Background Project Management Institute’s (PMI) A Guide to The Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK), Third Addition states the Initiating Process Group “consist of the processes that facilitate the formal authorization to start a new project or a project…
Challenge The Project Management Institute (PMI) publishes A Guide to The Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK), Third Addition. In this guide, Project Time Management includes “the processes required to accomplish timely completion of the project” (p. 123). This sounds…
Challenge The Project Management Institute (PMI) publishes A Guide to The Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK), Third Addition. In this guide, Project Scope Management is described as “primarily concerned with defining and controlling what is and is not included…
Background The Project Management Institute’s (PMI) A Guide to The Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK), Third Addition states Project Risk Management includes “the processes concerned with conducting risk management planning, identification, analysis, responses, and monitoring and control on a…
Challenge The Project Management Institute’s (PMI) A Guide to The Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK), Third Addition describes the Quality Management processes to “include all the activities of the performing organization that determine quality policies, objectives, and responsibilities so…
Background The Project Management Institute’s (PMI) A Guide to The Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK), Third Addition states Project Risk Management includes “the processes to purchase or acquire the products, services, or results needed from outside the project team…
Background The Project Management Institute’s (PMI) A Guide to The Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK), Third Addition states Project Risk Management includes “the processes and activities needed to identify, define, combine, unify, and coordinate the various processes and project…
Challenge The Project Management Institute’s (PMI) A Guide to The Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK), Third Addition describes the Human Resource (HR) Management includes “ the processes that organize and manage the project team” (p.199). Every Program and Project…
Challenge You have heard me reference the Project Management Institute’s (PMI) A Guide to The Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK), Third Addition on previous blogs. This blog is no different. I would like to make sure for all future…
Challenge Unfortunately, in almost every industry and in almost every type of organizational initiative, troubled projects exist. Why? Interestingly enough, with respect to technology related projects, (from my 30+ years of experience and observations) technology is rarely the root cause.…
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