Back in 1988, Tom Gilb wrote a witty book entitled “Principles of Software Engineering Management”. Reading through the long list of principles provides much food for thought for the practicing project manager, the PMP® exam student and those who have no interest in software engineering whatsoever. On this page: ...

***** CAUTION **** This article may no longer be accurate *****Notes on Equipment Qualification Equipment Qualification is the final series of inspections and tests to ensure that critical requirements necessary for related product quality are satisfied and that documents and procedures necessary to properly operate and maintain the system ...

Project management is supposed to be a transferable skill. The principles and practices laid down in the Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) should work in any application domain. So, anyone experienced in project management – especially someone with the Project Management Professional (PMP)® accreditation ...

While preparing for the Project Management Professional (PMP)® exam, the only knowledge of organisations you require is knowing the difference between functional, matrix and projectised organisations. After that, your PMP® course will concern itself entirely with project-related material. So, unwary project managers can find themselves facing a bureaucracy and ...

We are okay with projects – those temporary endeavours producing unique products, services or results. Once we have identified our deliverables, set the budget and devised a schedule (as well as planning all the other aspects of the project), we Project Management Professionals (PMPs)® are well placed to guide ...

Many organizations and indeed many individuals make changes without ever giving thought to whether the change will improve matters or not. We seem to rely on gut instinct to determine if our investment in change is worth it or not. Being in charge of change agents – namely projects ...