Guided by the beauty of our weapons: comparing project management standards inside and outside international development. Issue 7 (2nd October 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Munro, Lauchlan T.; Ika, Lavagnon
• Is Part Of: Development in practice. Volume 30:Issue 7(2020)
• Page Start: 934
• Page End: 952
• Publication Date: 2020-10-02
• Subjects: Aid – Monitoring and Evaluation, Aid effectiveness -- Civil society – Participation -- Environment (built and natural) -- Gender and diversity -- Rights; Technical assistance -- Developing countries -- Periodicals; Economic assistance -- Developing countries -- Periodicals; Developing countries -- Economic conditions -- Periodicals; 338.91091724
• DOI: 10.1080/09614524.2020.1766421
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0961-4524

Abstract

ABSTRACT: In order to identify their different knowledge areas, concepts, tools and emphases, this article compares project management standards from two non-profit, one parastatal and two governmental organisations working in international development against the standards of the Association for Project Management (APM) and the Project Management Institute (PMI). It finds that the international development and non-international development standards have quite different ideas of what project management entails. International development standards emphasise beneficiary participation, environmental impact, gender, unintended consequences of projects, soft objectives, evaluation techniques, and cross-cultural issues more than the APM or PMI standards. The latter standards have strengths in scoping and scheduling.