Cornelius Fichtner, President of OSP Int’l To help people pass the new PMP Exam 2021, OSP International (Cornelius Fichtner’s company) has come out with 2 new products: 1) The PMP Exam Simulator 2021 (2,100 practice questions!) and 2) The Project Management Prepcast 2021 (PMP Prep course: video format) 3 Gift Codes below: [...]
This article is valuable for everyone considering the PMI-ACP certification. It was a group effort led by the PM Prepcast Team. The article includes 7 sections on the 7 Agile Domains, each written by a different ACP (my section was Domain II: Value-Driven Delivery). Article Link: PMI-ACP(R) Exam Outline Explained by Agile Certified Practitioners 7 DOMAINS [...]
Per PMI's new Announcement, the PMP Test will be changing effective Dec. 16, 2019. Q. Why the change? A. The New ECO (Exam Content Outline) Every few years PMI conducts a survey of Project Managers world-wide to measure how much their projects map to the tools & best practices in the PMBOK. After analyzing the results of the [...]
PMBOK V6 (Sneak Preview) On September 26, 2016 I attended a presentation by Cynthia Snyder Dionisio, head of the PMBOK V6 Upgrade Project, at the PMINAC 2016 in San Diego. I've incorporated more new details into my post below (published earlier) based on Cyndi's presentation and also from Project Management Podcast #371 (Cyndi's interview with [...]
PM Expert Cornelius Fichtner I recently became an "Affiliate" of Cornelius Fichtner's company, OSP International, so I am able to provide some of his test-prep materials for free. Here are 3 free videos to help you toward your PMP: Video 1: "Project Integration Management Overview" Video 2: "35 Contact Hours" Video 3: "Finding the best [...]
PMI will be making changes to the PMP Exam starting on Jan. 12, 2016. These changes will be based on the RDS (Role Delineation Study), as PMI announced in June 2015. It is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED to take the Exam before the change. But for those who are curious about the upcoming changes, or who will need to test after [...]
My 2 new Podcast Interviews (below) with Cornelius Fichtner, Host of The PM Podcast, who is running the giveaway for my book!
One of the best leadership books I have ever read is: The Manager's Book of Decencies: How Small Gestures Build Great Companies, by Steve Harrison (McGraw-Hill), for all project managers, team leaders, and executives. Steve Harrison is Chairman of Lee, Hecht, Harrison, the premier career management and leadership consulting firm. He is also the former [...]
Many PMs get their start by one day finding themselves "thrown into" managing projects. A new buzzword for this is "Accidental PM." Are you one? You're NOT alone! In my case, I was a technical trainer, who started falling into supporting the I.T. products I was training on. Then one morning I got a big surprise [...]
1) NYC SCRUM Users Group Day/Date/Time: Tuesday, April 10th, 6:00 PM Topic: - Intro to Business Value Engineering Speaker: Joe Little of Kitty Hawk Consulting Location: EURO RSCG, 350 Hudson Street, 9th Floor Meeting Leader: Rob Purdie ==> Registration Link 2) PMI NYC "Agile: Your Tough Questions Answered" Presenter: Mark C. Layton, CST, Platinum Edge, Inc. (recognized globally as Mr. AgileTM) Day/Date: Monday, April 9th Time: [...]