Category: Project Management
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Measuring IS Effort: IFPUG, COSMIC and the ISO Standards, with a Worked Banking Case Study
The two reference methods in functional size measurement — IFPUG (ISO/IEC 20926) and COSMIC (ISO/IEC 19761) — their counting rules and the ISO/IEC 14143 framework, applied to a credit origination module measured twice.
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Earned Value Management: the formulas, and a full worked case study
PV, EV, AC, CPI, SPI, EAC: the mechanics of earned value management applied to a full worked case, migrating a lending module to a new core banking platform.
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Portfolio governance: PMI opens its consultation, ISO publishes two standards
PMI opened the ANSI comment period on its portfolio standard on 24 July 2026. ISO published two new texts in 2026: earned value, and post-closure evaluation.
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AI projects: the AI Act moves its deadlines, PMI publishes its standard
Transparency applies from 2 August, high-risk pushed to December 2027: the AI Act calendar has shifted. PMI, meanwhile, has published its standard.
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PRINCE2 7: what Foundation and Practitioner really require in 2026
Threshold raised to 60 %, Practitioner valid for three years, Foundation for life: the PeopleCert rules many candidates discover too late.
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The new PMP exam: what changed on 9 July 2026
Since 9 July 2026 only the new PMP exam is offered: new content outline, business weighting tripled, AI built into assessed practice.