Three reasons that explain the success of PMP
(english version)
(english version)
I would like to show in this article some reasons,
in my opinion, for which PMP is considered a world reference in project
management.
Firstly, PMP is based on best practices, i.e.
it is based on the analysis of thousands of real projects, to find out what successful
projects have in common and which factors make others fail. If we think about
the amount of projects we go through during our career, most of them are very
similar and even so very few projects can be considered successful projects.
However, almost none of us think about the reasons that lead a project to fail,
what we have done right and what we have done wrong, or what we can improve to
avoid making the same mistakes in the future.
This lack of reflection was taken seriously
by some people and these individuals spent time analyzing different projects.
They found that failures were always due to the same reasons and were able to
identify and summarize the best practices for project success.
When one looks through the processes
described in the Project Management Book of Knowledge (PMBOK),he or she realizes
that they have already used some of the processes described in prior projects but, perhaps,
didn`t know them by that name although
they essentially were the same thing.
In fact, some of these processes can be
part of the methodology of the organizations for which we work and hence
mandatory. Going beyond we could measure the degree of maturity of an
organization by comparing how close its methodology aligns with the PMBOK.
In addition to being based on best
practices, PMP is a very general
approach to project management. The project definition itself according to
PMBOK is quite enough general: “A project is a temporary endeavor with a
defined beginning and end, undertaken to meet a service, product or unique goal.”
This has made it possible for PMP to be utilized by not only IT companies but
also other areas such as, industry, public services, etc. It could be said that
PMP is applicable to all we do in our lives if we approach life as a project:
going on holidays, buying a car, organizing an event, etc.
It is only necessary to list the knowledge areas
incorporated in PMP to realize how general and complete is: Human Resources,
Scope, Time, Cost, Quality, Communications…
On third place, PMP considers people management as extremely relevant to achieve project goals. Its
scope includes not only human resources and stakeholders but communication
among people as well. In my opinion, the traditional way of managing projects
doesn’t stress communication in the project team nor among. However, things are
changing and now more and more people understand that without a qualified team
and good communication management is almost impossible to reach project
objectives.
This point has possibly become more evident
thanks to globalization: communications, project team and stakeholders become
critical in big projects when different countries and cultures take part.
Another point to take into account is that
these aspects are normally those that project managers are able to modify more
easily as the rest of them; (time, cost, scope, and quality for example) usually
come with constraints imposed.
Finally, PMP is now a world reference in
project management because it has its foundation experience of many projects, is
applicable to any sector and take the value of people into account as the most
determining factor of the failure or success of a project.
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