PMI is always surprising me for the positive

Luis

Thanks for the info.

I was aware of both of standards and there was a Final Exposure draft review announcement published on pm.com inviting members to review and comment but I had a lot of personal issues going on at that time and did not participate. However, in 2019, I did participate in the review of two practice standards:

1) Practice Standard for Scheduling
2) Practice Standard for Work Breakdown Structure

Both were published in 2019 and it feels great to see your name in those standards as part of the Final Exposure Draft reviewers team.

I know Sergio and Kiron both participated in the review of multiple standards too.

RK

Dear Rami

Good to have you here :-)

It is always very gratifying to see our name in relevant publications or from institutions like PMI

Just keep going forward

I may volunteer for the next editions of PMBOK Guide :-)

I was excited about the publication of both standards
Did you read PMNetwork this month?
What is your opinion about the forecasts for 2020?

lb
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Thank you Luis. I do read it but I didn't have the chance to read the latest one yet. When I do, I will feedback to you for sure.

RK

Luis,
Thanks for the information.

I think all practice standard needs to be revised, so are the extension.

Luis -

I've done a quick review of both of the new editions of the Practice Standards. I especially like the inclusion of agile/hybrid considerations in the Earned Value one as well as the comprehensive coverage of estimating techniques in the Project Estimating one.

The one topic which they could have spent a lot more time on in the Estimating one was the "human" side of estimation. There are a few pages referencing biases such as anchoring, but a whole book could be written on the psychology supporting good/bad estimates.

They also referenced "Planning Poker" when the term "Estimating Poker" should have been used. The former is a registered trademark of Mike Cohn's company Mountain Goat Software.

My issue of PM Network has finally arrived so I'll read it in the next day or two and comment on their 2020 forecasts...

Kiron

Luis -

I've done a quick review of both of the new editions of the Practice Standards. I especially like the inclusion of agile/hybrid considerations in the Earned Value one as well as the comprehensive coverage of estimating techniques in the Project Estimating one.

The one topic which they could have spent a lot more time on in the Estimating one was the "human" side of estimation. There are a few pages referencing biases such as anchoring, but a whole book could be written on the psychology supporting good/bad estimates.

They also referenced "Planning Poker" when the term "Estimating Poker" should have been used. The former is a registered trademark of Mike Cohn's company Mountain Goat Software.

My issue of PM Network has finally arrived so I'll read it in the next day or two and comment on their 2020 forecasts...

Kiron

Kiron

I kind of had the same impression.

Re- the human factor side of estimation is indeed a very important topic that should be expanded in more details.

RK

Dear Rami
Thank you for your comment on the standards.

What about PMNetwork?