For PMs who couldn't register for my Saturdays PMP class at NYU starting June 10, a new Section 4 has just been added (Monday & Thursday evenings, starts June 5). PMP Prep - Section 4 <-- Registration Link And here are my additional upcoming classes at NYU SPS: PMP Prep: April 9 - May 7 [...]
Key to passing the PMP Exam is getting very good at answering practice questions. And for the month of May, I am offering a discount on the best test tool I know of: The PMP Exam Simulator (the one I recommend to all my NYU PMP students). Just use the following Coupon Code and Registration Link: Coupon Code: [...]
Laurent Claquin, President,Kering Americas A large group of sustainability-minded professionals and students was treated to an extremely well-received seminar last night by Laurent Claquin, President of Kering Americas (parent company of 20 global luxury, sports, and lifestyle brands, including Gucci, Yves Saint Laurent, Stella McCartney, and Puma). The [...]
1) ISSP NYC - Free Spring Networking Event (International Society of Sustainability Professionals) The Impossible Burger! (ISSP NYC - April 3) Event: Free Meet-Up: Food & Drinks A Chance To Try The Impossible Burger (100% cow-less burger!) Location: Bareburger: 535 LaGuardia Place (Btwn Bleecker & W 3rd St) Day/Date/Time: Monday, April 3, 6:00 - 9:00 PM [...]
1) NYC SCRUM - Monthly Event for March - Co-Hosted by: Mary Pratt and Dana Pylayeva! Topic: "Growing by Sharing - Transitioning a Group to a Self-Directed Model" (This workshop will also be presented at the Global Scrum Gathering, San Diego in April 2017) Speaker: Mary Pratt, Senior VP at Edelman, CSM, CSPO, CSP, Professional Scrum Master, and co-founder of NYC [...]
1) PMI NYC - Monthly Chapter Event Event: Integrating & Extending PM and BA Roles to drive Business Value Speaker: Mike Callahan – AgileLayer, Partner Day/Date/Time – Wednesday, February 15, 2017, 5:30 PM – 8:30 PM Location: SUNY Global Center at 116 E 55th St. <= Location Change! Info/Reg Link Mike Callahan, Agile [...]
Reaching international readers is very special to me because my parents both emigrated to the US from Poland (neither one speaking any English when they first came over). I wrote The Project Management Answer Book in easy-to-read Q&A format to make the PMI best practices short and clear, but also highly-detailed. It provides more [...]
As a civilian who often teaches for the U.S. Army (on-post at Fort Bliss, Fort Hood, Fort Campbell & Fort Gordon), the most rewarding part for me has been the feeling of 'giving back' a little bit (the Army rescued my mother from a concentration camp in Germany toward the end of World War II, [...]
These are some of the best annual events that I have attended and recommend highly. See below for: Info / Reg Links, Early Bird Discount Dates, and Hashtags (to follow the events before, during & after) 1. Big Apple Scrum Day - May 1, 2017 Keynote Speaker: Tim Ottinger, from Industrial Logic Day/Date: May 1, [...]
Hi to my readers, I wanted to provide two corrections for my book: "The Project Management Answer Book" <2nd Edition>. If readers find any more, they can email me at Jeff@Jeff-Furman.com, and I will add it to this post with the correction. I will also include your name with the "catch" if you like -- just let [...]