A Modest PMBOK® Guide Proposal: Project Blame Management (Satire)
Payson's presentation on "Project Blame Management" aims to enhance PMBOK® knowledge, focusing on avoiding blame for project failures, enhancing career benefits, organizational value, and improved team performance.
Date:
Tuesday, October 7, 2025
Time:
10:00 AM PDT | 01:00 PM EDT
Duration:
60 Minutes
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Product Id : 507240
Price Details
Live: One Dial-in One Attendee
Corporate Live: Any number of participants
Recorded: Access recorded version, only for one participant unlimited viewing for 6 months ( Access information will be emailed 24 hours after the completion of live webinar)
Corporate Recorded: Access recorded version, Any number of participants unlimited viewing for 6 months ( Access information will be emailed 24 hours after the completion of live webinar)
Overview:
Formalizing an approach to Blame Management allows project managers to demonstrate the value of more rigorous process in other knowledge areas. Effective Blame Management can also be a career boon to less effective project managers.
Why should you Attend:
Avoiding blame is a topic conspicuously absent from the current PMBOK® Guide, and in this presentation, Payson proposes expanding the existing ten PMBOK® knowledge areas with an eleventh "Project Blame Management" (BM) which he believes formalizes and improves upon something most organizations already do; allocate blame for project failures. Attendees in this session will learn the advantages of a more structured approach to Blame Management:
- Career enhancing benefits of avoiding blame for failure
- Organizational value of ingratiating yourself to senior executives
- Gaining improved team performance through motivation by fear
This talk outlines Payson's proposal for Blame Management and reviews significant aspects of his proposed "Blame Management Plan" component of the traditional Project Management Plan.
Areas Covered in the Session:
- Definition, Purpose, Scope & Guiding Principles
- Blame Management Planning
- Implementation Thoughts
- Blame Deflection
- Conclusions, Q&A
- Acknowledgements (Blames)
Who Will Benefit:
Speaker Profile
Payson Hall is a former U.S. Army Ranger and consulting project manager for Catalysis Group, Inc. in Sacramento. Formally trained as a software engineer, Payson’s early career included software development, hardware/software system integration, and Independent Verification & Validation. As his career progressed, his role shifted to include increasing project management responsibilities, with a focus on technology projects.
Today Payson coaches project managers, teaches project management skills, consults, and performs project reviews in a variety of fields, including transportation, communication, software development, education, financial services, and healthcare.
Payson has consulted on projects in both the public and private sectors throughout North America and Europe during his 40-year career. He has published over 250 project management articles, developed numerous project management and problem-solving classes, written a book on project sponsorship, and is a sought-after conference speaker who specializes in demystifying project management topics and communicating important ideas while entertaining audiences.
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