Methodologies · The change column
PjM
P4MGO!® PjM
Project Management
It obtains products or results with a defined scope and in a controlled manner, and nothing more.
The project is accountable for delivering what was committed; the program is accountable for the benefits being realized. It is the discipline of the fixed commitment, always expressed in the same terms: this scope, on this schedule, at this cost and with this quality.
What a project is
A project obtains results and, once it obtains them, it concludes.
A project declares a defined scope: it may be subject to uncertainty, but never to ambiguity. It advances through management by exception, with tolerances for time, cost, quality, scope, risk and benefit, so that the person managing it immediately decides what is theirs to decide and escalates only what exceeds their limits.
It uses the Business Case as the reference for evaluating each change. And it does not pursue benefits: that is the role of the program.
“A project achieves results; no project achieves a benefit on its own. The mistake that dooms an initiative to failure is believing that a result yields a benefit: that because people take a course, they will apply it in their jobs.”
The two tracks
Project Management and Project Governance.
Those who govern are accountable for doing the right things; those who manage are accountable for doing things right.
Managers track
Project Management · Project Manager
For professionals responsible for managing. They decide autonomously on everything within their authority and tolerances, prepare, with their recommendation, the decisions that are not theirs to make, and are accountable for their management to the Owner.
Owners track
Project Governance · Project Owner
For professionals responsible for leading. They are accountable for the outcome to whoever delegated to them, decide under delegation from Governance within their remit, approve what the Manager escalates to them and are accountable for ensuring the initiative remains justified.
The book and the certification
P4MGO!® PjM Project Management Body of Knowledge
P4MGO!® PjM Project Manager and P4MGO!® PjM Project Owner: certifications of persons issued by Certification.Institute, holder of the Business&Co.® certification scheme, aligned with the ISO/IEC 17024 personnel certification scheme.
Intermediate level. Prerequisite: P4MGO!® Foundations for Managers or for Owners, or P4MGO!® Essentials.
P4MGO!® PjM training and implementation.
The Management and Governance courses are delivered by ATOs (Accredited Training Organizations), training organizations accredited in P4MGO!®. Implementation within the organization is the role of ACOs (Accredited Consulting Organizations), consulting firms accredited in P4MGO!®, with professionals certified in the discipline.