PMP Career Insight: Speaking Truth to Power as a Project Manager
Conflict, confrontation and power. What comes to mind when you read those words?
PMBOK® Guide 6th Edition: What You Need to Know for the Exam
PMBOK® Guide 6th Edition: What You Need to Know The PMP exam is changing on March 26, 2018. If you scheduled your exam on March 26 or later, you’ll receive an updated version of the PMP exam that references the PMBOK® Guide 6th Edition. To get ready for this change, we’ve prepared a quick guide to the most important…
No More Shouting Matches: the Professionals Guide to Lessons Learned
Months of hard work have led to this moment – the successful conclusion of the project. You give the nod to your team. The project is finally live! It’s time to sit back and bask in your success, right? That’s only part of the story. By all means, go ahead and celebrate your success with…
The 5 Types of Meetings Project Managers Need To Master
Meetings provoke strong emotions for many professionals. When used with skill, meetings are a way to share information, solve problems, make decisions and build relationships. When they’re run poorly, they burn up precious time and create frustration. Given how many meetings project managers attend, there’s a great ROI to thinking ahead to plan your meetings….
How to Get More Experience Hours for Your PMP Application
You’re excited to apply for the PMP certification. Your colleagues have told you how it opens new doors in your career. After visiting the PMI website, you start to read about the requirements…. Then you see it – experience hours! Thousands of them! How are you supposed to get through this requirement? Why PMP Experience…
Buy like a Boss: How Project Procurement Works
Have you ever gone shopping for a new computer or camera and became overwhelmed by the options? Now, just imagine that same challenge multiplied by 1,000 – that’s what many project managers have to face each day when it comes to procurement. Fortunately, you’re not alone. You can use the best practices that generations of…
Inside the Quality Toolbox: What Every Project Manager Needs to Know
Why does quality matter to project managers? First and foremost, the quality of the project you deliver reflects on you as the project manager. Just imagine if the application you deliver crashes constantly… Or if a bridge project collapses because you didn’t ask the right questions about quality. If the latter happened, you may never…
How to Get a Job in Project Management
Finding a job in project management is an important project in developing your career. You may be seeking a promotion to a higher level of responsibility. Or you may have finished a contract assignment with a company and it is time to search for your next role. In any case, you can use project practices…
Why Agile Project Management Matters to Your Career
Agile project management has become a hot topic in the profession over the past few years. The prospect of finishing projects faster and adjusting to change rapidly has piqued the interest of many companies. Let’s dig beneath the hype, understand where agile came from and cover some of the methodology’s key techniques. The Origins of…
How To Make The Most of Limited PMP Study Time
You’ve made the decision to advance your skills and careers by earning the PMP certification. Well done! There’s just one problem. Before long, you realize that there is a great deal of material to study.The Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK Guide) alone is several hundred pages. How will you ever find the time to…
