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ISO 21500 |
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The International Standards organisation is currently working on a new international standard, ISO 21500, Guide to project management. If you think you have a challenging time getting the people in your organisation to agree on what project management is, then imagine the task facing the delegates of 20 countries as they grapple to find words that satisfy them all. I am currently on the working group for the standard and despite the frustratons and difficulties of gaining concesus, am enjoying working with people from different industries and cultures. Whilst the ISO language is “UK English”, that doesn’t mean you can lift text from an existing standard and incorporate it. For example, many people take exeption to the word “execute”! You then have to balance the differing viewpoints: those brought up on the PMI approach, those who use Prince2, those who think project management stops with the project manager and those (like me) who believe project sponsorship is a vital part of project management. |
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BS6079 part 1 |
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The British Standards Institute has had its guide to project management out for some time now and I have been co-opted to the committee to review it with a view to creating a new version. At the same time work is proceeding on a new International Standard. The draft British Standard has been out for public comment (end date 28 February). The next task is to go through the 200 plus comments received to date. If you have any views, let me know, so that I can add them to my own ideas over the coming few years. (Yes standards can take a long tome to prepare!). Use the “Contact” form. OR Comment directly to the BSI yourself. |
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