Mixing agile and classic project management methodologies

In the following link can be found the new post I have written as part of my collaboration with projectmanagers.org

Mixing agile and classic project management methodologies

It is based on my experience in the company I have recently joined, a product centric company that has always managed the projects with agile methodologies, but now that the business model and strategic focus is changing and the products have to be integrated with other vendors and be deployed internationally, I have started to implement a new methodology for managing the projects, taking the strengths of the agile and classic project management methodologies.

Lessons learnt from similar cases are welcomed!!

PMBOK 5th edition release

A new release of the PMBOK (5th edition) is already available for all PMI members. It can be downloaded at www.pmi.org.

The Fifth Edition continues to reflect the evolving knowledge within the profession of project management. Like previous editions it represents generally recognized good practice in the profession.

The major updates to the Fifth Edition are summarized below:

■ The content from Section 3 “The Standard for Project Management of a Project” has been
moved to Annex A1.  The new Section 3 addresses project management processes and Process
Groups as in previous editions.

■ A new Knowledge Area has been created called “Project Stakeholder Management” that
increases the focus on identifying and engaging stakeholders. This increases the number of
Knowledge Areas from nine to ten.

■ Four planning processes have been added to reinforce the concept that each major Knowledge
Area has a planning process focusing on how that area will be planned and executed.

A comparison between both releases can be found in these links:

PMBOK v5 - 47 processes

PMBOK v4 - 42 processes