Comments on: The Accidental Project Manager http://michaelgreer.biz/?p=131 Project Management Articles, Tools, Videos, Links & More Tue, 07 Sep 2010 15:42:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Michael Greer http://michaelgreer.biz/?p=131&cpage=1#comment-1066 Michael Greer Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:28:11 +0000 http://michaelgreer.biz/?p=131#comment-1066 Wonderful insights, Randy!! Perfect analogy w/Ministry of Silly Walks. In all seriousness, however, you might want to see how some of these compare with each other and how well they predict anything meaningful about skills. Check out my article, "Beyond PM Certification: Achieving PM Performance Improvement" -- http://michaelgreer.biz/?p=580 Thanks so much for your thoughtful and passionate input! Wonderful insights, Randy!! Perfect analogy w/Ministry of Silly Walks. In all seriousness, however, you might want to see how some of these compare with each other and how well they predict anything meaningful about skills. Check out my article, “Beyond PM Certification: Achieving PM Performance Improvement” — http://michaelgreer.biz/?p=580

Thanks so much for your thoughtful and passionate input!

]]> By: Randy Bosch http://michaelgreer.biz/?p=131&cpage=1#comment-1063 Randy Bosch Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:09:06 +0000 http://michaelgreer.biz/?p=131#comment-1063 Ah, "certification freaks" - the "Ministry of Silly Walks" (via Monty Python) of Project Management or any other portion of a complete professional life. The (very profitable to the certifiers) alphabet soup after your name to claim a special cachet as a marketing ploy, often doing what a professional is supposed to be knowng/doing anyway. We can all get 10 friends, call ourselves Founding Fellows, and start our own! Ah, “certification freaks” – the “Ministry of Silly Walks” (via Monty Python) of Project Management or any other portion of a complete professional life. The (very profitable to the certifiers) alphabet soup after your name to claim a special cachet as a marketing ploy, often doing what a professional is supposed to be knowng/doing anyway. We can all get 10 friends, call ourselves Founding Fellows, and start our own!

]]> By: Michael Greer http://michaelgreer.biz/?p=131&cpage=1#comment-369 Michael Greer Tue, 18 May 2010 20:21:34 +0000 http://michaelgreer.biz/?p=131#comment-369 Thanks, Robert! I appreciate your kind thoughts and support. And I'll check out your blog soon. - Mike Thanks, Robert! I appreciate your kind thoughts and support. And I’ll check out your blog soon. – Mike

]]> By: Robert http://michaelgreer.biz/?p=131&cpage=1#comment-367 Robert Tue, 18 May 2010 01:21:12 +0000 http://michaelgreer.biz/?p=131#comment-367 Michael: A great post...and the follow-up with global project management community is great! Your site continues to be a great resource and psyched to have added you to my blogroll. Michael:

A great post…and the follow-up with global project management community is great! Your site continues to be a great resource and psyched to have added you to my blogroll.

]]> By: Michael Greer http://michaelgreer.biz/?p=131&cpage=1#comment-238 Michael Greer Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:31:40 +0000 http://michaelgreer.biz/?p=131#comment-238 Since this article was originally published, I've learned of another set of PM competencies that are "open source" and under construction. Check out the Global Alliance for Project Performance Standards (GAPPS) - “a volunteer organisation that provides a forum for stakeholders from differing systems, backgrounds, and operating contexts to work together to create performance based frameworks and standards that address the needs of the global project management community.” [URL: http://www.globalpmstandards.org/ ] And see also their "GAPPS Project Manager Standards – Free, open-source, competency-based standards for PM “… standards that: * Have global application throughout the program and project management community; * are independent of any proprietary standards; and, * … support globally recognised and transferable qualifications.” [URL: http://www.globalpmstandards.org/index.php/project-manager-standards/download-latest-update.html ] Since this article was originally published, I’ve learned of another set of PM competencies that are “open source” and under construction. Check out the Global Alliance for Project Performance Standards (GAPPS) – “a volunteer organisation that provides a forum for stakeholders from differing systems, backgrounds, and operating contexts to work together to create performance based frameworks and standards that address the needs of the global project management community.” [URL: http://www.globalpmstandards.org/ ]
And see also their “GAPPS Project Manager Standards – Free, open-source, competency-based standards for PM “… standards that: * Have global application throughout the program and project management community; * are independent of any proprietary standards; and, * … support globally recognised and transferable qualifications.” [URL: http://www.globalpmstandards.org/index.php/project-manager-standards/download-latest-update.html ]

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