Project Management

Report from Open Source convention health track, 2011

This track was a potent mix of tech talk and policy talk, including some candid discussions of the different views taken by different actors on the meaningful use requirements in ARRA, and a look at how much government policies can change a conservative industry. http://radar.oreilly.com/2011/07/report-from-open-source-conven.html

Basic Study Tips

Studying for the exam is a highly individual journey; however, here are a few basic study tips that you may want to consider: Go to www.pmi.org today and register for the exam. Having signed up and paid your fee is the best incentive possible. Read the PMI’s Credentials Handbook to learn everything there is toRead… Read more »

Free PMP Exam Sample Question

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: —————————— You are the project manager of a dress manufacturing company. You have been asked to estimate for a project that requires you to create 500 shirts. You know from experienceRead… Read more »

Job Opening Santa Barbara County, CA Mental Health Services Rehab Specialist-Deadline to Apply is Monday

COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA INVITES APPLICATIONS FOR THE POSITION OF: ADMHS Rehabilitation Specialist (English and English/Spanish) Job Bulletin# 11-5184-01 SALARY: $3798 – $4638 approximately per month; plus shift, weekend, and standby are given when applicable. OPENING DATE: 06/28/11 CLOSING DATE: 08/01/11 NOTICE OF CHANGE: This recruitment has been extended until 8/1/2011. If you applied fromRead… Read more »

A do-over for LA-RICS?

Deltek Analyst Kristin Howe reports. As reported in this morning’s Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles County announced its estimated $700 million Regional Interoperable Communications System (LA-RICS) project is in jeopardy. Patrick Mallon, the project’s executive director, announced yesterday that, to comply with various California codes, the project should have been divided into three separate contracts:Read… Read more »

Petitioning the elephant

A new e-petitions site for government was launched yesterday. It is clean, simple and elegant, with clear government branding consistent with other cross-government sites. So far so good. But managing a cross government service is a tricky business, for reasons I have explored before. Government is a veneer that sits above departments, and like anyRead… Read more »

Boston launches bike-share program

Boston (MA) mayor Thomas M. Menino presided over a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Thursday to launch New Balance Hubway, the city’s bicycle-sharing program. Named after its principal corporate sponsor, the program features more than 600 bicycles at 61 stations across the city. “This is a great day for Boston,” Menino said in a statement. “Over theRead… Read more »

Marketing the data

In order to give value to the open data that has been published on Open Kent, we need to let people know it is there. How do we do this? As a novice in online marketing, it is easy to assume that simply by posting information on a web page, anyone who is interested willRead… Read more »