Project Management Today

It never ceases to amaze me the continued focus on theory instead practical application. Why in the world do we have regulating and certification bodies that are built on the theory of a body of knowledge? Certainly, I’m not suggesting that a body of knowledge isn’t important, rather, there is little focus on the practical application in real world situations.

This is especially true of Sigma and project management. Everything revolves around the premise that you have support and everyone is one the same team. For the vast majority of situations however, this is wishful thinking and not reality

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If ever there was a good example of what’s WRONG with project management, the PNP certification program is it. The whole premise is based on the IDEA that you, as a project manager have the support and are given the resources to do the job right.

Now I ask you, how often does THAT happen? Anxwer: not enough times to base a certification program on that seems to have value in the marketplace. Now I’m not saying that the PNP has no value, only that companies LIKE the certification and the cert. itself is based on a ideal world scenario.

So what value can be measured in companies that demand a pnp certification but don’t deliver on the support necessary to do the job right? hmmm

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Is there any secret here? Project managers have recognized the fact that the problem with labor is NOT a shortage.

Note the problem is articlulated well in this comment from a major news source.
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/07_15/b4029050.htm?chan=rss_topStories_ssi_5

And worldwide, millions of people still can’t find jobs. The strongest evidence that there’s no general shortage today is that overall worker pay has barely outpaced inflation. In the U.S., the share of national income going to corporate profit, rather than, say, labor, is hovering around a 50-year high

So while profits are up at an historical high, people are being driven into poverty. Not because they aren’t willing to work but by GREED!

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