Reforming Project Management Theory and Practice

Reforming Project Management
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A Teleconference Series Book [click for another] Don't miss a posting. Join over 1095 other people who Subscribe to Reforming Project Management Enter your email: powered by Bloglet Spread the word TELL A FRIEND Enter friend's e-mail: Search this weblog CoachBlog? Top 25 Business Coaches! Google News Alerts < # Blogrollers ? > < # bostonites ? > Featured in Seth Godin's Bull Market 2004	Tuesday, January 28, 2003 Can the Reform of Project Management Succeed? Can the inertia of project management be overcome? The editors of Project Management World Today Web Magazine say no. We predict that the Project Management is going to change as little in the next 10 years as it has in the last 20. Oh, the project management "industry" will advance its knowledge and its products. And its numbers: Hoards of enthusiastic people will obtain some form of professional "certification". We can hope for more standardization of nomenclature.. perhaps. And maybe even certifications that have some relationship to competence.But in practice, it's not going to change without a paradigm shift in management thinking. Unfortunately we don't see any factors - internal or external, rewards or consequences - that will precipitate such an order-of-magnitude leap in management awareness and commitment. (Read the whole editorial) What do you think? Please share your view in a comment to this posting. posted by Hal at 2:47 PM \| link \| \| \| Google It! \| Email This \| Monday, January 27, 2003 Managing Work Not Time Conventional wisdom from PMI and others has us manage the time (duration) of project work. A strong voice disagrees. In Shaking Off the Shoulds and Pardon Sisyphus Johanna Rothman appearing in Software Development Magazine offers a set recommendations and questions for managing work not time. Dump the Lead Weights Should this work be done at all? Differentiate Between Your Work and Others' Should this task be on my personal to-do list? Push Out Work That Doesn't Belong To You Should someone else do this? Enable Your People Will the task help finish the project faster? Focus on Business Value How does this task help you manage the business? Choose Importance Over Urgency How do you spend your time? Read more by Johanna Rothman at www.jrothman.com. posted by Hal at 9:22 PM \| link \| \| \| Google It! \| Email This \| Visit the Archives for more postings	Blogroll Me! Reference Papers Project Resources Books Top Blogs! Bookmark These Weblogs Blogroll Me! Yahoo! Groups RecipRoll