In Appendix G, the PMBOK Guide discusses Interpersonal Skills for the project manager. We are currently reviewing these one by one in our weekly PMP exam tip. This week we are looking at why it’s important for you to become a “master motivator”: If you want to ensure the success of your project, you shouldRead… Read more »
Maura Harty, President and CEO of the Mid-Atlantic Chapter of Make-A-Wish Foundation of America Maura Harty served for 27 years as a foreign service offer, mentioned the privelage of being a public servant and is thrilled to be speaking today. She was extremely grateful and asked the audience to give themselves a round of applauseRead… Read more »
Here’s an excellent post from my colleague Glenn Gibson, thinking about the size of enterprise projects and how we might tackle those given this new era of reduced staff and budget… Question: How do you eat an elephant?Answer: One bite at a time I first heard this amusing question six years ago from an ECMRead… Read more »
I am now going to teach you to become a YouTube Search Ninja. (that’s an official title) Many people don’t know there are hundreds of educational videos you can access for free on YouTube. Part of the problem comes from the fact that some are great, and some are crap. So sorting out the usefulRead… Read more »
Day 26 Coding payouts I started the day going through some emails. Then the other engineers and I went over some recent pay requests and the budget line items to make sure we were coding everything correctly. We wanted to do this because our finance department has gone though and organized our funds into aRead… Read more »
Pretty cool new survey from Pew Internet. 28% of American adults use mobile and social location-based services More than a quarter (28%) of all American adults use mobile or social location-based services of some kind. This includes anyone who takes part in one or more of the following activities: 28% of cell owners use phonesRead… Read more »
America’s armed forces are certainly taking renewable energy seriously. From the development of new fuels to the integration of solar photovoltaics into units serving in war zones, the various branches of the military are embracing renewable energy technology, often while simultaneously testing its limits. Recently, we read about another green government project going on withinRead… Read more »
My dishwasher has a bit of whatever the white goods equivalent is of bling. It has a display panel on the front conveying mostly irrelevant information fairly inefficiently. I assume it is intended to communicate whizzy modernity; it certainly doesn’t communicate much useful information. It cycles through three screens in, only one of which tellsRead… Read more »
Tri Delta Transit (CA) rolled out its next-bus application last week, providing real-time arrival predictions via computer, text message, mobile device, and telephone. In addition, battery-powered kiosks display real-time information at selected stops. “We’ve been looking at this type of real-time information for about 10 years,” said CFO Steve Ponte. A $1.1 million federal grantRead… Read more »
The following PMP® exam sample question is taken from the Free PMP Exam Simulator at http://free.pm-exam-simulator.com – The answer is at the very bottom: —————————— A custom jewelry manufacturing company took up a project to design and manufacture a necklace for an affluent personality. While in execution, during a metrics analysis meeting, the project teamRead… Read more »