ISO 21500:2012 Guidance on project management

Extract Dr. Dagmar Zuchi

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Point of Departure for ISO 21500

A lot of existing national and international standards, such as (not limited to) DIN 69 901 (Projektmanagement; Projektmanagementsysteme) BS 6079 (Project Management) GA X 50 118 (Management des Projets) ISO 10 006 (Quality in Project Management) ANSI/PMI 99-001 PMBoK . But no globally accepted harmonisation of project management

Spring 2007: Initiative from UK and US Fall 2007: 1st plenary meeting of ISO PC236 Spring 2008 January 2012: 2nd 6th plenary meetings

2007-2008 London, Oktober/November 2007: Collecting Inputs for the Guideline

Washington, April 2008: Composing the Guideline out of the Inputs

Miesbach, November 2008: Structuring of the Guideline

2009-2011 (in 2009 RGC joined with Dagmar Zuchi) Tokyo, Juni 2009: Detailing of the Guideline

Rio de Janeiro, Juli 2010: Reviewing of the Guideline by the Experts

Paris, January 2012: Generation of a consistent text

Here it is!

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Status
ISO 21500 is published as guiding standard (and not normative standard, as consequence not basis for certification) ISO 21500 was developed by more than 100 experts, from more than 30 countries

Paris

Status (2)
2011 establishment of the Technical Committee TC 258 Project, programme and portfolio management
Pretoria

Objective: to further develop standards connected with project management Currently established : Working Group on Project Portfolio Management (ISO 21502) Study group on Project Governance
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ISO 21500 Contents

Clause 1 Scope Clause 2 Terms and definitions Clause 3 Project management concepts Clause 4 Project management processes Annex A (informative) Process group processes mapped to subject groups

ISO 21500 Project Definition

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ISO 21500 Project management concepts

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ISO 21500 Project stakeholders

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ISO 21500 Project Organisation

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ISO 21500 Competencies of project personnel

Project management competencies can be categorised into, but are not limited to, the following: technical competencies, for delivering projects in a structured way, including the project management terminology, concepts and processes defined in this International standard. behavioural competencies, associated with personal relationships inside the defined boundaries of the project. contextual competencies, related to the management of the project inside the organizational and external environment.
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ISO 21500 Project Management

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ISO 21500 Project management processes

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ISO 21500 Project management processes

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Happy Projects!
dagmar.zuchi@rgc.at

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