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By elroyking, November 8, 2010 8:33 am

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By elroyking, November 5, 2010 8:09 am

Learn these terms and their meanings, they will appear on the PMP® Exam!

Three terms you will need to know for the PMP® exam are Project Expediter, Project Coordinator, and Project Manager. The terms are not interchangeable, however each one signifies a specific role, and the roles may perform some of the same functions.

The terms Project Coordinator and Project Expediter are associated with a weak matrix organization. This organization gives more power and authority to the functional managers and less power and authority to the project manager, or project management roles.

Project Expediter

The Project Expediter is the weakest entity, and has the least authority of any of the three project management functional roles. This person has responsibilities as staff assistant, who will coordinate communication, facilitate meetings, and follow up on assignments. This role, however, has no authority to make and enforce decisions.

Project Coordinator

The Project Coordinator performs pretty much the same functions as the Project Expediter, but the Project Coordinator has more authority, and is more involved in the decision making process. The Project Coordinator may also report to a higher authority.

Project Manager

The Project Manger, however, is in charge of the project. The Project Manager makes project decisions and has the ultimate responsibility for the state of the project. The difference between the three functions comes down to authority and responsibility.

PMP Exam

For the PMP® exam, a Project Manager is large and in charge. He or she is has authority over budgets, schedules, and resources. The default projects for the exam are assumed to have budgets in the multi-millions and are large enough to require the use of ALL of the project management processes.

Project Management Terms

The terminology used on the PMI® PMP® Certification Exam include a lot of PMI-isms, those are the things that the Project Management Institute (PMI®) stresses and are terms that have specific PMI® meanings. Although there are a number of books full of Project Management terms, not all of them define things the way the the PMI does. I would suggest getting study materials that are based on PMI-isms such as PMP Exam Prep, Sixth Edition: Rita Mulcahy’s Course in a Book for Passing the PMP Exam or The PMP Exam: How to Pass on Your First Try.

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By elroyking, November 2, 2010 7:26 am

Are you having a tough time getting down those 42 Project Management Professional (PMP) processes? Don’t feel alone, many of us struggle with that as well. Unfortunately, there are a few things that you will just have to memorize for the PMP exam. Memorizing can be difficult work, but it can be made easier with association activities that give you a chance to really learn the associations. There are 42 processes outlined in the A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge: (Pmbok Guide) (Paperback) version 4. They can be organized as part of nine knowledge areas and five process groups. This FREE tool is designed to help you learn the processes, and their organization into knowledge areas and process groups. This information is the basis of the PMBOK guide, and by default the PMP exam. Learning this inside and out will make studying for the PMP exam easier and will help you categorized and organize the project management information in the way that the PMI does. Let this tool help you with the learning the very foundation that supports everything else in the PMBOK guide.

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By elroyking, November 1, 2010 1:41 pm

A project is a temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product, service, or result. That is the definition as contained in the PMBOK guide v4. Because each project is unique, and has never been done before by the performing organization, then it is safe to say that managing the time required and the schedule are among the most difficult things that a project manager will do.

The work of project time management begins in the planning phase. There is a schedule management plan that is part of the project management plan that develops the framework for how the organization will plan, execute, and manage the project schedule. This critical piece of the puzzle is often left out, or left to chance as the project progresses. It is easy to believe that the planning of schedule management could be done a little at a time as the project progresses. Some would even call this “progressive elaboration” and not worry about it, but showing that the methodologies and the metrics that will be measured have been completely thought through is the hallmark of a good project manager and may solve a number of problems before they become issues. The schedule management plan may be as simple as stating how the schedule and milestones will be created, measured, and reported—but this little bit of information will guide the creation and maintenance of the schedule for the entire project.

After the creation of the schedule management plan, time management may be looked at through the following six processes.

