I know there have been many threads here about PMBOK 7. I have read over it and the guide.
I am tasked with teaching a large number of people about predictive and agile project management at a major conference next year.
I am struggling with explaining how to apply the content of PMBOK 7.
For those who have never laid eyes on PMBOK 6 or previous editions, how would one derive an actual plan for a project using PMBOK 7? I struggle to wrap my head around it, and I'm wondering if anyone else feels the same.
It appears to be a lot of principles without process - which seems useless to me. Saving Changes...
Hi 'My head Hurts".
Don't make it overwhelming. First consider your audience. What will be their take-aways, what do they expect, and what will be valuable for them. Look for a common thread such as a theme from the PMBOK. Trying to cover every part of the PMBOK takes weeks to cover in detail. If your teaching is an hour, do a summary of benefits and values. If your teaching is a workshop, then hit the highlights that impacted you and your project management experience. Make the presenting of the material from a personal value rather than a comprehensive value. This way they see how parts of the PMBOK impacted your management.
If you are teaching more than a few hours, then call in the troops. Share your teaching time with others who have found value from the PMBOK and how it helped them in their project managing. Create a team to address on what could be valuable for your audience. Then close it out your teaching time with fun. In fact, make it all fun for you and your team and your audience. Also, look at your own strengths and how they can guide you in your presentation. Relax, prepare, and have fun. Saving Changes...
Nowhere does the Guide or Standard say that they are the "be all and end all" of project management. The principles are important as those apply to all projects, but you can then leverage content within the Sixth Edition (which is complementary to the Seventh Edition and not replaced by it) or PMI Standards Plus to provide the "how" which fits the context of your students' projects.
Kiron Saving Changes...
Thomas WalentaGlobal Project Economy ExpertHackenheim, Germany
Yes, ed 7 is a big change from the format and content of ed 1-6. For some good reasons.
If you accept it, understand it and build on it, it will help you to share it with the conference participants and help them get it too.
Maybe quit looking for processes. Look at ed7 with an open mind, it will keep giving, from a fresh platform.
Maybe adapt the topic, as there is no agile or predictive (or hybrid) project management (those are product development approaches or life cycles). Look at performance domain #3.
Deberás entender plenamente que se tiene en el PMBOK 7, algo superior que es el Cuerpo de Conocimiento: Tailoring, que es la capacidad de escoger los mejores métodos y herramientas para gestionar los diferentes niveles de complejidad de un proyecto. la agilidad aqui es un factor fundamental para la adaptación (tailoring) de los enfoques para cada proyecto.
Con los enfoques de gestión de proyectos convencionales en cascada, era difícil abordar los requisitos que cambian rápidamente en los proyectos. Por ello surgieron los métodos y enfoques ágiles de gestión de proyectos, especialmente en la industria de TI y software.
Dependiendo de las características de cada proyecto, la industria concreta, los requisitos de las partes interesadas y la organización, los jefes de proyecto tienen que aplicar diferentes enfoques para gestionar los proyectos. Estos enfoques pueden ser predictivos, ágiles, híbridos o en cascada.
El nuevo estándar de gestión de proyectos, no favorece un enfoque sobre otro, pero facilita una orientación de como llevar adelante esa labor. esa es la contribución muy didáctica de la manera de tratar el agilísimo Saving Changes...
Deberás entender plenamente que se tiene en el PMBOK 7, algo superior que es el Cuerpo de Conocimiento: Tailoring, que es la capacidad de elegir los mejores métodos y herramientas para gestionar los diferentes niveles de complejidad de un proyecto. la agilidad aqui es un factor fundamental para la adaptación de los enfoques para cada proyecto.
Con los enfoques de gestión de proyectos convencionales en cascada, era difícil abordar los requisitos que cambian rápidamente en los proyectos. Por ello surgieron los métodos y enfoques ágiles de gestión de proyectos, especialmente en la industria de TI y software.
Dependiendo de las características de cada proyecto, la industria concreta, los requisitos de las partes interesadas y la organización, los jefes de proyecto tienen que aplicar diferentes enfoques para gestionar los proyectos. Estos enfoques pueden ser predictivos, ágiles, híbridos o en cascada.
El nuevo estándar de gestión de proyectos, no favorece un enfoque sobre otro, pero facilita una orientación de como llevar adelante esa labor. esa es la contribución muy didáctica de la manera de tratar el agilísimo Saving Changes...
Senior Projects Manager | Field & Marten AssociatesNew Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
I agree with Kiron - I personally believe the 6th edition complements the 7th and both together work great. In the 6th edition its all about KA's, Tool. Techniques and Processes and 7th edition has a decent chunk talking about principles but that doesn't change or eliminate what's in the 6th edition.
I recently gave a two day presentation and prepared the material from both versions of the PMBOK.
Here is a Q&A about the new PMBOK that might answer some of your questions/concerns. Here are what I perceive to be the most relevant portions to your questions but I'd read the Q&A so you can understand more.
2. What do I need to know about the new structure of the PMBOK® Guide – Seventh Edition? Overall, the goal with the next edition of the PMBOK® Guide is to make the content more userfriendly and relevant to project managers using predictive, hybrid and adaptive, or agile, approaches. Based on the draft in development: The next edition will put the focus on project outcomes in addition to deliverables. There will also be an entire section dedicated to the topic of tailoring. The Process Groups and ITTOs will be referenced throughout the next edition but are no longer fully included in the publication – we will continue to make them available through digital offerings, like PMIstandards+TM.
4. Can I still use Process Groups and Knowledge Areas? Yes. In fact, the Process Groups is one of the models in the Models, Methods, and Artifacts section of the draft guide. The concepts from the Knowledge Areas will be seen in multiple project performance domains.
11. Does the pending release of the PMBOK® Guide – Seventh Edition mean that content from prior editions is no longer valid? The good news is that key learnings and concepts from the PMBOK® Guide – Sixth Edition remain valid and are referenced in sections of the draft guide. Saving Changes...
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