Comments on: On Why Project Sociology http://www.projectshrink.com/on-why-project-sociology-160.html Welcome To Shrinkonia. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:24:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Bas de Baar http://www.projectshrink.com/on-why-project-sociology-160.html#comment-362 Bas de Baar Mon, 25 Feb 2008 20:37:04 +0000 http://blog.softwareprojects.org/on-why-project-sociology-160.html#comment-362 Interesting remark. I have to ponder about this one for a while :) But my first thought is to agree with you... it is a shame that it is called a body of knowledge ... lets hope they get it right this time http://leadinganswers.typepad.com/leading_answers/2008/02/pmbok-4-this-ti.html Interesting remark. I have to ponder about this one for a while :) But my first thought is to agree with you… it is a shame that it is called a body of knowledge … lets hope they get it right this time

http://leadinganswers.typepad.com/leading_answers/2008/02/pmbok-4-this-ti.html

]]> By: craig http://www.projectshrink.com/on-why-project-sociology-160.html#comment-361 craig Sun, 24 Feb 2008 21:34:44 +0000 http://blog.softwareprojects.org/on-why-project-sociology-160.html#comment-361 Bas When you frame up the challenge for project management like that it gets me thinking of the difference between project management and 'normal' management. For example; the PMI's PMBOK specifically omits general mangaement skills from it's domain as they are not unique to the pm industry. You then have a worl full of project managers training up in PMI accreditation and omitting they key thing that enables projects; good people management. So, to me, the problem looks like it radiates out of the BOK aproach. The answer seems to me to be getting sponsors and hiring managers to see the PMI certification as a limited technical skill, not a certification in holistic quality project management. Maybe Masters degrees, which cost more and take more time and effort, and cover more ground, will rise up and replace PMI certifications as the accreditation of choice? Bas

When you frame up the challenge for project management like that it gets me thinking of the difference between project management and ‘normal’ management.

For example; the PMI’s PMBOK specifically omits general mangaement skills from it’s domain as they are not unique to the pm industry.

You then have a worl full of project managers training up in PMI accreditation and omitting they key thing that enables projects; good people management.

So, to me, the problem looks like it radiates out of the BOK aproach.

The answer seems to me to be getting sponsors and hiring managers to see the PMI certification as a limited technical skill, not a certification in holistic quality project management.

Maybe Masters degrees, which cost more and take more time and effort, and cover more ground, will rise up and replace PMI certifications as the accreditation of choice?

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