Our organization has been using project management processes for some time, primarily focused on traditional approaches to project management (I don't mean Agile vs. Waterfall). What are some best new practices to consider for the process of project management? Saving Changes...
Focus less on the process and more on the people. Having said that, I'd suggest focusing efforts on leaning out the PM process as well as governance oversight to enable quicker value delivery.
One of the evolutions of traditional predictive PM processes is moving from federated data systems to integrated systems. In federated systems, you may write your WBS in Word or Excel. The data is manually copied or by batch job into a scheduling tool. Progress is extracted from the scheduling tool and used to create a dashboard in PowerPoint. Other reviews require a different view so you create a different set of charts.
At each layer of translation, there is cost and potential for error. Integrating the data sources so that they talk to each other so you can have a single source of data used in multiple ways can significantly reduce waste and improve quality. Saving Changes...
arlene trimbleAssistant IT Director| Local GovernmentAlamo, Ca, United States
I agree with everyone’s thoughts. In addition, what is the rationale for the search of new project management processes? Business needs? Thank you. Saving Changes...
Stéphane ParentSelf Employed / Semi-retired| Leader MakerPrince Edward Island, Canada
"Best" is subjective. What is best for your organization is worst for another.
Rather than looking at integrating yet another project management process, consider improving your current processes on a continuous basis. Not only will this be more cost effective but it will ensure that the processes are a good fit and have organizational support.. Saving Changes...
Sergio Luis ConteHelping to create solutions for everyone| Worldwide based OrganizationsBuenos Aires, Argentina
Fully agree with @Stéphane comments above. First thing to do is to understand if project management process deserve to be part of the strategy of the organization (strategy is the way the organization answer to environmental stimuli in order to survive, growth and develop). If yes then is time to select what of this process deserves to stay active. You can use the PMBOK Guide (version 6, not 7) as a check list if you like. Do not fall in the trap of think about agile, lean and thinks like that (in fact, waterfall and agile are not matter of comparision. Waterfall is a life cycle, Agile is an approach). When you define the process then you can define approaches, methods/frameworks, tools to locate them. Obviously those process have to be located in one place then is time to decide if it deserves to create a new business unit (call it PMO for example) or to distribute them in some other business unit. Saving Changes...
