[Moims-dai] PMBOK guide and the ICF doc

[Mark Conrad]

There are approximately 3 million Project Management Professionals
worldwide. You will see PMP after their names in signature blocks.

The Society of American Archivists offers very basic training in project
management. Many IT folks are now acquiring their PMP.  I believe you will
find that there is broad familiarity with PMBOK.

Mark

Mark Conrad
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On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 4:41 PM, David Giaretta <david at giaretta.org> wrote:

> I was not familiar with PMBOK, and the document is not free, which
> restricts
> familiarity.
>
> It seems to me we can refer to the PMBOK but we will have to paraphrase
> various concepts to capture the sense of it. It is the logic that matters.
> That would also be necessary for copyright reasons. I guess we may need to
> use some PMBOK definitions - can we do that or do we need to paraphrase?
>
> ..David
>
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> Subject: Re: [Moims-dai] PMBOK guide and the ICF doc
>
> Looks promising to me.  Do you think the rest of the PMBOK would resonate
> with the communities we're familiar with?  Bob probably has a view on this.
>
> cheers-
> Don
>
> On May 9, 2016, at 10:03 AM, David Giaretta <david at giaretta.org> wrote:
>
> > Now the wedding is out of the way, I managed to buy a printed copy of the
> PMBOK 5th edition - which I believe is the latest version.
> >
> > The way it describes the process groups is very interesting. The way I
> read it the intention seems very similar to my understanding of what we are
> talking about but the way it is explained is much clearer. For example, the
> introduction to process groups says:
> > "The following sections identify and describe 5 project management
> process
> groups required for any project. These 5 process groups have clear
> dependencies and are typically performed in each project and highly
> interact
> with one another. These 5 process groups are independent of application
> areas or industry focus. Individual process groups and individual processes
> are often iterated prior to completing the project and can have
> interactions
> within a process group and among process groups. The nature of these
> interactions varies from project to project and may or may not be performed
> in a particular order."
> > The 5 groups are
> > -          Initiating
> > -          Planning
> > -          Executing
> > -          Closing
> > -          Monitoring and controlling
> >
> >
> > The Monitoring and controlling is an overarching activity - see the
> attachment.  The first 4 stages align very well - it depends how much we
> want to stress _exploit_ and _disposition_. Monitoring and controlling
> could
> fit very well as an overarching activity to make sure the appropriate
> "Additional Information" is captured.
> >
> > Interestingly later in that section there is a table with the process
> groups along the top and a number of "knowledge areas" down the side - see
> attachment. In many of the cells there are more specific bullet points
> which
> point to sections later in the book. The majority of the book is taken up
> expanding each of those cells.
> >
> > I see a lot of similarity of approach with ours and it would be
> relatively
> straightforward to make the adjustment to align our document with the PMBOK
> approach.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > ..David
> >
>
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