During project execution, the team is busy creating the product or service that you defined during planning. What are you doing? This short quiz will test your knowledge on some of the processes that you are activating during this time. And that will give you a little idea of what is happening.
Will your project budget have management reserve, contingency, or both? What even are these things? You can take this short quiz and become familiar with some common yet important terms used in project cost management.
It is time to create your project schedule. With great excitement, you open up your super cool scheduling software and you start typing. Your fingers are flying as you add activities and resources, dependencies and estimates. Hey, slow down. Where did all of this information come from? Have you consulted with your team? Together, have […]
Nobody told you there would be a quiz, but nobody told you there would not be a quiz. Wait what? Introducing Quiz Time for Project Managers, a new section over on the pmStudent YouTube channel. Do you know the difference between your work packages and your control accounts? What is a WBS Dictionary, and when […]
Contributed by Ram Tavva, PMP Imagine this scenario – You do an amazing job managing your first project, and your work is noticed and appreciated. In fact, your boss plans a surprise for you. It’s a party to celebrate the successful completion of your project. And now, that you have proven yourself as a project […]
A quick confession I ?grew up? in a waterfall world. All of my early projects used a waterfall methodology. Another way to describe this could be a step or stair step approach. We stepped through the phases. When we completed the initiation phase, we moved on to planning, then to design, then to construction. In […]
If you have already put in the time to study for your PMP Exam and it’s getting closer to the exam date, a PMP Simulator or set of practice exams may be in order. This comes late in my recommended process for studying for the PMP Exam because I think it’s important for you to […]
You might already know this. But I’ll say it again anyway. The PM Prepcast is the best PMP certification training out there. I bought it for my own PMP training. I studied every day because it was easy. On my daily drive to and from work or while working out at the gym, I just […]
I don’t do a whole lot of reviews for new training products or books to help with PMP preparation any longer. You probably already know that I used the PM PrepCast to help me study when I took the PMP exam. That and the related products OSP International has come out with have been awesome, […]
There has been a change made to the PMP Handbook. ?The handbook was last updated on April 17, 2012. Dr. Paul Giammalvo alerted me to the change. I still have a communication from PMI I’m expecting back soon, but in the meantime I’ll share what changed with you and my initial thoughts. Interpretation I have […]