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Nov24
2010 7 Comments Written by elroyking

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The Project Management Institute (PMI®) is the place to start when it comes to the Project Management Professional (PMP®) certification. The PMI® is a non-profit organization dedicated to the establishment of best practices in Project Management. To promote good project management, they created the PMP® credential. The PMP® credential is the world’s most recognized Project Management certification. As of 2010 it was held by only a little over 400,000 people. Global Knowledge showed that certified PMPs make 15-30% more than their uncertified colleges, but the underlying benefit is that application of the PMI® methodologies creates value on projects. Trained project managers are better able to recognize risks early on, have better project team communication, and bring projects to completion closer to schedule and closer to budget, saving their employers lots of money in the long run. Personally, for the project manager, the PMP® certification is of great value, it sets the project manager apart and makes him part of an exclusive group. It shows the individual’s dedication to project management and the capacity of the individual to get the training needed to efficiently manage the resources of his boss and company. The best information about the PMP® credential and how to obtain it comes from the PMI’s own PMP handbook (pdf). Download your own free copy here.

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The Project Management Prepcast

Nov05
2010 Leave a Comment Written by elroyking

If studying for the PMP exam is giving you anxiety and headaches, then it is time you learned about the easy way to pass the PMP exam. Get your training from 38 hours of video. They can be downloaded to your computer or your mobile device. All of the PMP topics are discussed and presented in an easy to digest way. You get lots of tips and tricks about passing the exam, sample exam questions, and 35 contact hours for your PMP application. Jump on board, and get your PMP exam training the easy and efficient way.

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Do You Have Time For Project Time Management? You May Not Be Able To Do Without It.

Nov01
2010 4 Comments Written by elroyking

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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Project Management Prepcast

Oct26
2010 1 Comment Written by elroyking

The Project Management Institute (PMI) created a credential called the Project Management Professional (PMP®). This certification has become the industry standard and the ideal or goal for many people to reach for. Often aspiring PMPs find that they have the project management experience, and some or all of the training hours, but need to pass the Project Management Professional Exam to get the credential.

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Become PMP® Certified!

Oct25
2010 Leave a Comment Written by elroyking

Get Project Management Exam Ready And Pass The PMP® Exam

Are you ready for the Project Management Professional® (PMP®) exam? The Project Management Institute’s® (PMI®) PMP® certification is the most recognized Project Management credential in the world! Project Managers that are PMP® certified make 15-30% more than those that are not. For most project managers the only thing holding them back from that coveted certification is passing the PMP® exam. At Project Management Exam Ready we get you prepared to take and pass that difficult exam. We help you find the training that you might need, and we help you focus your study and preparation time on high quality materials that will cut down the time and effort needed to get prepared for the PMP® exam. We provide tools, activities, helps and hints that make preparing for the PMP® exam easier than any one else.

The Benefits of PMP® certification

The Benefits of PMP® certification are amazing. You will get more respect at work. Management and co-workers know the value of a PMP® certification, they will trust your judgment when you have that credential under your belt. You become more marketable, there are less than 500,000 PMPs world wide, and they are in high demand. The average pay for PMPs is over $100,000 per year. But most of all, the Project Management methodologies and processes learned while becoming PMP® certified will make your projects much more successful. PMPs get paid more because they have better results!

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Project Management Professional Basics

Oct22
2010 Leave a Comment Written by elroyking

The Project Management Institute (PMI) is the place to start when it comes to the Project Management Professional (PMP) certification. The PMI is a non-profit organization dedicated to the establishment of best practices in Project Management. To promote good project management, they created the PMP credential. The PMP credential is the world’s most recognized Project Management certification. As of 2010 it was held by only a little over 400,000 people. Global Knowledge showed that certified PMPs make 15-30% more than their uncertified colleges, but the underlying benefit is that application of the PMI methodologies creates value on projects. Trained project managers are better able to recognize risks early on, have better project team communication, and bring projects to completion closer to schedule and closer to budget, saving their employers lots of money in the long run. Personally, for the project manager, the PMP certification is of great value, it sets the project manager apart and makes him part of an exclusive group. It shows the individual’s dedication to project management and the capacity of the individual to get the training needed to efficiently manage the resources of his boss and company. The best information about the PMP credential and how to obtain it comes from the PMI’s own <a href="http://www.pmi.org/en/Certification/Project-Management-Professional-PMP.aspx. Download your own free copy here.

