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Principles of Purpose and Value – An example using Charters

I often use the process of chartering projects as an example of the application of pragmatic project management. Project charters are a commonly used tool for initiating a project that capture critical information needed to gain sponsorship for a project and to begin work. There is some variation in the Read more…

By Chris Powell, 4 yearsMarch 26, 2021 ago

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Why Pragmatic Project Management?

“Project management is simply the application and execution of structured, organized, common sense.” James T. Brown, PhD, PMP in The Handbook of Program Management While Dr. Brown captures the core of how I view project management and its associated methodologies, more specifically I think that project management methodologies are just Read more…

By Chris Powell, 4 yearsMarch 26, 2021 ago