n this talk, we will look at the history of PMI as well as the organization’s recent transformation journey in attempts to get closer to the agile world (and why they are doing that). This will lead us to discuss Disciplined Agile and what it now represents since its acquisition by PMI in 2019. Let’s also take a quick glance at some other well-known organizations in the project management space, such as IPMA, SAFe, … and how they compare to each other, especially from a practitioner’s point of view. Speaking of practitioners (project managers, project team members, product development experts, and others): Do we know what the people associated with PMI want? And what the people associated with Scrum organizations want? And what about everyone else? Let us look at data that we have and also use instant audience surveys, in an attempt to answer the question: What are the needs of the people working “out there” and how are these needs understood and met (or not met) by the professional associations that they can connect with? Are there any fields that the people feel are not tackled by either organization and standards (enough)? In the end, how could we get their perspectives closer together and consolidate? Also: Why would we even want to do that - what could be the gain? Some suggestions and ideas, and discussion with the audience members can help us find maybe not all, but some answers to these surely tricky, but interesting questions.

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Project Management and
the Agile World –
Can (and Should) We Build
More Bridges?
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Antje Lehmann-Benz
Born here 40 and
then some years
ago…
…, today:

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Cross-Functionality in Corporate Environments?
https://creately.com/diagram/example/g5701q2i3/matrix-structure

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Agenda
Some
Ideas
What do
People Want
and Need?
Other
Organizations
PM
Organizations

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PMI: Project Management Institute
PM Organizations
Year of foundation: 1969
Founding members: 5
Members: ~600,000*
Membership type: Individuals, students
Countries with members: >200*
Chapters >300
* per 2020

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Evolution of the PMBOK / PMBOK® Guide
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459
586
756
300
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20
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1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2017 2021
Pages Processes
250-
300
>5 Million copies in
circulation
12 Languages
Graphic: Oliver F. Lehmann
https://standardsplus.pmi.org/

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PMP Exam Content Outline
Exam syllabus (guiding exam content document)
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Graphic: Oliver F. Lehmann

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DA Mindset
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Disciplined Agile is a tool kit of
strategies to help organizations be
more successful with agile
It brings an agnostic enterprise
approach to agile
Graphic: PMI

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DA Mindset
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Graphic: PMI

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Disciplined Agile Across the Enterprise
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Graphic: PMI

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Process Goal Diagrams
PM Organizations
https://www.pmi.org/disciplined-agile/da-browser

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IPMA:
International Project Management Association
PM Organizations
Year of foundation:
1964 (as „INTERNET“), 1996:
name change to IPMA
Founding members: 5
Members: GPM: >8,000
Membership type:
Individual, consultant, emeritus,
student
Countries with members: >80
Local country organizations 82
per 2022

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Evolution of Project
Management & Organizations
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https://tinyurl.com/2p8s4thz

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Evolution of Project
Management & Organizations
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Evolution of Project
Management & Organizations
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Agenda
Some
Ideas
What do
People Want
and Need?
Other
Organizations
PM
Organizations

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Other Organizations & Approaches
Selection:
- SAFe
- Lean

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SAFe
Other Organizations & Approaches
www.scaledagileframework.com
SAFe Configurations For whom? Purpose?
Essential Team and Program Level Teams/companies that want to start soon
and quickly with the minimum elements of
SAFe
Large Solution Team and Program Level Companies with larger undertakings
Portfolio Team, Program, and
Portfolio Level
Companies with several larger undertakings in
the form of portfolios managed using SAFe
Full Entire Enterprise All previous levels integrated - large
undertakings with >100 people involved.

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SAFe
Other Organizations & Approaches
https://twitter.com/twhaas/status/1089830019667501058/photo/1
Often heard pros
+ Good starting point for organizations that have
little to no experience with agile
+ Offers tradeoffs to organizations with high
governance needs (ex. highly regulated
environments)
+ Can work with context-oriented expert guidance
+ PI (program increment) planning events one of
the highlights
Often heard cons
− Builds on introduction of many additional
roles and hierarchy levels
− Not agile enough for many (or not at all)
− Command & control habits may persist
− Can be an (unnecessarily?) rocky road to
agility

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State of Agile
Other Organizations & Approaches

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Other Organizations & Approaches
Quality
Delivery times Cost
Lean
~since the 1950s
inspired
Scrum Framework
~1995
Agile Manifesto
2001
has brought to
emergence
Kanban

