Project Management for Professional Service Firms

by Hal on January 27, 2007

in Language Action Perspective, PM practice, PMBoK, books

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The vast majority of projects involve a few people and take a few months. PMI and Prince seem to ignore that majority…but not Ron Rosenhead. Ron offers project management consulting and advice for accountants, attorney, librarians, and other professionals. He offers an approach based on a stripped-down version of Prince. Still, it may be more than these people need.

"Soft" is what makes projects successful.

Ron makes it easy for the motivated service professional to be successful with projects. He offers introductory material, a course-by-email, and an eBook, Deliver that Project. I've just finished reviewing the eBook. Attorneys and accountants will find it to be comprehensive. Most projects don't need more than Ron is advising.

I found one thing missing. Projects of all sizes and complexity depend on successful conversations for coordination. We act like conversations are the soft stuff of projects. For some reason "soft" is not important. Too bad. In my experience, "soft" is what makes projects successful. For those of you who are open to exploring the "soft" side of projects, have a look at these project meeting protocols. And, subscribe to Ron's email course while you're at it.

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1 Jay Gao March 4, 2010 at 11:34 am

Interesting article.
I wonder if I may bring to your attention that prince2.com is not the official website for PRINCE2, which should be prince2.org.uk. That link in the article could be quite misleading, besides, prince2.org.uk would provide far more relevant information to readers.
Best,
jay

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