· Define Activities
· Sequence Activities
· Estimate Activity Resources
· Estimate Activity Durations
· Develop Schedule
· Control Schedule

These processes are all of the processes contained in the project time management knowledge area. They are used sequentially, starting with Define Activities, and ending with Control Schedule. For the Project Management Professional (PMP) exam, it is helpful to remember this order. Learning the order may not be as difficult as it looks because, if you think about the progression it is somewhat logical. Before you can have a schedule, you first must know what activities you will putting in the schedule. The list of activities will have come from the Work Breakdown Structure(WBS), and the Activity list that is the final outputs of the Scope Management Knowledge Area. Defining the Activities is where the details about the activity is actually put on paper and explained. This is the place where the work is described well enough to know exactly what needs to be done. Once the activities are fully defined, then we can sequence the activities, the next important part is to know when an activity has to be done, and which ones have to be done first.

Now that we know what the activities are and when they have to be done, we can begin to estimate who (or what level of skilled labor) we will need to do the job. Which activities can we give to the junior engineers, and which ones do we need senior engineers for, etc. At this point we can Estimate the Activity Resources. A second consideration will be how long will we need each of these people or resources? What parts of the activities do we need them for? Finally we can begin to work on the schedule, we know what resources we have and we can apply company calendars to people and equipment. We finally have something that looks like a schedule. The finalized and approved schedule will be the baseline that we will use in the final activity, Control Schedule. Controlling the schedule will take the most time and will require all of your skills, technical and soft (personal) skills, to make it work. You will have to revise the schedule as the project progresses, because unique projects have unique hick-ups, but controlling the schedule will yield great results. Use the schedule management plan to determine when to assess the schedule status. Communicate early to stake holders when problems begin to arise with the schedule. Schedule slippage and budget overruns are the biggest risks to projects of every kind. Begin with a plan, measure often, and communicate often to let stake holders know what to expect. You will begin to see the fruits of project time management from an early date in your project if you work hard to do it right.

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By elroyking, October 29, 2010 7:59 am

A 35 hour PMP Exam Prep Course is being taught 11/01/2010 through 11/05/2010. I it is being taught by Key Performance, LLC in Boca Raton, FL. For details see Key Performance PMP Class.

A second project management class is being taught in Minneapolis, MN, starting 01/19/2011, by Watermark Learning. For more information see Watermark Learning Class.

Either class costs about $1995.00.

The real problems with either of these project management classes, are first, they really aren’t close to most people, and second, the cost is pretty high for most people.

What you and I really need are project management courses that are close to home, and affordable. There are a number of project management classes that can be taken on line, and these classes can be taken at about 1/2 the cost of the on-site classes.

But if you want a much better value, for an experience that is like the online class, but much more flexible and very much more affordable, then you need to look into the Project Management Prepcast.

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How convenient would a PM class be, if it could be uploaded to your mobile media player? The Project Management Prepcast can be downloaded to your mobile media player, or watched on your computer. It is very flexible. The content of the classes follow the Project Management Institutes PMBOK guide v.4 very closely. The training is PMI approved and provides 35 contact hours towards your PMP credential.

The best part is that the training is a one-time fee of $99! For under $100, you get some of the best project management training in the world, and it comes to your home and your media player!

You can’t beat the flexibility and cost of one of the worlds best project management class. Look at the features of the PM Prepcast and see for yourself.

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By elroyking, October 20, 2010 7:14 am

What questions are you likely to find on the PMP Exam? First, understand what the focus of the PMP exam is. The Project Management Professional (PMP) credential is the most widely recognized and respected credential in the field of project management. The exam is designed to weed out applicants, it tests knowledge, application and analysis. The Project Management Institute (PMI) tests over six different areas, and the test is broken down in the following way, according to Rita Mulcahy, a renowned Project Management Author, PMP Exam Prep, Sixth Edition: Rita’s Course in a Book for Passing the PMP Exam

Below is a table that breaks down what will be on the PMP test.

Also be aware that the PMP Exam Questions are going to include:

1. Knowledge application questions– The PMI has a text known as the Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge, A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge: (Pmbok Guide) (Paperback). Knowing what is in the PMBOK guide and being able to apply those concepts to real work are two different things. Many of the PMP questions are aimed at application and not simple knowledge.

