Book Review: Rita Mulcahy’s Hot Topics – Flashcards for passing the PMP and CAPM exams
I am currently studying to pass my PMP exam after the holidays. Since I spend a lot of time on public transportation, I was looking to a way to utilize this time for studying. I was looking for a book format that was conveniently small, while at the same time packed quality information for study.
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Common Language is the Key to Project Management
Imagine being asked to work on a project, only you don’t speak the language in the country in which it will be conducted. You wouldn’t get very far, and you’d most likely experience a lot of raised eyebrows because all you could do is point and smile. Sharing a common language is not the same [...] Read more »
Project management processes: a PMI study helper
I’ve been studying to get my PMP certification this fall. There is a LOT of theory and terminology to learn! I’ve made myself an Excel workbook with all the processes inputs and outputs. I thought I would share it here, it may be helpful to you too. Read more »
New Website to Rate & Review Project Management Resources
PM Opinions is a new website dedicated to helping project managers sort through all the resources and products out there. This is a valuable service, and just like any other website with ratings & reviews it helps you get a good feel for something before spending time or money researching it yourself. Read more »
A Primavera P6™ endeavor (continued)
I give our P6 instructors, Mike and Mario, a five star performance rating. They were outstanding. I was thoroughly impressed with their knowledge of the fundamental project management concepts as well as their skill in using the P6 application. Mike and Mario were always on task, ever willing to receive on the fly questions, and [...] Read more »
Point and Shoot Project Management
Project management as a whole has paralleled somewhat the changes we have witnessed in photography. Project management also has been a skill for the few, with the barrier to entry being quite high. However, the barriers are being reduced and the chance for abandoning “point and shoot” project management is here! Read more »
Last year there were 700
You may or may not know about the PMI which is the largest project management professional body in the world.
(If you don’t know about it, take a few hours and go visit their website at PMI.org and in particular get your hands on their document “A guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge.”)
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A Primavera P6™ endeavor
If you have ever been frustrated by MS Project and the glorious features, I welcome you to my Primavera P6 endeavor. Mover over bacon, here comes something meatier. Read more »
Survey Project Teams for Feedback: Video Blog
This is my first video blog, it is a screen capture where I expand on a post I made earlier about using a monthly team barometer to gauge how things are going on your project, and get honest feedback. I show you exactly how to sign up for an account at polldaddy.com and I set up a sample post with 3 targeted questions for your project team. Let me know what you think about this format of post! Read more »
Monitoring and Controlling in Project Management
Monitoring and Controls on a project is valuable and worth the experience. Measuring how a project is doing helps stakeholders to understand the future health of a project. Read on for a little insight into how it’s done. Read more »
MS Project is Just a Tool!
“A fool with a tool is still a fool.” In this short video, Brian Price points out that MS Project is NOT all you need to do project management. It reminds me of a colleague of mine, Jay, and his frustration with many people in business who think that an MS Project schedule is equivalent to a Project Plan. Read more »
