by Mounir Ajam | Nov 12, 2016 | Project Life Cycle, Project Management Methodology
Can we use the project brief (or idea statement – statement of work) as the basis for starting the project control effort? Keep in mind, such a document is brief – a few sentences at most. What do you think? Control versus the baseline? One of the common...
by Mounir Ajam | Sep 24, 2016 | Project Management Methodology
Following an earlier post on the difference between method or methodology, it would be useful to revisit a question we often get or hear about. Is the PMP (Project Management Professional) certification, or the PMBOK Guide a methodology? Although my post below focuses...
by Mounir Ajam | Sep 18, 2016 | How to differentiate, Project Management Methodology
Project Management Terminology Here is another post related to project management terminology and the terms that are often confusing, or practitioners use out of context. In this post, we will discuss project management method and project management methodology. We...
by Mounir Ajam | Sep 17, 2016 | Methodology-CAMMP, Organizational Project Management, Project Life Cycle, Project Management Methodology
I have been privileged in my career. In a recent article, I have shared some thoughts and reflections on career management and my passion for project management. I had opportunities to work with great companies after my Masters Degree. My first eight years with Exxon...
by Mounir Ajam | Sep 14, 2016 | Project Management Maturity, Project Management Methodology, Project Management Training
Is the project management community receptive to new ideas? Maybe we should zoom in and ask: are professionals who subscribe to one professional association open to things from outside the association? Will share a couple of stories. Story 1 A few years ago, we were...
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...
