I've got 11 years expertise in managing and delivering services to clients and throughout this time I gained plenty of project management experience but even more importantly, I gained experience in managing projects and leading people. The experience I gained as a project manager was excellent and led me to be the individual that I am today, however I oftentimes questioned regarding the worth that the project was bringing to the organization (many times, the worth was vary small or maybe negative...but that is a story for one more post).
Everybody within the project management world is aware of regarding Portfolio Management and alternative areas of strategic project management, however I have never run across many people that have used the term "management of projects" to describe the method of selection, management and control of an organizations' projects.
Dr. Jeffrey Pinto has defined the term "management of comes" on the IEEE Engineering Management Society's Transactions website as the subsequent (pay close attention to the last sentence):
The management of projects recognizes that whereas traditional project management techniques of scheduling, resource assignment, and management are still necessary, they have to be considered as part of the larger challenge in successful projects. Analysis over the past two decades has demonstrated clearly the importance that client and stakeholder issues and technology management play in project success. What is required is that we have a tendency to broaden our focus to think about the management of external and front-finish issues, as well as technology, design and testing, provide chain and procurement, and project stakeholders.
The last sentence extremely drives home the fact that a more strategic approach to managing comes is needed and is the realm that I am most inquisitive about researching and contributing to in my career. After all, I am still very inquisitive about Project Management and improving the methodologies and skills at intervals the field, however my focus has been and hopefully can continue to be on the a lot of strategic areas around managing projects.
The Project Management Institute (PMI) has been addressing the areas of strategic project management in recent times with their standards for Program Management and Portfolio Management. I hope to work out updates in these standards address the more strategic levels of managing projects and I have volunteered to help the PMI in updating the Project Portfolio Management standard.
As for my career in the sector of Project Management...it still exists and I can still use the title of Project Manager as necessary but I do not want to limit my area of practice to the ancient areas of PM and pigeonhole myself and my consulting practice.
Anyone recognize of a certification for a "strategic" project management professional? If there's not one out there...there ought to be.
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