Training & Certification

By Nathalie Udo • January 28th, 2010

I truly believe in continuous improvement. In today’s world standing still really translates into regression. I apply that continuous improvement to different areas of my life: I keep pursuing knowledge on scuba diving in general and its physiology in specific, I am planning to improve my technical skills of motorcycling this year, I learn new [...]

Project Conference 2009 continues through this week in Phoenix, AZ.  As Microsoft prepares for the release of Project 2010, it’s a good time to reflect on some additional best practices that project managers should keep in mind when using their current version of Microsoft Project.
Know the Limitations of Critical Path Methodology – CPM was developed [...]

With the kick-off of Project Conference 2009 in Phoenix, AZ this week Microsoft has invited some customers and partners to get a sneak peek at Microsoft Project 2010.  I have been managing projects and teaching classes on this tool for quite a long time and have had a chance to read about some of the [...]

Have you thought about the environment in your projects? Yes, even if you have NO wind turbines, solar cells, or cars that run on used french-fry oil in your project. Have you? Well, consider this posting as a start.

Taking advantage of the social networks that we PMs have started to form on LinkedIn, I did some polling in early 2009 to gauge the interest level (see post below) in the brand-spanking-new PMBOK(R) Guide.
Using a completely non-scientific scale that I made up in 17.4 seconds, and asking the question on the larger LinkedIn Groups [...]

I passed the PMP Exam recently, and wanted to share my experience in general.  For those opposed to the PMP exam, please read before commenting, you may be surprised at my take on it.

In general:

Many questions involved picking the best of several correct answers
The technique of eliminating 2 answers first didn’t work in some cases: [...]

Project management continues to shift its focus; it is no longer just an execution model, it is also a strategic business model.  Out of the organizations that already appreciate the value of project managment in completing tasks, many have also begun to realize project managment’s critical contribution, from delivering completed projects to being strategic owners [...]

I’m getting ready to take the PMP exam in a little while, and so I’ve recently gone through the exercise of documenting all of my PM experience to meet the requirements for the PMP application. There are several helpful websites and templates that I found. I looked at a few of them, and ended up [...]