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Hi everyone. Here is Ricardo Vargas and this is the 5 Minutes Podcast. You know one thing that drives me crazy many times it's how we like to be deceived by this concept of the Holy Grail of methodology. There is one methodology that is perfect and that will solve all of our project problems. You know, I don't know what is in our mind when we think about that. You know, many people come to me and say, oh, I use only Scrum or I use only Prince2 or PMBoK or fail. You know, this is absolutely irrelevant. What it's critically important to us. It's to understand that there is no method that is fail proof. There is no single one. Every single methodology has a lot of benefits and a massive amount of challenges. Some of them are very good in one aspect, some of them are very bad in other aspects. So what is important for us to understand is that we need to be able to extract what is the good piece of every single method to deliver a better project. For example, if you are managing a project management office of an organization, it's pretty much impossible for you If your company has, I would say, a relevant size. It would be impossible for you to say, oh, my method is A or is B or is C? This is such a simplistic way of sorting out the problem. Why? Because every single project is like just making an analogy. It's like a human being. It's different, it has its uniqueness, and every single method is a simplification of this uniqueness. So what is important for you? I'm not telling you that you should then build your own method because you will not be, I would say, uh, you know, not smart of reinventing the wheel because this makes no point. But what is important, it's important that you think that every single method is like a set of Lego bricks. So let's suppose the PMBoK is a set of Lego bricks that are red. Prince2 is a set of Lego bricks that are green. Scrum is a set of Lego bricks that are yellow, for example. So you don't need to mix yellow with yellow or red with red. What is important is that you take the best of each for your specific case, and build your method in a simplistic, flexible and practical way. Remember, your project will not be evaluated by the method it's using. Your project will be evaluated by the results it will provide. Period. It's simple like that. If you learn that magic will drive your project to success. Okay, let's everyone go to magic classes. Why this is so important? Because many people tell me, Ricardo, should I study the PMBoK or should I do the PMP or should I do Prince2? For example, in terms of certification? And do you know what is my answer to all of them? It's you should do everything. Let me take my example. I am certified as Ipma level A, as PMP as PMI Scheduling professional, Risk Management Professional. I'm Prince2 certified, I am MSP for Program Management at Axelos and now people search. I am a Scrum Master. You know I am a certified cost professional from RC, so I did all of them. I have more than 20 certifications. And why this? Because every single client, every single project I do, is a different one. And if tomorrow anyone creates something new, I want to learn. Because if tomorrow there is a different method that nobody thought before, I want to be there. And this is what makes you a more relevant project manager is not your ability to specify and be good on one specific method. Because projects are like human beings, every single project has its uniqueness, its unique DNA that makes it unique. And every time you create a generalization and thinking that one size fits all, there is a massive chance that your approach will not reflect the reality of your project. And this is so important because people think, oh, I used this method and we failed. So what happened? You know the method is not working. No, it's not the method. It's you. It's because you were unable to identify that in the changing environment there is no approach that is, I would say a foolproof, you know, for every single project, these do not work. So let's forget that this is the concept that there is a holy grail that will solve all of our problems. And I'm talking about this, including AI, including every single method. So what is important for you is to have your Swiss Army knife and to have as much knowledge as you can, different knowledge, different tools, different aspects, different methods, and use them in the best of your capability to deliver better projects. This is what matters. Think always about that and see you next week with another 5 Minutes Podcast.
