Project Management and Change Articles

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Andre Malowney writing at a desk, working through project management reference texts and printed process diagrams

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Articles on project delivery, governance, risk, predictive, Agile and hybrid practice, alongside a growing PMP® knowledge library for professionals preparing for the current exam.

Identify Stakeholders Before They Identify Themselves

The stakeholder who introduces themselves at a gate review was findable in week two. Four questions turn up the people a list of job titles never will.

Stakeholder Management vs Stakeholder Engagement

One of them can be completed alone in an afternoon. The other needs somebody else's time, and only ever shows up in what people do.

PMBOK 8 for Experienced Project Managers: What You Need to Relearn

A vocabulary that is half right is harder to correct than one that is entirely wrong. The terms that catch experienced project managers are the ones that kept their name and quietly grew.

PMBOK 8 Focus Areas vs Process Groups: What Changed?

The five names survived the edition change intact. What they are attached to did not, and the difference shows up the week a project needs fresh authority halfway through delivery.

PMBOK 7 vs PMBOK 8: What Actually Changed?

Four structural changes account for most of the difference, and only two of them alter what a project manager does on Monday morning.

The PMBOK 8 Risk Performance Domain: What It Really Covers

Most projects reduce risk management to a scored spreadsheet reviewed once a month. The domain in PMBOK 8 is considerably wider, and the widest parts are the ones that change decisions.