Here are my 3 favorite movies with a PM theme! Q. What are some of yours? 1) LOCAL HERO The Project: An American oil exec (Peter Riegert) is sent to Scotland to build an oil refinery on the Scottish Coast, but encounters some magical surprises. Cast: Peter Riegert, Burt Lancaster, Peter Capaldi, Denis Lawson Jenny Seagrove, [...]
Reaching international readers is very special to me because my parents both emigrated to the US from Poland (neither one speaking any English). 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, with more info than the PMBOK on many of [...]
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Dana Pylayeva, Big Apple Scrum Day - June 1 1. Special Event: Big Apple Scrum Day 2015 (June 1, 2015) Topic: Full Day of Presentations on Scrum Agile! Link To Event List of Speakers Already Announced so far! Keynote: Daniel [...]
Dana Pylayeva, Big Apple Scrum Day - June 1 1. Special Event: Big Apple Scrum Day 2015 (June 1, 2015) Topic: Full Day of Presentations on Scrum Agile! Link To Event List of Speakers Already Announced so far! Keynote: Daniel [...]
Thanks again to book author / blogger / program manager Elizabeth Harrin for interviewing me for her blog: A Girls' Guide To Project Management. "Project Management Answers: Interview with author Jeff Furman" by ELIZABETH HARRIN on 10/12/2014 The PMBOK® Guide v5 refresh introduced new topics for students taking the PMP exam. Jeff Furman, author of The Project Management Answer Book, has [...]
3 ways to order: Amazon Link In-Person at the NYU Bookstore (726 Broadway, corner of Waverly Place) Order Direct From The Publisher In the 2nd Edition, I've added: Many PMP Test Tips throughout the book in easy-to-find "call-out boxes" A new chapter on Scrum Agile (very robust chapter - 58 Q&As!) A new chapter on Stakeholder Management (new with [...]
There are just a couple of seats remaining in my PERSUASIVE PRESENTATIONS FOR PMs class coming up at NYU (3-day class, Nov. 5, 6, 7). Hope you'll join us and take advantage of this chance to sharpen your PM Presentation Skills, and become: 1) More effective, 2) More promotable, and 3) More marketable! LINK: Course Description & Registration [...]
Instructor - Jeff Furman, PMP® - Now teaching 6 courses for NYU SCPS: 1) Basic PM 2) PMP Prep 3) Ethics In PM (New!) 4) Persuasive Presentations For PMs (New!) 5) PM Summer Intensive (Communications Management Section) 6) Principles of PM For Construction Professionals With 5 of my NYU students at the PMI NYC Holiday [...]
El Paso - where Kentucky meets San Diego (or really, where Texas meets Mexico, New Mexico, and Arizona)