The OPT option (Online Proctored Test) is now available for 3 PMI certification exams: PMP, CAPM & PMI-ACP. I took my PMI-ACP exam from home recently and I wanted to share a few tips from my experience, plus a few more from my PMP students testing from home during the quarantine. 1) "No Talking!” [...]
1) I just passed my PMI-ACP Certification Exam (Agile Certified Practitioner) The PMI-ACP is like the PMP For Agile. It will look good on your resume. And studying for it is a great way to learn a lot about the latest-and-greatest Agile tools. 2) Which Agile disciplines is the PMI-ACP based on? The ACP is based mainly on 4 of [...]
Cornelius Fichtner, President, OSP Int'l Timed & Learning Quizzes Instead of doing 200 Question Practice Exams, which is very tiring and can result in over-kill and burn-out, The PMP Exam Simulator from OSP Int'l offers a great feature called Timed & Learning Quizzes. This lets you select short quizzes of 10 or more questions (whatever [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Live - Zoom Delivery - NYU Course Title: Critical Path Method For PMs (Zoom Delivery) Day/Date: Sunday, May 17, 9:00 - 6:00 EST (1-Day Intensive) Format: Remote Delivery using ZOOM Info/Reg: https://www.sps.nyu.edu/professional-pathways/courses/PROJ1-CE8705-critical-path-method-for-project-managers.html Badge: You will receive an NYU Verifiable [...]
Course Title: Earned Value Management (Zoom Delivery) Day/Date: Sunday, May 10, 9:00 - 6:00 EST (1-Day Intensive) Format: Remote Delivery using ZOOM Info/Reg: https://www.sps.nyu.edu/professional-pathways/courses/PROJ1-CE8704-earned-value-management.html Badge: You will receive an NYU Verifiable Digital Badge upon course-completion
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 [...]
At NYU we upgraded our courses to Remote Delivery in March due to Covie-19, and I've already taught 20 hours of PMP Prep via Zoom. My next 3 PMP & Advanced PM courses will be given via Zoom, as follows: 1) PMP Prep class will be 5 Saturdays (July 18-Aug 25). 2) Earned Value Management [...]