http://svprojectmanagement.com/linkedin-yawn-to-the-new-pmbok Project management wisdom from practictioners and the UCSC Extension in Silicon Valley Sat, 13 Mar 2010 10:14:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://svprojectmanagement.com/linkedin-yawn-to-the-new-pmbok/comment-page-1#comment-5437 Veronica Brown Mon, 15 Jun 2009 08:39:43 +0000 http://svprojectmanagement.com/?p=2488#comment-5437 Everybody keeps talking about how to become a great Project Manager, what about team members? All the PMBOK/theory stuff is good, but I fear most project managers are discovering that there needs to be some kind of training for team members too. A girl can wish, can't she? Everybody keeps talking about how to become a great Project Manager, what about team members? All the PMBOK/theory stuff is good, but I fear most project managers are discovering that there needs to be some kind of training for team members too. A girl can wish, can’t she?

]]> http://svprojectmanagement.com/linkedin-yawn-to-the-new-pmbok/comment-page-1#comment-5374 Rich Maltzman Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:37:52 +0000 http://svprojectmanagement.com/?p=2488#comment-5374 Thanks for the comments, Mike. Thanks for the comments, Mike.

]]> http://svprojectmanagement.com/linkedin-yawn-to-the-new-pmbok/comment-page-1#comment-5333 Mike Wed, 10 Jun 2009 19:00:06 +0000 http://svprojectmanagement.com/?p=2488#comment-5333 For me, the new PMBOK was a big yawn. They spruced up the layout and graphics, renamed all the processes into verb-object pairs, and completely missed on some areas that needed improvement. I'm a risk guy, focusing on it professionally, academically, and in PMP prep training. I provided four or five comments to PMI about how to improve the section, but all I got was a "thanks, but we're tabling your suggestion for now." The risk chapter has no new content, despite all the advances in PRM (which I happen to think is one of the weakest sections of the PMBOK). The cost chapter is mostly unchanged, too, from my initial review, except that they finally clarified the role parametric estimating has been estimating and budgeting. Bottom line: I bought all three new standards (project, program, portfolio) so I'd have them, but I have yet to find anything in the new PMBOK that made it worth the money. For me, the new PMBOK was a big yawn. They spruced up the layout and graphics, renamed all the processes into verb-object pairs, and completely missed on some areas that needed improvement. I’m a risk guy, focusing on it professionally, academically, and in PMP prep training. I provided four or five comments to PMI about how to improve the section, but all I got was a “thanks, but we’re tabling your suggestion for now.” The risk chapter has no new content, despite all the advances in PRM (which I happen to think is one of the weakest sections of the PMBOK). The cost chapter is mostly unchanged, too, from my initial review, except that they finally clarified the role parametric estimating has been estimating and budgeting. Bottom line: I bought all three new standards (project, program, portfolio) so I’d have them, but I have yet to find anything in the new PMBOK that made it worth the money.

]]>