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SUBJECTS
Review published legal cases
Respond PMI Articles
PMI Publications Review Case Law
Advertising, July Event

0906 -    ..
0907 - Summary/Objective
0908 -
090801 - Follow up ref SDS 11 line 64, ref SDS 9 line 67.
090802 -
090803 - We reviewed the status of issues set out at ref DIP 1 8834 submitted
090804 - at ref SDS 9 8832, per discussions at Project World PMI meeting on
090805 - 951214. ref SDS 7 0032
090806 -
090807 - Submitted ref DIT 1 9444 confirming these understandings, per request
090808 - by Jim.
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0909 -
0910 -
0911 - Discussion
0912 -
091201 - Case Law, Regulation & PMBOK
091202 -
091203 - PMI publications should review case law and regulations for
091204 - consistency with sound management practice in the PMBOK, for the
091205 - reasons in my letter to Jim at ref DIP 1 9332.
091206 -
091207 -     Jim said there are occassional reviews of the law in PMI
091208 -     publications.  I explained these efforts typically do not consider
091209 -     how the cases align with sound management practice, and whether
091210 -     PMBOK needs to be adjusted, or whether the law should be adjusted.
091211 -
091212 -     Jim will search for people to do this column.  We considered a
091213 -     panel comprised of a few lawyers, public works executives, say
091214 -     from the Corps of Engineers, the Navy, private industry such as
091215 -     Bechtal, and the AGC.  Jim is considering developing a research
091216 -     effort within acadamia.  This section would be a good place to
091217 -     report on that research.
091218 -
091219 -
091220 - Publicize Project World PMI Dinner Meeting
091221 -
091222 - I asked about his plans for an article on the Project World PMI dinner
091223 - meeting last month, in PMI publications, ref SDS 7 line 84.
091224 -
091225 -     There was discussion about what to publicize in light of analysis
091226 -     at ref SDS 7 line 144.  Typically a PMI public event should be
091227 -     noticed in some form.  I explained planning for the Asilomar event
091228 -     in July, to develop ideas on ISO, PMBOK  and other standards not
091229 -     fully treated at the PMI Project World dinner meeting, ref SDS 7
091230 -     line 150.
091231 -
091232 -     Jim asked if the PMI National Board is attending Asilomar?  I
091233 -     indicated my understanding that the Natonal Board will attend, ref
091234 -     SDS 3 line 141.
091235 -
091236 -     Publicize Asilomar Event
091237 -
091238 -     Jim feels an appropriate way to publicize the Project World PMI
091239 -     dinner meeting would be via a notice of the Asilomar event,
091240 -     showing ISO and PMBOK ideas will be effectively presented.  This
091241 -     notice in PMI publications could incorporate a survey to show the
091242 -     level of interest in attending so a budget can be set to make the
091243 -     event successful, per discussions with Bill DeHart on 951214.
091244 -     ref SDS 8 0003
091245 -
091246 -     I expect within the next few weeks we can finalize this matter
091247 -     by submitting a formal request for publicity.
091248 -
091249 -         [On 960125 called Bill DeHart about this at ref SDS 12 0001
091250 -
091251 -         [On 960419 submitted article to publicize Asilomar Conference.
091252 -         ref SDS 14 0001
091253 -
091254 -
091255 - Risk Management Study Analysis, Author's Response
091256 -
091257 - I asked about the status of submitting the review of PMJ article on
091258 - Risk Management to the author for comments, per discussion with Jim at
091259 - the PMI dinner, ref SDS 7 line 426.
091260 -
091261 -     Jim has submitted this analysis to the author.  Sandy is following
091262 -     up to ensure response.
091263 -
091264 -
091265 -
091266 - Authority of Project Manager, PMP Certification
091267 -
091268 - We considered actions to take from the telecon on authority of project
091269 - manager and impact on PMI, ref SDS 1 line 285 and implications for
091270 - future of PMI ref SDS 1 line 532, discussed with Jim at the PMI dinner
091271 - at Project World last month, ref SDS 7 line 436.
091272 -
091273 -       [See follow up on PM as career choice, ref SDS 13 line 34.]
091274 -
091275 -     Jim has read the diary, but not carefully.  He asked to review it
091276 -     with me now on the phone.  We did this, then discussed ways to
091277 -     advance wider analysis and action on the issue.  Two ideas
091278 -     emerged:
091279 -
091280 -        1.  Jim will consider simply incorporating the entire diary in
091281 -            a PMJ publication, with slight editing to reduce the size.
091282 -
091283 -            This would introduce the format as a form of self- dialog
091284 -            to accomplish the POIMS objective of "thinking through
091285 -            writing."
091286 -
091287 -        2.  Jim's other approach might be to extract the analysis and
091288 -            boil it down under an "Olde Curmudgion" type of by-line
091289 -            that uses conventional publication formatting. Under this
091290 -            scenario consideration is needed of making the
091291 -            recommendations more prominent.
091292 -
091293 -            The advantage of this second approach is that it forces a
091294 -            second pass at thinking through the problems and approaches
091295 -            to resolve them.
091296 -
091297 -
091298 - PMBOK & ISO 10006 Correlations
091299 -
091300 - We reviewed briefly the correlation between ISO 10006 and PMBOK, which
091301 - is to be published in a month or so.  Jim said a PMI committee is
091302 - examining this matter.
091303 -
091304 -     I will submit the analysis done at ref SDS 2 line 61, which was
091305 -     performed to support the NWO paper.
091306 -
091307 -     Jim will consider the viability of incorporating a column on Diary
091308 -     analysis, per para 1 under "Authority of Project Manager," above.
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091310 -
091311 - Jim asked for notes of our discussion today.
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