At the PMI EMEA Global Congress in Amsterdam I had the pleasure of talking to Brian Weiss, VP of Product Management at Project Management Institute. He explains his view on the role the PMBoK guide plays in the Project Management profession. The last couple of weeks were an amazing experience for me: I became a …
Just came back from the first day at the PMI EMEA Congress here in Amsterdam. Love it! Met some great people like Dave Prior, the author of the Drunken PM blog and the ITT SIG Podcast, and a big agile fan. Great day for him. On this first day of the conference a lot of …
SORRY. THIS CONTEST IS CLOSED! This September you can win a free subscription to The Project Management PrepCast, a great way to prepare for the PMP exam. This site is hosted by my friend Cornelius Fichtner from the PM Podcast. Every one that issues a comment on this blog before September 15th will enter the …
Here is an interesting point that Lauri Koskela and Greg Howell mention in their article I forgot to mention in my previous posting about the fundamental problems concerning plan-driven methods. The lack of information about how the project plan should actually be performed. For example, the PMBok guide is amazingly brief about this. So, management …
It is amazing how few Project Managers that are trained in a certain method actually know the underlying theories that make up Project Management. Who cares? Whats the use? Well actually, every PM should care. If you know the ideas that are behind a specific method, you will easier learn it, and, more important in …