Project Management Professional: RE: PMHUB-G Updates to the Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification Exam

Fair questions, Palani…..

Just because PMI is the LARGEST organization does not mean they are the BEST organization nor does it mean that they are necessarily RIGHT. PMI is dominated by IT and Telecommunications practitioners, and given neither of those sectors are the most mature in terms of using project management as a delivery system, SOME (but not all) of what PMI publishes tends to be pretty fundamental and in some cases, IMPO, downright BAD PRACTICE. (Case in point being the change to make the PM responsible to create the Project Charter)

To draw another analogy illustrating the absurdity of PMI’s decision, given that a CONTRACT serves as the project charter to a contractor, would you allow the contractor to draw up his/her own contract, including the specifications, for the owner to sign?

Again Palani, instead of challenging me for being willing to challenge PMI, why don’t all of us, as practitioners, join in challenging some of what PMI advocates? Stated another way- just because PMI says something does NOT make it true nor does it make it a “best practice”. (Don’t believe me? Look at your latest PMBOK Guide, page 4 and you will see that what PMI advocates are in fact AVERAGE practices- those used on most projects, most of the time)

Tell you what, compare the PMBOK Guide against Gary Humphrey’s “Project Management Using Earned Value” https://humphreys-assoc.com/product_view.php?product_id=3 and you tell ME which is the “better” standard to follow. Or visit AACE’s Recommended Practices (RP’s) http://www.aacei.org/technical/rp.shtml (which by the way, AACE makes available at no cost to anyone) or visit the Global Association for Project Performance Standards for Project and Program Managers http://www.globalpmstandards.org/index.php/project-manager-standards/download-latest-update.html (which are also open source standards) and then after making a fair and unbiased comparison, THEN come back to me and make an argument as to why I, as a life-long practitioner of project management as a delivery system, should not be willing to challenge PMI?

BR,
Dr. PDG, Jakarta, Indonesia

http://www.build-project-management-competency.com

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Subject: Re: PMHUB-G Updates to the Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification Exam

Dear Dr. PDG

Appreciate your citical view of PMI, however, don't you think it is a bit too much to go on and on against a pioneer in the project management field that many acknowledge ????

Best rgds
Palani Velu

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Sent: Sat Nov 13 08:34:18 2010
Subject: RE: PMHUB-G Updates to the Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification Exam

Very interesting……. Does anyone have any idea as to WHY PMI is putting the burden of creating the project charter on the back of the project manager instead of the project sponsor? Why should it be up to US (as PM’s) to try to figure out what is in the head(s) of the sponsors?

Professionally, I think this is a step backwards…….. You know what this is setting up……. When the project “fails” the sponsors are going to be blaming the project manager for not asking the right questions or discerning what it is they need or want…….

To draw an analogy, you go into your doctor’s office and instead of starting out by telling the doctor where it hurts or why you came into his/her office, it is going to turn into a game of “20 questions”…. And shame on the project manager if he/she fails to ask the right questions…..

BR,
Dr. PDG, Jakarta

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Sent: Saturday, November 13, 2010 06:20
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Subject: PMHUB-G Updates to the Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification Exam

IMPORTANT communication, source: PMI webpage: http://lnk.co/pmprev

The Project Management Professional (PMP)^® credential examination will be updated in 2011, based on updates to the professional role of a PMP^® recently found in PMI’s Role Delineation Study (RDS).

What do I need to know about the changes to the PMP credential and examination?

· The process for updating the PMP begins with the RDS, which is now complete. Learn more about the RDS.

· These updates to the role do have an effect on the examination questions for the PMP, and will be reflected in the PMP examination starting 31 August 2011. Regular communications about this change will continue until the PMP examination change on 31 August.

Where can I find PMP update resources?

· If you are preparing training or courseware for people who plan to take the PMP examination after 31 August, you can access a complimentary electronic copy of the PMP Examination Content Outline, formerly titled the PMP Examination Specification.

· If you need to communicate about the PMP update within your organization or community, be prepared by reading our frequently asked questions (FAQs).

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PMI Registered Education Providers can help you prepare for credential exams.

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RE: PMHUB-G Updates to the Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification Exam

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