For more useful information about the PMP credential and how to obtain it see:

What is a PMP (Project Management Professional)?

What Are Contact Hours? What Are PDUs? How Do I Get Them?

Where Can I find PMP Study Materials? What Do I Need To Study?

How Do I Apply For The PMP Certification?

Free PMP Exam Questions

I hope these resources can get you up and running on your way to achieving that PMP credential.

Elroy King

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Pass The Project Management Professional Exam And Stay Within Your Budget

Oct21
2010 7 Comments Written by elroyking

Passing the PMP exam is pretty difficult. About.com characterized the PMP certification as one of the toughest credentials out there. The key to passing the exam is to study the right materials. There are a lot of free material out there on the Net, but often you get what you pay for when it comes to those materials. However, there are some free sources of material that are easy to come by and carry a lot of value. The first one I am going to send to you is a free gift from me (well, a free gift from the Project Management Institute (PMI)), but I am going to pass it on to you, so it is a free value from reading my article. This gift is the PMP Credential Handbook (pdf). Now don’t start complaining now, thinking, “I don’t want to read through an entire handbook.” It is only 20 pages long—about 12 minutes of reading. But it gives you ALL of the information you need to know about obtaining the PMP credential—and you know it is accurate, because it comes straight from the PMI. Here is the link, download it now for free.

The PMP exam is based on the PMBOK guide, if you are a PMI member, you can download the PMBOK guide for free. Here is the link. PMBOK guide v.4 (PMI Membership required). If you are not a PMI member, join today. If you have a PMI membership, the cost of the PMP exam is reduced by $100, which is about the cost of the membership. If you are going to take the PMP exam, the PMI membership and the PMBOK guide are free for joining!

Now, I purchased a hard copy of the PMBOK guide because I like to highlight it, write in the margins, make notes and drawings. If you want a hardcopy of the PMBOK guide, you can purchase A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge: (Pmbok Guide) (Paperback) version 4 right here. Get it from Amazon from this link and save 40% over the cost of the book on retail shelves. Get it now!

The PMP exam covers the knowledge base in the PMBOK guide, but the test is designed to be a test of the application of the best practices and principles outlined in the PMBOK guide, and not just a regurgitation of the fact presented there. Rita Mulcahy estimates that 50% of those who do not pass the exam, fail it because they don’t have any project management experience on projects that use the PMI methodologies. Among the things that are important to learn in the PMP vocabulary and the PMI-isms. You will need some help knowing what those are and how to spot them on the exam. You are going to need some materials that showcase the working examples of the PMI methodologies. You can find those in PMP Prep books and courses. PMP Exam Prep, Sixth Edition: Rita’s Course in a Book for Passing the PMP Exam is a good example of one of these texts. Andy Crowe’s text,The PMP Exam: How to Pass on Your First Try is very good as well, but for the money, I would look at the Head First PMP: A Brain-Friendly Guide to Passing the Project Management Professional Exam, and PMP Certification For Dummies by Peter Nathan and Gerald Everett Jones texts. Both of the texts are designed for beginners and do not assume that the reader has a lot of prior knowledge of the PMP subjects. Both come with lots of sample questions and a full length PMP sample exam. The sample PMP exam that comes with the Headfirst text is downloadable from their website. The For Dummies text has a CD with sample questions on it. The For Dummies text can be purchased for under $30, a huge value.

Finally, to pass the exam you are going to need to take a lot of sample questions. The best solution is a PMP software simulation program. Rita puts out a really good one, PM Fastrack Exam Simulation Software for the PMP Exam: Version 6but it costs $300. For under $50 you can get a very good PMP Exam Simulator. PMP Exam Simulator It comes with 10 base 200 question PMP exams. It has been developed by a team of PMPs and is the best value for this exceptional product.

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If you want to pass the PMP exam, do get at least three different sources for your PMP materials. If you get all of your materials from one place, you are going to find that it has holes in the content. Getting your materials from three different sources assures you that you should fill in any possible gaps in any of the three. You may want to make sure that the sources vary in type and media. For example, start with the PMBOK guide, augment it with a PMP Prep text, and a class, online training, or podcast.

