Today I received a 'Like' on my book's FB page from Astana, Kazakhstan (Country #65 - Thx, Baurjan!) :) My book, The Project Management Answer Book, is popular with International Readers because it's in very clear, concise English. It offers hands-on templates and helpful diagrams which make the PMI PMBOK easy. And it includes my best [...]
Course Title: Earned Value Management (Zoom Delivery) Day/Date: Sunday, May 10, 9:00 - 6:00 EST (1-Day Intensive) Format: Remote Delivery using ZOOM Info/Reg: https://www.sps.nyu.edu/professional-pathways/courses/PROJ1-CE8704-earned-value-management.html Badge: You will receive an NYU Verifiable Digital Badge upon course-completion
Being optimistic is great. And who can forget Nellie Forbush's "Cockeyed Optimist" (Broadway legend Mitzi Gaynor) in the classic: "South Pacific?" But being a "cockeyed optimist" is not a Backup Plan! What will you do, after all the hours of preparation you put into your new Zoom class, if your Internet suddenly conks-out? Any [...]
At NYU we upgraded our courses to Remote Delivery in March due to Covie-19, and I've already taught 20 hours of PMP Prep via Zoom. My next 3 PMP & Advanced PM courses will be given via Zoom, as follows: 1) PMP Prep class will be 5 Saturdays (July 18-Aug 25). 2) Earned Value Management [...]
This week I gave my first PMP Prep class via ZOOM. In the process, I found this set of Keyboard Shortcuts from ZOOM. Hopefully these will help you get a bit more out of your Zoom Meetings and Remote Trainings. Meeting Shortcuts Command(⌘)+J: Join Meeting Command(⌘)+Control+V: Start Meeting Command(⌘)+J: Schedule Meeting Command(⌘)+Control+S: Screen [...]
PMP Experts are all highly-recommending that Project Managers who want to get their PMP should test before the major changes coming to the exam starting July 1. Top 3 Reasons To Test By June 30: 1. Starting July 1, the test questions will be 50% Agile / 50% Waterfall. 2. Making it more difficult, [...]
Tensie Whelan with book author and host of Person Place Thing: Randy Cohen I recently attended an exciting "Live Taping" September 17, 2019 of a Podcast Interview for Randy Cohen's Person Place Thing podcast series, where Randy interviewed Tensie Whelan, Director of NYU Stern's Center For Sustainable Business. Here is the free link to [...]
6 Ted Talks (recreated live on-stage) The highlight for many of us at PMINAC 2019 (North-American Conference) celebrating PMI's 50th Anniversary was the Closing Keynote: TED Possibility: 6 of the world's most popular Ted Talks recreated live on-stage at PMINAC 2019! (Pennsylvania Conference Center, Philadelphia, Oct. 6, 2019) But if you missed [...]
Aaron Price, Founder & CEO, Propelify Congrats to Aaron Price, Founder of Propelify. The 5th Annual Propelify Innovation Festival was held today in Hoboken. (I've attended 4 out of 5, and they are always informative, great fun, and very conducive to networking). Aaron is also the President & CEO of the NJ [...]
PMI just announced they are POSTPONING the PMP Exam Change until JULY 1, 2020 Announcement from PMI <- Link This means that candidates have 10 months from today to pass their PMP Exam (thru June 30) before the changes to the test will take place, per the new ECO (Exam Content Outline) from PMI. [...]