Miles Shepherd Chairman ISO Technical Committee 258.

International Project Management Standards

Miles ShepherdChairman

ISO Technical Committee 258

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Agenda

• Background to Standards• Role of standards in projects• Standards development• Current progress with ISO 21500• Future Plans• Conclusions

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Purpose of ISO Standards• make the development, manufacturing and supply of

products and services more efficient, safer and cleaner• facilitate trade between countries and make it fairer• provide governments with a technical base for health, safety

and environmental legislation, and conformity assessment• share technological advances and good management

practice• disseminate innovation• safeguard consumers, and users in general, of products and

services• make life simpler by providing solutions to common

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Definitions:

According to the Concise Oxford English Dictionary, a standard is:

1. A required level of quality or attainment2. Something used as a measure, norm or

model in comparative evaluations3. A tune or song of established popularity4. Military or ceremonial flag5. Something used or accepted as normal or

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Agenda


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Standardisation Bodies

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Who has PM Standards?

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PMI Standards

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Certification ‘Standards’

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APM Publications

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ISO in Brief (2011)163 national members (98% of World GNI, 97%

of World population)• 110 member bodies, 43 correspondent, 10 subscribers• 124 developing countries, 38 developed

Over 600 organisations in liaisonMore than 18,600 standards in use (1.300

issued in 2010)3,335 technical bodies, 224 active TCs, 100,000

expertsCentral Secretariat in Geneva: 154 FTE staff24 Nov 11 © Miles Shepherd Projects Ltd


Main Players

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Country Participation United Kingdom 729

France 727

Germany 721

Republic of Korea 713

Peoples Republic of China 711

Romania 693

Japan 684

Italy 667

Poland 644

Spain 629


ISO Principles• Consensus

The views of all interests are taken into account: manufacturers, vendors and users, consumer groups, testing laboratories, governments, engineering professions and research organizations.

• Industry wideGlobal solutions to satisfy industries and customers worldwide.

• VoluntaryInternational standardisation is market driven and therefore based on voluntary involvement of all interests in the market-place.

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Development of an ISO deliverable

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Development Phases

Need identified– New work item– Technical Scope established

Technical development– Detailed development of specification– Consensus building

Formal ApprovalDraft International StandardFinal Draft International Standard

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ISO 21500

• General Purpose• Establishes an overarching guideline for

project management with related terminology and defined processes:

• can be referenced by the global project management, any type of organization • Does not provide a detailed definition of all aspects of

project management • Intended to be used in conjunction with existing and

future sector, national and international standards

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Development of ISO 21500

• Based upon other standards• Developed in three Working Groups– Terminology–Processes– Supporting Information

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PC 236 – Current StatusEvent DIS date

DIS plenary January 2012

Creation of final draft

Submit to ISO for FDIS (up to 18 months after DIS allowed)

March 2012

ISO processing, NB vote, ISO preparation for publication

March – August 2012

21500 publication, PC closed (up to 6 months after FDIS allowed)

September 2012

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Committee Structure

Project Committee 236 – formed to develop single standard on Project Management (ISO 21500) – in 2012, has handed over to:

Technical Committee 258 – formed to develop a family of standards in the area of project, programme and portfolio management


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Current status of PM Committees

• PC236– ISO 21500 approved at DIS stage; comments

addressed at meeting in Paris, February– Expected publication 4Q2012

• TC258– First meeting June 2011; next meeting in

February– Started business plan and work plan– First work items expected to start Spring 2012


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ISO 21500 - Content

Clause 1 – ScopeClause 2 – Terms and DefinitionsClause 3 – ConceptsClause 4 – Project Management ProcessesAnnex A – Process group processes mapped to

subject groups


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Clause 3 PM Concepts3.1 General3.2 Project3.3 Project management3.4 Organizational strategy and projects3.5 Project environment3.6 Project governance3.7 Projects and operations3.8 Stakeholders and project organization3.9 Competencies of project personnel3.10 Project life cycle3.11 Project constraints3.12 Relationship between project management concepts

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Clause 4 PM Processes

4.1 Project management process application

4.2 Process groups and subject groups4.3 Processes



Problems of Standardization

What to standardise Gaining consensus Language issues National priorities Industry issues Professional Issues

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Questions?

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