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...
by Mounir Ajam | Aug 4, 2016 | Applied Project Management (4PM)
Following up on the previous post, this is another chapter that we deleted from an upcoming book. Team of Experts to Review The challenging situation In the notice page of the PMBOK® Guide, PMI disclaims any responsibility for the guide and its content putting the...
by Mounir Ajam | Jul 14, 2016 | Applied Project Management (4PM)
This will be a very short post and maybe more on the light side Technically, in the new sixth edition of the PMBOK Guide, per the exposure draft, there are only four process groups not five. Well – let us agree first on the definition of a group. Would you agree...
