A Few Recommended Resources For PMs For 2018 (Books, Groups, Events, Discounts)

Here are some of the best resources I’ve found this year:

1. GROUPS:

• The Project Management Café: Elizabeth Harrin’s rapidly-growing new FaceBook discussion page, PM resource & FB Live video forum.

• ISSP Greater NYC: International Society of Sustainability Professionals. Awesome people, great speakers & great events! (A chapter of ISSP world-wide)

2. BOOKS:

• Faster, Higher, Farther: The Volkswagen Scandal, by Jack Ewing, Book Author / Reporter, New York Times

I was very impressed with Jack Ewing’s book, and with the book-talk he gave at NYU Stern. – JF

• Shipyard Project Management, by Fernando Remolina, PMP, Senior Ship-Repair Project Manager

I like how Fernando Remolina combines classic Shipyard Repair Management with the PMP tool-kit. – JF

• The Bounce-Back, by Sherri Thomas, Book Author / PMP / Career Coach

Sherri gave a great presentation about her book at PMINAC 2016 in San Diego. I like her book very much, and recently Sherri has also been very helpful as a career coach for some of my colleagues. – JF

• Collaboration Tools For Project Managers, by Elizabeth Harrin

Published by PMI Press, this is an outstanding “case-study” guide to many of the leading-edge tools available today for PMs. – JF

• The Chocolate Legos DevOps Game, by Dana Pylayeva, CSM, CSPO

What is “DevOps?” Find out in this book by Dana Pylayeva, co-leader of NYC Scrum and Big Apple Scrum Day! – JF

3. UPCOMING ANNUAL EVENTS:

• PMI North American Global Conference 2018 (PMINAC) will be October 6-8, in Los Angeles!
• Big Apple Scrum Day 2018 – Great annual event for Project Managers, May 11, 2018, Keynote Speaker: Joanne Perold, South Africa
• IoT Festival NYC (Internet of Things) – June 12-14, Javits Convention Center
• Propelify Innovation Festival 2018, Hoboken Waterfront, NJ, May 17, 2018. Event Founder: Entrepreneur Aaron Price (also the Founder and Leader of the very popular: NJ Tech Meet-Up Group)

YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE TO SEE:

1. My PMP Book: The Project Management Answer Book, 2nd Ed.

• Filled with proven PMP Tips & Study Aids
• 36 out of 36 Five-Star Amazon Reviews
• In easy-to-read Q&A Format
• Facebook “Likes” from readers in 51 countries!
• Robust chapter on Scrum Agile

2. My Upcoming Classes (at NYU & Fordham, Spring Semester 2018)

1. PMP Prep, Fordham University, 5 Sundays, starts Sunday, Jan. 7
2. PMP Prep, NYU, 10 weeknights, starts Tuesday, April 3rd
3. PMP Prep, NYU, 5 Sundays, starts Sunday, April 8th
4. Earned Value Management, NYU, 1 Day, Sunday, Feb 11
5. Critical Path Method, NYU, 1 Day, Sunday, Feb 18

3. Upcoming Events For PMs In JANUARY (NYC)

• PMI NYC
• ISSP NYC
• NY SPIN
• NYC Lean Kanban
• NJ Tech
• Info/Reg Link 

4. DISCOUNTS ON PMP PREP TOOLS FROM OSP INT’L

• The PMP Exam Simulator (1,800 Practice Questions, 9 full-length 200 question mock PMP Exams, continuously updated question bank)

Discount Code: jf-pmsim15 ($26 off)

• The PM Prepcast + PMP Exam Simulator (Elite Edition)

Discount Code: jf-elite25 ($25 off)