2. Will contain application questions to real situations– things like, you are a Project Manager working for the XYZ corporation, you have the following situation, what is the first thing you should do? Which may be hard to answer if you haven’t used Project Management tools or used PMI processes on your projects.

3. There are a number of formula discussed in the PMBOK guide, but only 8 to 10 questions will need formulas.

4. However 10-12 could be earned value questions (not all of those will require solving for a value).

5. Most of the acronyms will be spelled out, so learn the full names.

6. The exam has 25 pre-release questions, which are routinely cycled into the exam and some old exam questions are dropped.

7. It is estimated that 50% or so who don’t pass the exam is because they have not project management training that uses PMI terminalogy.

8. The toughest knowledge areas are Framework, Integration, Procurement, Risk, and Time.

9. The toughest process groups are Executing, Monitoring and Controlling, and Professional and Social Responsibility.

Remember, before you can take the exam you need to pre-qualify:

10. If you have a Bachelors degree in any subject — You need 35 hours of PM education (known as contact hours), and 4,500 hours of PM experience over three years in the last six years. OR if you do not have a Bachelors degree you need 7,500 hours of experience over at-least five out of the last eight years. If you need contact hours look into PMI approved training such as PM PrepCast by Cornelius Fitchner, PMP On-Demand Bootcamp Course, or Live Online PMP Class.

Preparing for the exam can be a grueling process, but it can be made easier if you brake it down as if it were a project, and work at it consistently every week.

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By elroyking, October 12, 2010 8:28 am

In order to prepare for the Project Management Professional (PMP) Exam, you are going to need some very good resources. Some people will say to skip reading the Project Management Intitute’s Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge: (Pmbok Guide) (Paperback) version 4 or PMBOK Guide version 4. It is dry reading, I will admit, but the PMI’s methodologies and best practices are presented in this work. The PMP exam is based on the work. I would suggest making it through the volume at least once, and even better if you read through it twice.

There are three very good PMP Certification Books. You will need just one of those books, as a companion to the PMBOK guide, but the one that is best for you will be an individual choice based on your needs and learning style.

To determine which text is right for you, click on each of the Amazon Links above and click on look inside. You will see contents pages and the first pages of the books. You will immediately get the look and feel of each book. The Rita Mulcahy book is the most popular and the most in-depth book, but I like the Andy Crowe book a little more because it follows the PMBOK better. The Head First book uses modern learning theory and has lots of pictures and side bars to help you memorize and learn the material. It is more of a beginning book than the other two, but I found it entertaining and effective at teaching.

Add to the PMP books a class like learning experience and you will complete your Project Management Professional Exam Preparation Library. You can find boot-camps and online trainings but they are expensive. The very best training that I have found, that follows the PMBOK guide very well and is full of examples and application material is The PM-Prepcast.

You can get your PMP training the easy and entertaining way. It is the best value for a visiual-audio PMP exam training. You can spend hundreds, even thousands on online training that will not be as good as this training by Cornelius Fichtner.

Oh, and did I mention, that it fills the entire PMI’s35 contact training hours requirement?

If you really want to pass the PMP exam, however, you are going to have to roll in some PMP Sample Questions.

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Take the FREE 50 question sample exam. Score the exam and see how you did. Check the answers and explanations and understand why the answers you selected were not the “BEST” answers. Now go back to the texts and reread the sections that you scored poorly on. You will now have a good idea about what PMP exam areas you are week in. The 50 question exam isn’t very broad, however. To really get a feel for where you stand and what you need to study, purchase the PMP Exam Simulator, it is under $50. It has 10 base PMP exams (200 questions each), and other questions for every knowledge area. When you get to where you can take an entire PMP exam from the PMP Exam Simulator and score better than 85%, then you are ready to take the PMP exam.

Go ahead, do it today. Get started on the one thing that will really make a difference in your project management career, you will never regret it.

