Hi Michael,
You should be aware that we (by this I mean the peak Project Management
body in this country) have already developed a raft of standards relating
to the competencies applied by project managers. These cover the project
coordinator, the project manager and the program manager and describe the
skills and knowledge applied by 'best practice' project managers. They
align with the PMBoK and in fact use the guide as a reference for
underpinning knowledge (but only one of many references).
My company, and the university for whom I lecture, have been using these
for a few years now and are amazed at how people's projects are just taking
off simply by applying the competencies.
Phil Rutherford
Academic Director and Lecturer
Competency-based systems specialist
robnphil@ozemail.com.au
http://www.competency-au.com
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> From: Michael Greer <
projmgtguy@YAHOO.COM>
> To:
MG-ED-DV@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
> Subject: [MG-ED-DV] Proj. Mgt. Best Practices Study- Volunteers needed
> Date: Friday, 9 April 1999 1:21
>
> Many project management texts and PMI's Project Management
> Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) identify certain supposed "best
> practices" which organizations might employ to successfully
> manage projects. I am now looking for volunteers to
> participate in an informal research study to determine
> which of these supposed best practices may be actually
> correlated to project success. Participants will be asked
> to ANONYMOUSLY provide:
> 1. Background information about a specific project they
> have recently completed, including information on how
> successful they feel the project was. [Note: This may be
> ANY kind of project in any industry. It need not be
> training or HR-related.]
> 2. Feedback regarding which of the "best practices" their
> organization employed during the time in which this project
> was undertaken.
>
> TIME REQUIRED: It should only take about 15 or 20 minutes
> to complete the survey.
>
> METHODOLOGY: You will be sent a survey questionnaire as an
> e-mail attachment. You will then complete this survey on
> your computer, save it, and send it back to me. I will
> then analyze all questionnaires received and summarize the
> findings. Finally, I will make the summary findings
> available to all list members and possibly publish these in
> an appropriate journal.
>
> BENEFITS OF PARTICIPATING: The questionnaire contains over
> 90 items which constitute supposed project management "best
> practices." You may examine these and use them as the
> basis of your own informal assessment of your
> organization's PM practices. In addition, you may have the
> satisfaction of knowing you helped advance the field of PM
> by participating in the survey. ;-)
>
> If you'd like TO VOLUNTEER, please e-mail me at:
>
pmsurvey@yahoo.com
>
> Thanks!
> ===
> Michael Greer
> Author of The Project Manager's Partner (HRD Press) and ID Project
Management (Ed Tech Pub.); for free PM-related handouts, bibliography, and
hot links visit:
>
http://michaelgreer.home.mindspring.com
>
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