Friday, 19 June 2009

Reading: World Bank project failures

... irrelevant objectives, inappropriate project designs, unrealistic targets ...

What a waste.

http://ping.fm/bKqud
Reading: Why IT organizations should explore ITIL and best practice frameworks during the downturn

http://ping.fm/w4Vyb

Thursday, 18 June 2009

Here's my short overview of P3O, the new PMO framework from OGC.

Includes 3 case studies

http://ping.fm/vNiaj
P3O is finally appearing in the job adverts

UK Govt hiring programme managers for Olympic Games

http://ping.fm/lPZ7i

OGC Best Management Practice - Prince2 News

OGC Best Management Practice - Prince2 News: "PRINCE2 2009 Launched - 16 June 2009"

Major changes to Prince2.

Good news, as this brings some improvements, such as a separate Prince2 manual designed for the executive and the project board.

But we need time to digest the new version and understand the effort needed to bring trainers and project managers up to speed.

And in France, the timing of the new announcement is questionable. We only got the very first French translation of Prince2 a few months ago. Viewed from France, this announcement could appear to sceptical observers as a failure in version control, not as an improvement...?