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Are there any practices from government organizations that you find effective?

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Justin Fu Senior Systems Engineer| Parsons Bristow, Va, United States
Government processes are would be good to apply to private industry?
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Rami Kaibni
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Senior Projects Manager | Field & Marten Associates New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
There is lots of bureacracy and rigor in governement processes and I find this applies as well in privates businesses.
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Abolfazl Yousefi Darestani Manager, Quality and Continuous Improvement| Hörmann-TNR Industrial Doors Newmarket, Ontario, Canada
I would say yes there is. Anyways, you should see this from government standpoint as well.
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Aaron Porter
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IT Director| Blade HQ Payson, UT, United States
Which government processes?

My limited exposure to it makes me think government processes are not sustainably scalable and do not allow for flexibility to adjust your approach to your circumstances. To Rami's point, private companies can be the same.

Which branch of government?

I've only worked with the VA. The people were good to work with, but their processes made some projects take longer than needed. I've met some PMs that work with defense contractors. The rigor and rigidity they have to deal with makes more sense.
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Stéphane Parent Self Employed / Semi-retired| Leader Maker Prince Edward Island, Canada
The tricky part with government processes is they have to stand the test of transparency. Everything you do has to be above board.
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Keith Novak Tukwila, Wa, United States
Although many government processes are full of bureaucracy, there are processes you probably use currently that were born in the government sector. EVM, PERT and the WBS concept for example, all came from the US Department of Defense. Now they are frequently considered PM best practices.

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