful in successfully managing a project. As a result, I have also identified some serious short comings, ripe for correction.
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Last Month
Papers — Project Management Body of Knowledge Revisited, 2018 - Part 1
This Paper is essentially a repeat of what I wrote over 30 years ago when PMI was "inventing" the "PMBOK" (1986-7). It sets out our project management expectations of those days. Read it in conjunction with this month's Musings - A Look Back - where I make the comparison with where we are today. 12/18.
Musings — It is typically a valuable exercise to look back over the years to examine how you got to where you are today. So this month I Look Back at the Original PMBOK document and draw some comparisons between our project management expectations of over 30 years ago, and compare that with where we are today. Best to read this Musings in conjunction with our paper: PMBOK Revisited, Part 1 - December 2018.
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