My final advice to a student about ITTOs (Before she passed her PMP Test) Sometimes a student asks me for some specific last-minute advice before they take their PMP Test. To help my readers, I'm going to be sharing notes in this space that I've written customized to my students' questions (before they passed their tests!) [...]
Today I received a 'Like' on my book's FB page from Amman, Jordan (Country #66 - Thx, Rana!) :) 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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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. [...]
Some Recommended Events For PMs in the NYC area Person Place Thing: TENSIE WHELAN interviewed by RANDY COHEN! Tensie Whelen, Director, NYU Stern Center For Sustainable Business Tensie Whelan is Director of NYU Stern's Center for Sustainable Business, is also a Full-Time Professor, and also an outstanding presenter! Randy Cohen, host of [...]
Here's a valuable PMP Test Tip you might not have heard about, which I'm calling: "The Amana Rule" One of my students (Amana) who had recently passed her PMP test came in to share a few of her best study tips with my new class in Augusta, Georgia last week. Amana was an excellent [...]
1. PMI NYC February Chapter Meeting Topic: "Project Management 2.0" Day/Date/Time: Wednesday, February 20, 5:30 Speaker: John Bower Location: SUNY Global Center, 116 East 55th Street John Bower 2. NYC Scrum February Meet-Up World Retrospective Day Topic: "World Retrospective Day" Day/Date/Time: Wednesday, Feb. 27 Location: Lifion, by ADP, 135 West 18th Street 3. LeSS [...]