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Taking advantage of the social networks that we PMs have started to form on LinkedIn, I did some polling in early 2009 to gauge the interest level (see post below) in the brand-spanking-new PMBOK(R) Guide.<\/p>\n
Using a completely non-scientific scale that I made up in 17.4 seconds, and asking the question on the larger LinkedIn Groups (including my own – LinkedIn Bloggers), I got about 80 responses over the past few days.<\/p>\n
I was particularly impressed with the time people took to write very intelligent commentary. I think I touched a nerve with regards to the PMBOK Guide. People wrote to compare it with PRINCE2 and ITIL. People wrote to praise it, to tear it down, to exalt the PMI and to lambaste the PMI. But they did it all with a sharp wit and a deep insight that provided me with a mini “pulse” of the PM population with respect to the PMBOK Guide specifically, PMI standards more generally, and the PM discipline overall.<\/p>\n
If you were one of the respondents, thank you. If you were one of the many who not only gave me your evaluation along my scale, but also wrote a paragraph or two, or a whole chapter, my hat is really off to you. Thanks. Really, thanks.<\/p>\n
Now, to the results.<\/p>\n
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Remember that this was not – repaeat not <\/span><\/span>– an anonymous survey. So people who were giving scores of a 5 (effectively yawning out loud at the PMBOK Guide update) were willing to make that statement in public with their name on it.<\/p>\n Only one person of the eighty respondents said that they were exhilirated and overjoyed at the arrival of the new PMBOK Guide. That’s an outcome, I think, of my silly scale. Still, I thought we may have seen a few more of these folks pipe up.<\/p>\n On the other end, we did have 5% brave souls say that this “doesn’t mean anything” to them.<\/p>\n In the middle, we had over 50% say that they were mildly interested or had a passing interest in the new PMBOK Guide. And about a quarter were excited or very interested.<\/p>\n Regarding the comments, one recurring theme was that those who gave the lower scores (i.e. showed more interest) were those who had some connection to the training, caring, feeding, etc., of Project Managers. Here I count those who create PM courseware, PMP-prep materials, or oversee the ‘soft skills’ piece of their PMOs.<\/p>\n To me there are a few lessons learned<\/strong> here:<\/p>\n 1. There is a great value in these PM social networks in terms of getting a pulse of the community. At the end of the posting I will put some links to these groups in LinkedIn. I suggest you check them out and join. Take advantage of the power of the (your) network.<\/p>\n 2. There is a good deal of pent-up frustration out there with the PMI, although there seemed to be a common feeling that this new edition was a step in the right direction.<\/p>\n 3. At least a subset of the community of people who work on PM education\/training\/certification are paying attention. They realize that – like it or not – the new PMBOK Guide has to be reckoned with.<\/p>\n Here are some links to the LinkedIn groups I mentioned above:<\/p>\n PM Bloggers Global Project Management<\/a> PM Link<\/a> PMI Certified PMPs<\/a>
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