About PMBOK Cafe

“A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge" (PMBOK Guide) has been continuously improving. The Fourth Edition reflects the lessons learned from Project Managers around the globe. Especially, the mission critical section “Project Scope Management” has an updated logical approach that integrates modern agile methods. The process of collecting the requirements has changed to emphasize the importance of stakeholder communications. To successfully meet project objectives, we need to collect and document requirements. Collecting invisible, intangible requirements and continuous documentation through project phases is a challenge . The problem is frequently communicating with distributed stakeholders to properly capture, reconcile and create the Critical Project Success Requirements. The best solution is to have well-facilitated sessions that manage expectations, create Stakeholder Teams, build consensus and open up communication channels. PMBOK Cafe educates people in the modern, agile methods to manage stakeholder expectations and collect those requirements. PMBOK Cafe follows the revised Tools and Techniques recommended in the PMBOK Guide Fourth Edition, integrates Knowledge Management Techniques and introduces people to the importance of utilizing technology and social networking. The goal is to deliver concrete well defined projects that meet cost, schedule and intangible invisible values. 

Scope Management Collect Requirements

PMBOK Guide Fourth Edition, Project Scope Management 5.1: Collect Requirements is the first step in planning. Vague invisible requirements without documentation lead to failure. Understanding how to use modern agile tools and techniques to collect all the requirements creates a good atmosphere to plan a project.The tools and techniques are interviews, focus groups, facilitated workshops, group creativity techniques and group decision making techniques. Participants, will perform Scope Management activities and learn tools to improve cross cultural communication. Improve your soft skills by participating in PMBOK Cafe.

Knowledge Management

Project managers must continually use knowledge.

Knowledge that is “dispersed, unimaginably detailed, and often unable to be articulated.” Hayek 1945.

PMBOK Cafe taps into different types of knowledge, tacit knowledge, explicit knowledge and distributed knowledge. Understanding how to manage, innovate, and create new ideas is critical to compete in today’s knowledge society. PMBOK Cafe allows participants hands-on experience in creating knowledge and capturing it. We look at PMBOK Cafe as the beginning of an exploration. We don’t know what we will find. That is the reason we are exploring Project Management we don’t know we will create and find. That is why it is exciting for you to participate.

Social Networking

Social networking and social media are powerful emerging technologies. Projects are about people. Social networking is about people. PMBOK Cafe provides a platform for Project Mangers to understand how to use this technology to manage people and projects. Participants will practice reputation management, influencing and delve into specific practical social networking sites. PMBOK Cafe demonstrates how communication, people, projects and collecting requirements can be refreshing, innovating and agile.

Meeting stakeholder expectations is a big pressure for senior project managers.

Summary

Today's, complex projects are separated by geography, time and culture. PMBOK Guide Fourth Edition has documented the best practices for collecting project requirements, communicating with stakeholders and facilitating the creation of new things. These are critical soft skills. PMBOK Cafe teaches PMBOK Guide Fourth Edition techniques and promotes good project management. Register today to learn best practices for competing in a rapidly changing border-less world. We are excited to work together with people from many different cultures and experiences.