If you are thinking about Project Management Certification or are wondering which project management framework is best for you and your project there are two main models to choose from; PMBOK and PRINCE2.They both have their strengths and weaknesses, and yes, I have written about them before.
This week fellow PM blogger and author Elizabeth Harrin writes on combining PMBOK and PRINCE2 at Projects @ Work in an article called Two for One.
Her views match mine; that PRINCE2 is not a bad model if you want support from a defined process, but you need to understand it well and customise it to your own project's requirements. A warning though; process goes some way to managing quality but process alone can't ensure project success.
For that you need to turn to the people on your team; make sure they have the knowledge, skills and motivation to deliver your project, and that's where PMI's PMBOK comes in. PMI's a knowledge based framework, rather than a process oriented one. It's approach is that you get talented people and train them in the skills. Then you sick them onto projects.
Rounding up Elizabeth's article; An overall knowledge of the PRINCE2 process will complement the knowledge based PMBOK. In the case of project management two frameworks is better than one.
Elizabeth Harrin, Two for One, Projects @ Work, 27/09/2007
