by Mounir Ajam | Sep 1, 2016 | Applied Project Management (4PM), Community Development, Project Management for Life Projects, Youth Leadership
A couple of days ago, I posted a message on Facebook and later via this blog site on conflicting emotions related to project management. On Facebook, a friend and ex-intern wrote the following response to my post: “No need to be passionate about project...
by Mounir Ajam | Aug 31, 2016 | Project Management Certification, Protecting Project Management Community
This post is mostly about thinking out loud and sharing our thoughts with you. Balancing these feelings is tough. I am passionate about project management and have been working in this domain almost my entire career; spanning three decades and working around the...
by Mounir Ajam | Aug 10, 2016 | Methodology-CAM2P, Organizational Project Management, Project Management Methodology
I have been working on two books: The first was about the PMBOK Guide (and ISO 21500) but mostly about how to apply these guides in the real world, and The second book is a re-write of a book we self-published two years ago (Redefining the Basics of Project...
by Mounir Ajam | Aug 7, 2016 | Applied Project Management (4PM)
I cannot help it seeing the PMI huge focus in recent months on benefits realization and benefit management. It is like PMI discovered a way to go to Mars and back in one week. Yours truly, an independent professional running a small project management service provider...
by Mounir Ajam | Aug 6, 2016 | Applied Project Management (4PM), Project Management Certification, Projects Performance
What do you think, is project management becoming a commodity? I am a member on numerous online groups related to project management. There is a huge focus on certifications, PMP being the most popular but others as well like ACP, Agile, PRINCE2, RMP and numerous...