Comments for PMThink

Comment on New ISO Standard for Project Management: Is this Necessary? by Skids

Skids — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 17:45:23 +0000

One advantage would be to permit audit of pmo's to an agreed standard. Iso 9001, 17025, and 13485 for qms, lab , And medical devices standards are all written in such a way you can audit to them. The pmbok clearly is not. Quite the contrary it is a large tool box with no minimum baseline to audit a company with a pmo, a consulting group that offers pm services nor a contracting compnay that does projects as it's business . While the pmbok clearly recommends auditing a pm or pmo as part of a strong program , it neither procribes doing it , nor states how and to what extent.

Comment on New ISO Standard for Project Management: Is this Necessary? by Frank M

Frank M — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:51:00 +0000

Excellent, John. Thanks for the global perspective.

Comment on New ISO Standard for Project Management: Is this Necessary? by John Thorpe

John Thorpe — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:34:36 +0000

Can i refer you to a post on this subject?

http://projectcentric.co.uk/how_to_manage_a_camel/projectmanagement/iso21500/

My conclusion is “Having caught up with Mr Shepherd to discuss the programme and its challenges, he was very keen to point out that this is ‘not a process which is looking to create a new method’. The aim is to deliver a ‘global, overarching guidance [for project management], not [another] how to do it [method], which is applicable globally and may be used to reduce barriers to trade’”.

Whilst PMI has some great collateral and a prominent position in the US, over in the UK is has a relatively small following in the PPM Community. We also have APM, APM-Group etc and many who do not subscribe to any recognised organisation.

I hope this adds to the discussion

Regards
John

Comment on Project management maturity assessment by Frank M

Frank M — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:23:54 +0000

I am amazed by the number of large enterprises that are still at maturity 1 and struggling for a path forward. ……

Thanks for your comments, Frank

Comment on Project management maturity assessment by Geoff Crane

Geoff Crane — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:30:30 +0000

Bwahahahah "CMMI Rocks –Heidi Klum"
I remember CMMI Level 1. It made me sad. LOL
Geoff.
http://edge.papercutpm.com

Comment on IT Governance: Board of Directors … by Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 04:13:31 +0000

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Comment on Project Goals and Team Members by Frank M

Frank M — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 02:50:47 +0000

Thanks for your comments on this topic. Frank

Comment on Project Goals and Team Members by Hook

Hook — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 18:08:46 +0000

The use of a team scoreboard helps a lot on this issue. A nice tool for the project leader to grasp misalignment in team expectations and to measure objectively the team feeling in any area that your scoreboard exposes.
The perfect thing about this is that it can all be done with a simple and free online form like google offers

Comment on Project Goals and Team Members by Prince2TrainingDay

Prince2TrainingDay — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:44:06 +0000

I think any project's delivery relies mostly on the manager, teams need a strong leader who will take control and knows when something isn't working and a new angle must be tried

Comment on What does it take to be GREAT? by A project manager

A project manager — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 19:54:14 +0000

I completely agree.
I think it is all down to people skills. Whether it is assertiveness to say what some people don't want to hear or empathy to understand your team and lead them, a good project manager has to master interaction with people