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 PMP [...]
I just completed 90 hours of teaching by Zoom (March/April). Here are 5 tips I wanted to share which contributed to the success of these classes. TIP #1: Sharing Dog, Cat & Kid Photos From Your Students On Breaks! Gemma The Rottweiler Spending a lot of hours on Zoom with a group of students [...]
The changes to the PMP exam originally scheduled for July 1, 2020 have been pushed back to January 2, 2021. This is due to the disruptions to training, testing and more caused by the ongoing Coronavirus threat. Blurb: "For all PMP candidates, we are extending access to the current PMP exam until 31 December 2020 and [...]
1) PMI NYC - Annual Business Meeting (Holiday Dinner) Mark Resch, PMP, LSSBB, ITIL Day/Date/Time: January 17, 2019 This event is always half-meeting/half-party! (Great venue, great speaker, great food) TOPIC: Relentless Engagement: Mission First, People Always Presenter: Marc Resch, PMP, LSSBB, ITIL Location: Kimmel Center, Rosenthal Pavillion (60 Washington Square Park South) Price: FREE FOR [...]
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 [...]
NYU SPS launched their new website today: "Professional Pathways" URL: https://www.sps.nyu.edu/professional-pathways.html The new site provides many features to improve the UX, including an excellent Search Engine. The new search is simple and clean and has an AUTOTYPE feature (similar to the Google Search) which guesses which course you're looking for, based on the keyword(s) you supply. For example, [...]
1) NYC Scrum February Meet-Up David Horowitz, CEO & Co-Founder, Retrium Topic: RETROSPECTIVES! Speaker: Retrium CEO and Co-Founder David Horowitz Day/Date/Time: Thursday, February 18, 6:00 PM Location: Havas Worldwide (200 Hudson St., just south of Canal St. - Tribeca) Registration Link (Free Beer, Free Wine, Free Pizza!) 2) Agile NYC: Monthly Chapter [...]
Many students starting a PMP Prep class bring a mind-set that they "just want to learn this stuff ASAP for the test, but never use it." And this mind-set is unfortunately reinforced by some PMP instructors who tell their students about "Green Sky Versus Blue Sky," which I think does their students a disservice. What [...]
The 2nd Avenue Subway Project ("82.3% Complete") Q. What's wrong with this picture? I was walking down 3rd Avenue in Manhattan recently and saw this sign (paid for by your tax dollars, plus some NY graffiti added on!) The sign says: 82.3% complete, which sounds pretty good. But anyone who knows NYC thinks [...]
PM Expert Cornelius Fichtner, PMP/CSM Below are LINKS to 7 podcast interviews I have had the pleasure to record with PMP Expert Cornelius Fichtner. All are FREE (except #4 & #5, which are available by subscription to: Cornelius's 2 popular series: "The PM-Podcast" and "The PDU Podcast." About Mentoring / Accidental PM / Publishing For [...]