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 [...]
I highly recommend Elizabeth Harrin's leading-edge new book, Collaboration Tools For Project Managers: How To Choose, Get Started, And Collaborate With Technology. It's an expert analysis of how PM tools have evolved, how to choose the right tools for your organization, and how to leverage them for maximum business value. I have been recommending Elizabeth's [...]
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 [...]
I was honored to be asked by Elizabeth to write a guest blog for her famous blogsite: "A Girl's Guide To Project Management." "My Life Is A PMP Ethics Question" is based on an experience I had as a PM that if I could go back in time and get a "do-over" (like Bill Murray [...]
My article for PM World Today: "Top 10 Tips For Marketing A Book Using Social Media" (2012) The tips are designed to help NOT JUST BOOK WRITERS but anyone who wants to do SM marketing. Feel free to add your #1 tip as a REPLY (below). And also see... My Podcast Interview: "Are You A PM? [...]
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: [...]
I attended another great PMI conference (my third-in-a-row) in Dallas last week. If you attended also, Please share Your Highlights in the "Leave a Reply" box. 1. Keynote Speaker: Malcolm Gladwell, author of "Blink," "The Tipping Point" and "Outliers." Much of his talk was about Steve Jobs, and how he felt that Jobs epitomized the [...]
"The Project Management Answer Book" will help you increase your knowledge and get your PMP, as it has for many Project Managers in the U.S. and around the world. It was recently named one of the "Top 10 Books Every Project Manager Should Have In His Or Her Collection" by Bright Hub and has also received very [...]
I recently had the pleasure of being interviewed by well-known London-based book author and blogger Elizabeth Harrin: "Getting some answers: an interview with Jeff Furman" which just came out as part of Elizabeth's "Summer of Books 2011" series, on her widely-read blog: "A Girl's Guide To Project Management." Here is a photo of Elizabeth (left) interviewing [...]