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By elroyking, October 7, 2010 8:01 pm

In order to prepare for the PMP Exam, you are going to need some very good resources. Some people will say to skip reading the Project Management Intitute’s Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge: (Pmbok Guide) (Paperback) version 4 or PMBOK Guide version 4. It is dry reading, but the PMI’s methodologies and best practices are presented in this work. The PMP exam is based on the work. I would suggest making it through the volume at least once, and even better if you review it twice.

There are three very good PMP Certification Books. You will need just one of those books, as a companion to the PMBOK guide, but the one that is best for you will be an individual choice based on your needs and learning style.

To determine which text is right for you, click on each of the Amazon Links above and click on look inside. You will see contents pages and the first pages of the books. You will immediately get the look and feel of each book. The Rita Mulcahy book is the most popular and the most in-depth book, but I like the Andy Crowe book a little more because it follows the PMBOK better. The Head First book uses modern learning theory and has lots of pictures and side bars to help you memorize and learn the material. It is more of a beginning book than the other two, but I found it entertaining and effective at teaching.

Add to the PMP books a class like learning experience and you will complete your Project Management Professional Exam Preparation Library. You can find boot-camps and online trainings but they are expensive. The very best training that I have found, that follows the PMBOK guide very well and is full of examples and application material is The PM-Prepcast.

You can get your PMP training the easy and entertaining way. It is the best value for a visiual-audio PMP exam training. You can spend hundreds, even thousands on online training that will not be as good as this training by Cornelius Fichtner.

Oh, and did I mention, that it fills the entire PMI’s 35 contact training hours requirement?

If you really want to pass the PMP exam, however, you are going to have to roll in some PMP Sample Questions.

Download a Free 50 PMP Question Software Simulation Demo Now.

Take the FREE 50 question sample exam. Score the exam and see how you did. Check the answers and explanations and understand why the answers you selected were not the “BEST” answers. Now go back to the texts and reread the sections that you scored poorly on. You will now have a good idea about what PMP exam areas you are week in. The 50 question exam isn’t very broad, however. To really get a feel for where you stand and what you need to study, purchase the PMP Exam Simulator, it is under $50. It has 10 base PMP exams (200 questions each), and other questions for every knowledge area. When you get to where you can take an entire PMP exam from the PMP Exam Simulator and score better than 85%, then you are ready to take the PMP exam.

Go ahead, do it today. Get started on the one thing that will really make a difference in your project management career, you will never regret it.

Elroy King

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By elroyking, October 6, 2010 8:19 am

Project management can be applied to every discipline, technology, industry, and field of study. Because every industry has projects, every industry has project managers. Many project managers find themselves managing a project because they understand the business or the technology. They “worked” up from the bottom, and as they gained industry and technology expertise, they were given more “responsibility.” The only problem with this mode of progression is that the world is flooded with project managers who lack the project management training!

Standish Group International estimates that up to 75% of IT projects fail. Why do they fail? These projects don’t fail because of technology, industry, market, or finances, project management is the cause of the failure!

Regardless of the industry, market, or niche you are in. If you are involved in projects, then project management training is a must.

The Project Management Institute created the Project Management Professional (PMP) certification to promote awareness of project management and to promote a standard and methodology for managing successful projects in any discipline or industry. Projects out there aren’t failing, getting behind, going over budget, or missing their objectives because of the lack of technology or industry skill–it is the lack of project management skill.

Get trained today, and get PMP certified to boot. The Project Management Prepcast is the best value in training material over the methodologies and best practices of the PMI. It will do a lot to prepare you for the PMP exam, that needs to be passed to get the certification. The PM-Prepcast is based on the Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge: (Pmbok Guide) (Paperback) version 4.

Your employer has trusted you to manage a project. Without training and lots of well placed effort, projects tend to grow out of hand. Stop the chaos and stop being managed by your projects. Get the training you need to become PMP certified and see what a huge difference it makes on the success of your projects.

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By elroyking, September 29, 2010 3:46 pm

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