The underlying basis on the materiality vs. prescriptiveness debate that I previously wrote about lies in two areas: contractual compliance, especially in the enforcement of public contracts, and the desired outcomes under the establishment of a regulatory regime within an industry. Sometimes these purposes are in agreement and sometimes they are in conflict and work at cross-purposes to one another.
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I Still Can’t Find What I’m Looking For — The Materiality vs. Prescriptiveness Controversy in Project Management Oversight
I’ve had a number of conversations over the last four months on this issue, mostly from the technical solution side rather than the issue side. But intent does eventually translate into action and so it is an important issue to tackle. Usually this issue comes up within the context of the purpose of audit. But then, we have to understand the purpose of audit itself within the context of project management.
For example, it is assumed that in project management that we are dealing with an oversight and regulatory regime. There are dichotomies to this.
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Life, Project Management, and Everything 