Alexandre CostaScrum Master| Integer Consulting - Pictet technologiesLoures, Portugal
The gap between theory and practice exists, and I think that all project managers are aware of that.
But as project manager what do you think is the size of the gap big or small?
What is the real percentage of the the theory and the real percentage of the practice and acquired experience that you use in daily basis? Saving Changes...
Alexandre CostaScrum Master| Integer Consulting - Pictet technologiesLoures, Portugal
Feb 15, 2020 4:54 PM
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There is no gap between theory and practice. When people state that is becuase they do not pay attention about what theory mean. Theory are ideas, are principles on which the practice of an activity is based but not the practice itself. On the other side, PMBOK, just in case we are talking about, is not a set of theories. As the PMBOK stated is a set of practices and tools that constitute best practices which does mean they can contribute to enhace the probability a project will achieve the objective just in case they are using. But it say nothing more about using it. Here comes the second problem: how much organizations before selecting a way to run projects perform the critical and often forgotten activity to select what best fit for the propose taking into account the current situation?. That´s the real problem. Nothing new. It has been covered in extension when business analyst role has been created long time before (1990) and then when it has been taken by the PMI.
Sérgio,
Thanks for sharing your casting experience and knowledge with us.
Alexandre. Saving Changes...
Alexandre CostaScrum Master| Integer Consulting - Pictet technologiesLoures, Portugal
Alexandre,
Resuming, there are several perspectives: 1 - The gap doesn't exists 2 - The gap is minimal 3- The gap is product of the skills of each project managers 4 - The gap depends on the project, organization and project manager 5 - The gap is enormous, this is why we seek Agile.
There are opinions for every tastes, but I am sure that I learned with everyone of them.
Thank you all for expression your opinions and participating in the debate.
Alexandre
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1 reply by Luis Branco
Feb 16, 2020 4:00 AM
Luis Branco
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Dear Alexandre
It is always a pleasure to participate in the reflections you create
Thanks
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Luis BrancoCEO| Business Insight, Consultores de Gestão, LdªCarcavelos, Lisboa, Portugal
Feb 16, 2020 3:43 AM
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Alexandre,
Resuming, there are several perspectives: 1 - The gap doesn't exists 2 - The gap is minimal 3- The gap is product of the skills of each project managers 4 - The gap depends on the project, organization and project manager 5 - The gap is enormous, this is why we seek Agile.
There are opinions for every tastes, but I am sure that I learned with everyone of them.
Thank you all for expression your opinions and participating in the debate.
Alexandre
Dear Alexandre
It is always a pleasure to participate in the reflections you create
Although i agree with you that the gap between the project managers and the skills they have to implement in a project has a great influence. I Believe that the gap between the theory and the practice is greater than you think. If the contributors thought that the gap was irrelevant or minimal, they were not reviewing the PMBOK, i know that the world changes , but changes every single day so theory is always some steps back from practice.
Thanks for sharing you opinion Alexandre
Dear Alexandre,
You must remember that theory will be based on the most ideal set of circumstance, make a lot of assumption about the existing structure so that it can cover all the possible outcomes that govern a PMO. As a result the PMBOK is not a mirror for every PMO that exists and a replica for every project that can be managed. So it is up to each project manager to customize according to use and the available resources that a project manager has to hand in order to complete a project. As a result this is not a knowledge gap but an approach to structuring content that has the most relevance to the widest possible audience. If contributors only looked at the most common PMO structures and scenarios they would probably not sell many books and it would not become a framework or methodology. Sometimes its important to to see the wood from the trees and tailor accordingly.
Senior Projects Manager | Field & Marten AssociatesNew Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
Feb 16, 2020 3:34 AM
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Rami,
Knowledge doesn't hurts, and how much you get better prepared you stay, but is like my past in the army training is better, so the more you train the more prepared you are, but in reality there is no training that fully prepares you for the reality of the battlefield.
Thanks for sharing you opinion.
Alexandre
That’s true and this is why is said: KNOWLEDGE combined with EXPERIENCE.
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