Comments on: PMP Management is just the first step

By: Alex S. Brown, PMP IPMA-C

Alex S. Brown, PMP IPMA-C — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:54:44 +0000

Tom,

Congratulations on the web site and the business. I started my own company in 2006, and made it my full time job in mid-2007. It is so incredibly rewarding.

If I can ever help with advice or ideas, please feel free to contact me. I just did a speech about the benefits and perils of becoming an independent consultant, and got some great audience questions. It can be a difficult process, but so rewarding.

–Alex
http://www.alexsbrown.com/

P.S. I would agree with Paul not to build your company around PMI. Then again, I recommend not building your company around ANYONE else.

Build your company around your own strengths and capabilities. I think Paul has done that very well, and that has always been my goal in my own business.

By: Alex S. Brown, PMP IPMA-C

Alex S. Brown, PMP IPMA-C — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:54:00 +0000

Tom,

Congratulations on the web site and the business. I started my own company in 2006, and made it my full time job in mid-2007. It is so incredibly rewarding.

–Alex
http://www.alexsbrown.com/

P.S. I would agree with Paul not to build your company around PMI. Then again, I recommend not building your company around ANYONE else.

Build your company around your own strengths and capabilities. I think Paul has done that very well, and that has always been my goal in my own business.

By: Dr. Paul D. Giammalvo

Dr. Paul D. Giammalvo — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 02:39:05 +0000

Hi Tompress,
Taking a page from the “lessons learned” from Bernie Madoff’s POnzi Scheme, I honestly hope you will not put all your eggs in PMI’s basket…….

I see OPM3 listed and it sure looks to me like you have bought into PMI’s marketing hype…….

Getting back to Madoff, I would urge you to diversify your knowledge base well beyond what PMI advocates…….

Specifically, I would urge you to go well beyond all the knowledge based credentials and start to focus on COMPETENCY based credentials……

To start with, check out what the Global Alliance for Project Performance Standards (GAPPS) offers, then compare our open source approach to that of PMI….. http://www.globalpmstandards.org

BR,
Dr. PDG, in the airport on my way back home to Jakarta