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Lean
Other Organizations & Approaches
Often heard pros
+ Good for agile teams that want to deliver
continuously instead of iteratively
+ Not just for projects, but suitable for all types of
work (operations, team of teams,...)
+ Proven positive effects: E.g. more and better
transparency, visualization, collaboration, self-
organization and ownership, system optimization....
+ Practiced at least to some extent in a majority of
companies
Often heard cons
− Originates from production /
manufacturing - does not "fit" for
knowledge work
− Gentle change may be too slow for some
− Needs good guidance, many don’t know
about everything it has to offer – teams
often just use post-its on boards as a
simple tool and call it Kanban

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Agenda
Some
Ideas
What do
People Want
and Need?
Other
Organizations
PM
Organizations

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Survey
On a Scale From 1-5, how
familiar were you with the
organizations and approaches
presented here?

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Survey
What kind of support
should professional
organizations generally offer,
or offer more of?

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Agenda
Some
Ideas
What do
People Want
and Need?
Other
Organizations
PM
Organizations

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Situational Project Management
Some Ideas
Project, Program, and
Portfolio
management as a
method and
leadership task in a
specific environment
3 global standards
Reach
Content
Logo
Version
Date

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DA Tactical Scaling Factors
Some Ideas

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Hybrid Approaches
Some Ideas
https://www.theprojectgroup.com/de/download/projektmanagement-agil-hybrid#c323022
CUSTOMER PROJECTS
PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT

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Cross-Over Project Navigator
Some Ideas
https://pm-botschaft.com/cross-over-project-navigator/

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Discussion
“Moving the Scrum Downfield”
might work better without
“parallel” worlds (classical project
and agile environments)

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Discussion
Do you think we need to
build more bridges between
the Project Management
world and the Agile world?

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Q&A
Any questions?

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Wrap-Up
Your takeaways

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Wrap-Up
Feedback
https://forms.gle/PANaLZigfnXaYZmB8

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Thank you!

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PM Organizations

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Most Widespread Certification:
Project Management Professional (PMP)
PM Organizations
Exam Members $405 €340
Nonmembers $555 €465
Certification renewal
after 3-years cycle
Members $60 --
Nonmembers $150 --
Membership, annual fee Regular $129
Number of PMP-
certified persons (by
end of 2019):
~1,000,000;
of which in Germany:
~15,000
Before 1998: 5000;
then: decision in to
offer the credential
globally

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PMI: Project Management Institute
PM Organizations
United States
54.0%
Canada
9.5%
India
4.2%
Japan
2.0%
Brazil
1.9%
China
1.7%
Australia
1.7%
Germany
1.5%
United Kingdom
1.3%
Spain
1.3%
Saudi
Arabia
1.2%
France
1.2%
Italy
1.1%
Singapore
1.1%
United
Arab
Emirates
1.0%
Others
15.2%
Top 15 countries with PMI® Members
per 03-2019
Graphic:
Oliver F.
Lehmann

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PMI Global Executive Council
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per 2020

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More on Disciplined Agile
• PMI.org/disciplined-agile
• PMI members can download the Choose Your WoW book from pmi.org
PM Organizations

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Certifications: IPMA Levels (Germany)
PM Organizations
Level Type of test Price in € w/o prior level
members / non-members
With prior
level
Basic Level CBT 1.5 hrs 225/203
Level D CBT 3 hrs (or 1.5 hrs + report) 630/567 Lower price:
450/405
Level C CBT 2 hrs + report + workshop + interview 1935/1742 no workshop
Level B CBT 1.5 hrs + report + workshop + interview 1935/1742 no workshop
Level A Report + interview 2475 / 2228
hybrid+ CBT 2 hrs 290 / 261
Membership, annual fee Individual, regular $156
Numbe
certified
end of
~1,000
of whic
~15,00

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Other Organizations & Approaches

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Topics
- PMI history (starting from the mid 1990s: looking in parallel also at how Scrum developed)
- Present situation: PMI and its journey to get closer to the agile world (and why they're doing that),
- Focus on Disciplined Agile
- Quick glance at some other organizations such as IPMA, SAFe, …
- What do the people associated with PMI (data, surveys, examples) want?
- What do the people associated with Scrum want? (instant audience survey)
- Which fields do practitioners feel are not tackled (enough) by either organization, or by their published standards?
- How can we get these perspectives closer together and consolidate; also, why would we even want to do that - what could be the
gain? Some suggestions and ideas
- Discussion