Koskela and Howell Argue for a Reform

October 27th, 2002 by Hal

Article Series - Notes on Obsolete Project Management Theory

Koskela and Howell Argue for a Reform
Why the Interest in Project Management Theory?
IPO Theory is Incomplete
Management-as-Determining?
Set It and Forget It? Hardly!
Behind the Facade of Project Management
Converging on a New Theory
A New Idea...Can I Face the Pain?

Lauri Koskela and Greg Howell presented their original paper The Underlying Theory of Project Management is Obsolete at PMI's bi-annual Research Conference this past July. A number of people have asked me to comment on it. I'm struck by how persuasive Lauri and Greg are. It takes them just 12 pages to evaluate the anomalies and argue for a reform to project management. My postings for the coming week will attend to Lauri's and Greg's paper. Download your copy. Read ahead. And please join me in discussion with your comments and questions to each posting.

Towards a New Theory of Project Management

Scrum and Last Planner™: Novel Methods Explained?

Welcome Greg

Behind the Facade of Project Management

IPO Theory is Incomplete

This entry was posted on Sunday, October 27th, 2002 at 9:21 pm and is tagged: theory, PMBoK. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed. Convert this post to a PDF document.

Social Bookmarking

One Response to “Koskela and Howell Argue for a Reform”

Hal Says:
October 31st, 2002 at 1:31 am
Myles, see my comment under the OCt 29th posting.

Comment On This

If you haven't left a comment here before, you will need to be approved by the site owner before your comment will appear. Until then, it won't appear on the entry. Thanks for waiting.

On the Side

Humility Makes Toyota Different
02/20/2008

From the Lean Insider: Speaking to Toyota employees at the Detroit Auto Show President Watanabe asked that they take responsibility for recent quality problems.

"I do not regard the problem as something that suppliers are responsible for. We must work together so that we are fully aware of where suppliers are."

Bernstein closes saying, "At Toyota, they know that doing the best job of serving the customer is what makes the company profitable."

Lean Project Management
02/19/2008

Brad Appleton reviewed Lean Project Management, by L Leach concluding, "I found Lean Project Management to be a fairly quick read providing a good overview of some TOC and CCPM fundamentals and how they align with Lean thinking."

Claude Emond, Guest Blogger
01/11/2008

I'm glad to have Claude posting at RPM. It was Claude who gave name to these wonder filled times -- the project age. Please welcome him with your comments.

Toyota Bests Ford in 2007
01/07/2008

WSJ reported, "Ford and GM reported lower December sales, capping off annual declines of 12% and 6%, respectively. Toyota's 2007 sales (in US) rose 3.1% even amid tough competition and signs that the U.S. consumer is beginning to labor in a slowing economy."

Brush-Up on Lean Thinking
01/07/2008

Re-familiarize yourself with the principles and practices of lean with Lean for Dummies. Do it to put yourself in new action!

Increase Reliability Saying No
10/14/2007

Make every "Yes" count, Learn to Say, "No".

White Mountains in Autumn
10/04/2007
Eat your heart out! Beauteous!

Tips for (Project) Managers
08/26/2007

Inside CRM offers The Manager's Cheat Sheet. Here are three of the best: