{"id":1993,"date":"2022-12-28T00:20:44","date_gmt":"2022-12-28T00:20:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mondaikaiketsu.net\/?p=1993"},"modified":"2025-05-03T00:38:20","modified_gmt":"2025-05-03T00:38:20","slug":"overview-project-management","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mondaikaiketsu.net\/en\/overview-project-management\/","title":{"rendered":"What is “Project Management”?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Hello everyone. Last time<\/a>, I wrote about Change Management which is one of the soft skills that support problem solvers. I wrote about the tasks that need to be added as Change Management to “general problem solving (as-is ~ to-be) and Lean Six Sigma” by mapping them with the 3 representative Change Management approach (Kotter’s 8 steps \/ Change Acceleration Process \/ ADKAR).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I would like to write about “project management” as another soft skill over several times from this time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Representative Project Management Approach<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Different from Change Management, I think most of you are familiar with the word, “Project Management”. So, I would like to skip the definitions and take a look at the three representative approaches<\/strong> of Project Management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

a) PMBOK<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

A strange name suddenly appeared, but it is an abbreviation for “Project Management Body Of Knowledge”. I think Americans like this “Body Of Knowledge” series. There are many others, such as “BABOK (Business Analysis Body Of Knowledge)”, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Body Of Knowledge”, as the name suggests, it used to be really thick like an encyclopedia, but the latest “7th edition” has undergone a major revision, and it seems to have become much thinner, from 750 pages to 250 pages. But I think it is still thick enough. The content has a rough approach and flow, and introduces templates for deliverables to be created in each part of the flow. It’s like this;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"PMBOK
Fig1. PMBOK approach and process Source: pmclounge.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

These are really just templates, they don’t work if you use them as they are, and customization is a must. If you are working for consulting firms, I think that many firms already have their own methodologies, but I think that those methodologies are more or less influenced by this PMBOK. Recently, I think that many general business companies (non consulting firms) have their own methodologies as well. In those cases I think that most of them are PMBOK based. This is pretty much the standard approach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By the way, this PMBOK is created by the PMI (Project Management Institute) in the United States<\/a>, and it is also the basis of the PMP (Project Management Professional)<\/a> certification exam certified by PMI. PMP is a globally recognized certification exam for project managers. This is accepted globally, so if you are not certified yet, I recommend giving it a try!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

b) PRINCE2<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

This is an abbreviation of “PRojects IN Controlled Environments”, this is a European deliverable created by the British government as opposed to PMBOK from the United States. So this seems to be the major reference in Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The general approach\/process is as follows. It looks a little simpler, but I think there are many parts that overlap with PMBOK in terms of contents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"PRINCE2\u306e\u30a2\u30d7\u30ed\u30fc\u30c1\u30fb\u6d41\u308c\"
Fig2: PRINCE2 approach and process Source: PRINCE2.com<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Please see this link<\/a> for details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

c) CMMI<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

It stands for “Capability Maturity Model Integration”. It was created by the “Software Engineering Institute (SEI)” at Carnegie Mellon University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The general approach\/flow is as follows. This also looks a little simpler, but I think there are many parts that overlap with PMBOK in terms of contents. The point is that this is “Maturity Model”, so the maturity evaluation is built in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"CMMI
Fig3. CMMI approach and process Source: slideserve.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In Japan, the momentum for the introduction of CMMI increased for a while before, but due to reasons such as the cost of maturity evaluation (Is it like ISO?), it seems that the introduction has not been progressing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Summary of “PMBOK<\/strong>“\u3001”PRINCE2″ and “CMMI”<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Looking at the 3 approaches above, I think there are many things in common. I picked up 3 this time, but “CMMI” implementation has not been progressed, and “PRINCE2” is mainly in Europe, so I think it would be better to focus on “PMBOK” from global perspective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And much of what is included in PMBOK is actually included in “the way of proceeding general problem solving (as-is ~ to-be) and Lean Six Sigma”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Next time, I would like to map with the general problem solving (as-is ~ to-be) and Lean Six Sigma that I have written so far, and write a little more specific tasks that need to be added as “project management”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s all for this time, and I would like to continue from the next time onwards. Thank you for reading until the end.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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