Don Kim

I was reminded of an article in the Economist about project management and the most interesting thing about the article aside from the content, was the title: “Overdue and over budget, over and over again: Companies are increasingly keen on projects. Why, when so many fail?”  The subtitle which I underlined, is what’s most...
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The famous show “The Apprentice” whether we liked it or not for us project management professionals, did help to increase public awareness of project managers when Donald Trump would famously designate one of his contestants with this role to coordinate and lead the other contestants.  Of course the roles is not a “real” project...
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No doubt that the field of project management has done an excellent job of defining its processes, methods and tools for delivering projects.  It come from the perspective of a prescriptive framework that lays out the detailed steps required to complete a project from start to finish from the traditional models, or a descriptive...
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I was directed to this academic, though very interesting paper titled “Lost Roots : How Project Management Settled on the Phased Approach (and compromised its ability to lead change in modern enterprises)“ Sylvain Lenfle and Christoph Loch of INSEAD.  Here’s a full abstract of the paper: The discipline of project management adheres to the dominant...
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I am honored to be speaking again at the PMI-LA South Bay Evening Meeting and the topic will be based on my post about the PM in perpetual career transition.  A timely topic given all the transitions I’m seeing including myself just recently.  Here are the details:   2013 April 16 South Bay Meeting...
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One of my favorite publications that I read every week from cover to cover is The Economist and chance would have it that I ran into this obituary from the famous Babbage technology and science blog about the late Steve Jobs back on October 2011.  Like anyone else who works in the IT/technology industry...
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For those who are looking to obtain their PMP certification, look no further than your the PMI-LA chapter’s PMP preparation workshop!  The purpose of this workshop is to assist students in their preparation for the PMP® Certification Exam. Each session of the workshop will be facilitated by a volunteer PMP® certified Instructor, and is...
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I previously wrote about the importance of being able to sell as a core competency of the project manager.  Some recent news about the prolonged jobless recovery indicates that this skill will become ever more important going forward.  For example, an article titled ”Recovery in U.S. Is Lifting Profits, but Not Adding Jobs“ published back on March 3, 2013...
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Daniel Pink is one of my favorite general business authors that’s in the same league as a Malcolm Gladwell, Seth Godin and others who use sound research from industry and academia to position a point, but do so in a way that’s articulate, easily digestible and popular.  This is why he usually tops the...
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In recent post I did about the ROI debate between the PMP vs. MBA, I conclude the post by saying, “we need to keep our options open and broaden our understanding of what a lifelong career means and the education and skills, not just schooling or certifications that will be required to thrive in...
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