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As ISO 21500 is an organizational standard.pdf

Sadashiw Patil
Sadashiw Patil

ISO 21500 is an organizational standard for project management that provides guidelines but does not currently allow for certification like ISO 9001. As interest in the market grows, the standard may become normative and allow for organizational certification by accreditation bodies. As an individual standard, ISO 21500 does not allow for individual certification but can support organizations by establishing good practices and processes to take a proactive rather than reactive approach to project management. It enhances project communications and teamwork by providing a shared understanding and vision of project management.

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Sensitivity: general As ISO 21500 is an organizational standard, with currently the status of a guideline or informative standard one cannot obtain an ISO certification like with ISO 9001. It is expected that over time, when the market shows an interest, the guideline can be upgraded to a normative standard. In that case organizations can be certified by nationally acknowledged accreditation bodies. In the meantime, however, organizations can perform a self- assessment ( Can you get certified on ISO 21500 as an individual? Because ISO 21500 as informative standard now, or normative standard in the future, is aiming at organizations and not at individuals, individual certification is not possible. How can ISO 21500 support you in real-life application? As ISO 21500 is based on globally recognized and accepted good practices, it can effectively act as a foundational worldwide lessons learned database for project management. Based on its structure and well-defined processes, it will turn the mind-set in organizations from an ad-hoc and fire-fighting mode (reactive management), which is still too often experienced in projects, towards a more proactively oriented and well-organized approach (project management). It enables you, your project team and project stakeholders, when faced with challenging project situations, to proactively refer to the appropriate project management processes and fine-tune these to your project. It directly enhances project communications by creating a common understanding of projects, a shared vision on how tobest manage these, resulting in a shared project managementapproach for successful teamwork.

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As ISO 21500 is an organizational standard.pdf

  • 1. Sensitivity: general As ISO 21500 is an organizational standard, with currently the status of a guideline or informative standard one cannot obtain an ISO certification like with ISO 9001. It is expected that over time, when the market shows an interest, the guideline can be upgraded to a normative standard. In that case organizations can be certified by nationally acknowledged accreditation bodies. In the meantime, however, organizations can perform a self- assessment ( Can you get certified on ISO 21500 as an individual? Because ISO 21500 as informative standard now, or normative standard in the future, is aiming at organizations and not at individuals, individual certification is not possible. How can ISO 21500 support you in real-life application? As ISO 21500 is based on globally recognized and accepted good practices, it can effectively act as a foundational worldwide lessons learned database for project management. Based on its structure and well-defined processes, it will turn the mind-set in organizations from an ad-hoc and fire-fighting mode (reactive management), which is still too often experienced in projects, towards a more proactively oriented and well-organized approach (project management). It enables you, your project team and project stakeholders, when faced with challenging project situations, to proactively refer to the appropriate project management processes and fine-tune these to your project. It directly enhances project communications by creating a common understanding of projects, a shared vision on how tobest manage these, resulting in a shared project managementapproach for successful teamwork.