This is a subject that has been discussed for some time, and I have seen various posts and articles focused on this question through-out my time as a project manager. In 2004, Schnauffer described a scenario in which a fictitious company sought to identify its core work and its high-performing employees.  The process was impeded because, “the PMO Manager has used his own special review to appraise the performance of the Project Managers. This review is much different than the review from the Directors and it makes it difficult to compare the Project Managers performance with that of functional employees. There are suggestions to remove the entire PMO population because it can’t be ranked using the same criteria as the rest of the organization.” (Schnauffer, 2004). Others have suggested that the question should not be whether project management is dying, but rather is formal project management necessarily needed? Read Stacy O’Connor’s post at the link below, and then return and share your thoughts on how we can raise the profile of project management in organizations.

 

As Project Managers, most of us have experienced someone that works in our organisation slapping a on a PM badge and joining the party.  This party is one with an endless bar tab, the end time doesn’t matter drinks are spilled over glossaries containing project buzz words and generic document templates found on Google. Only […]

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Schnauffer, B. (2004). The devaluation of project management – is there hope for the project manager? Paper presented at PMI® Global Congress 2004—North America, Anaheim, CA. Newtown Square, PA: Project Management Institute.