From a distance it seems that people use these terms interchangeably. They do however represent much different endeavours. Trying to steer away from the “official” definitions provided by the various project management institutes and organisations I hope to explain it…
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Portfolio, Program and Project Management
Tagged with: Business, Management, Organization, PPM, Program management, Project management, Project management office, Project Portfolio Management
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Posted in Project Management
Project Management 102
You should already know that you have a project and you can do some planning to get things done – From the previous post – Project Management 101. Now moving swiftly along… There are many standards and approaches available to…
Tagged with: A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge, Agile, Business, Critical chain, Education and Training, Event chain, Extreme, Lean, Management, PRINCE2, PRiSM, Process-based, Project and Program Management, Project management, Project Management Body of Knowledge
Posted in Business Management, Project Management
Posted in Business Management, Project Management
Project Management – 101
Ok, so someone that you know knows someone that did a project once and you have just inherited something that everybody calls a project… What do you do, where do you start? This post is aimed at addressing the most…
Tagged with: Business, Communication, Executive sponsor, Management, Project management, Project stakeholder, Project team, Work breakdown structure
Posted in Business Management, Project Management
Posted in Business Management, Project Management
A Plan – What is it?
Everybody, and I mean everybody, tells me, you and everybody to plan for… (Insert – the future, your life, career, love life…) That leaves me with the question – Do you know what a plan is? I mean really understand…
Tagged with: Daaaa, English Wikipedia, Goal, Goal setting, Health, Hydrogen, Mental Health, Motivation, Plan, Scope (computer science), Self-Help, Understanding, Wikipedia
Posted in Business Management, Project Management
Posted in Business Management, Project Management
Project Management & Habits
According to psychologists (and Wikipedia) Habituation is an extremely simple form of learning, in which an organism, after a period of exposure to a stimulus, stops responding to that stimulus in varied manners. In my book (The Management Imperative) habit formation is the result of a process which has the following steps – thought pattern, speech, attitude, behaviour and then habit. This view is supported by numerous other authors and thinkers in the industry.
Tagged with: Business, Change management, habit, Habituation, Management, Project and Program Management, Project management, Wikipedia
Posted in Project Management
Posted in Project Management
Project management vs. operational / line / functional management
Is project management a separate managerial discipline from operational / line / functional management?
Yes and No. No because it utilises exactly the same skills and knowledge required by “normal” management and Yes because it requires a significantly different attitude or frame of mind.
Tagged with: Business, Change management, Consulting, Human resources, Learning curve, Management, Project and Program Management, Project management
Posted in Project Management
Posted in Project Management
Project Management – What’s it about?
Usually people will throw some definition taken from some well-known dictionary or encyclopaedia here. I like to make things simple. Project management is about adding value by applying general management concepts into an environment – My Definition. Most books will…
Anton van den Berg
Business Information, Project/Program and New Media Executive, Author, Blogger
Who I am and what I do can be summed up in stating that I assist organisations to advance to the next evolutionary step or market level; while achieving cost reduction, strategic initiative and/or optimisation of existing assets.
The value proposition on offer is balanced and contains experience, education and a progressive attitude.
Projects or programs that have been successfully completed were strategic or business tactically focussed.
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