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Managing Programs: are you in a horror movie?
A program is a group of related projects and activities that are managed in a coordinated way to obtain benefits not available from managing them individually (PMDPro). In other words, the whole (the benefit of the program) is greater than the sum of its parts (the...
How does a DPro Project look like?
How does a PMDPro Project look like? This question comes up in each training course, meeting, or even informal conversation about project management in the development. Where can I find a PMDPro template? What is the checklist to attend all PMD requirements? Well, it...
Developing a Program Management Standard
This past week I had the pleasure of working with a fantastic group of people as we developed the next offering from PM4NGOs – The PgMD Pro Guide (Program Management for Development Professionals Guide) standard. The PgMD Pro Guide will be the next step in...
Is Traditional L&D Still Relevant?
Last month we published a survey, based on Jane Hart’s recent blog post, that asked readers to rate 10 different ways they learn at work. We did not receive 3,500 responses from 55 countries (as Jane did), however, 69 individuals from our sector responded to our...
#NoEstimates – De-Mystified
INTRODUCTION For some time now within the software development community on Twitter, and by extension, some in the project management community, there has been an ongoing discussion surrounding a concept called No Estimates. Actually, the discussion (sometimes heated)...
The Triple Constraints are NOT Success Criteria
What defines a project as a success? For a lot of Project Managers, the answer to this question (unfortunately), is “on-time, on-budget, on-scope”. These are known as the Triple Constraints, or the Iron Triangle, and are the Holy Grail for Project Managers. Hit these...
Project DPro in the field – Changing the world one project at a time
PMD Pro in action in Mudzi, Zimbabwe Mudzi is a district of Mashonaland in the far eastern part of Zimbabwe. World Vision International (http://www.wvi.org/zimbabwe) runs an Area Development Programme in Mudzi and the programme has adopted the use of PMD Pro and its...
Estimate or Budget?
Are you working from an Estimate, or a Budget? These two get confused quite a bit. They seem to be the same, and one usually derives from the other, but they’re not the same. An estimate is an approximation of what your project (or piece of it) will cost. The budget...
Why is so much LINGOS PM “stuff” free?
I have just had a conversation with someone, who asked, “Why is so much of your stuff free”? In other words, why aren’t you charging for e-learning etc. I was quite taken aback, I mean, if you believe in the power of learning to transform people, organisations and...