Be sure to pick up the simulation software, it will be your best preparation tool, but after taking a sample test, go through the questions that you missed. Understand why you missed the questions from the explanations in the software, then go through the areas where you missed the most questions in your PMP prep texts and in the PMBOK guide.

If you need the 35 Contact Hours of training, then consider the The PM-Prepcast. It is under $100, and is rich media, video and audio. It can be listened to on your iPod or MP3 player or played on you computer. It also provides all 35 contact hours and is PMI approved.

You really can be ready for the PMP exam if you get at least three sources for your PMP materials. You can do that at reasonable prices, and follow up with PMP Exam simulation software so that you will be used to the format and style of the test on a computer.

You can be PMP certified! You can be ready for the PMP exam, At PM Exam Ready, we are dedicated to getting you ready to take that PMP exam, and getting you there at the best value for your money. You can’t afford to prepare anywhere else! Stop by often and get helpful hints and resources.

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How To Pass The Project Management Professional Exam

Oct15
2010 2 Comments Written by elroyking

Passing the PMP exam is pretty difficult. About.com characterized the PMP certification as one of the toughest credentials out there. The key to passing the exam is to study the right materials. There are a lot of free material out there on the Net, but often you get what you pay for when it comes to those material. However, there are some free sources of material that are easy to come by and carry a lot of value. The first one I am going to send to you is a free gift from me (well, a free gift from the Project Management Institute (PMI)), but I am going to pass it on to you, so it is a free value from reading my article. This gift is the PMP Credential Handbook (pdf). Now don’t start complaining now, thinking, “I don’t want to read through an entire handbook.” It is only 20 pages long—about 12 minutes of reading. But it gives you ALLof the information you need to know about obtaining the PMP credential—and you know it is accurate, because it comes straight from the PMI. Here is the link, download it now for free.

Now, I purchased a hard copy of the PMBOK guide because I like to highlight it, write in the margins, make notes and drawings. If you want a hardcopy of the PMBOK guide, you can purchaseA Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge: (Pmbok Guide) (Paperback) version 4 right here. Get it from Amazon from this link and save 40% over the cost of the book on retail shelves. Get it now!

The PMP exam covers the knowledge base in the PMBOK guide, but the test is designed to be a test of the application of the best practices and principles outlined in the PMBOK guide, and not just a regurgitation of the fact presented there. Rita Mulcahy estimates that 50% of those who do not pass the exam, fail it because they don’t have any project management experience on projects that use the PMI methodologies. Among the things that are important to learn in the PMP vocabulary and the PMI-isms. You will need some help knowing what those are and how to spot them on the exam. You are going to need some materials that showcase the working examples of the PMI methodologies. You can find those in PMP Prep books and courses. PMP Exam Prep, Sixth Edition: Rita’s Course in a Book for Passing the PMP Exam is a good example of one of these texts. Andy Crowe’s text,The PMP Exam: How to Pass on Your First Try is very good as well, but for the money, I would look at the Head First PMP: A Brain-Friendly Guide to Passing the Project Management Professional Exam text or the PMP Certification For Dummies by Peter Nathan and Gerald Everett Jones
text. Both of the texts are designed for beginners and do not assume that the reader has a lot of prior knowledge of the PMP subjects. Both come with lots of sample questions and a full length PMP sample exam. The sample PMP exam that comes with the Headfirst text is downloadable from their website. The For Dummies text has a CD with sample questions on it. The For Dummies text can be purchased for under $30, a huge value.

Go ahead and Download a Free 50 PMP Question Demo Now, see what the PMP Exam Simulator is like. Take a test drive and see if it suits you.

Elroy King

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Project Management Professional Course

Oct14
2010 2 Comments Written by elroyking

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How To Pass The PMP Exam

Oct13
2010 26 Comments Written by elroyking

Passing the PMP exam is pretty difficult. About.com characterized the PMP certification as one of the toughest credentials out there. The key to passing the exam is to study the right materials. There are a lot of free material out there on the Net, but often you get what you pay for when it comes to those material. However, there are some free sources of material that are easy to come by and carry a lot of value. The first one I am going to send to you is a free gift from me (well, a free gift from the Project Management Institute (PMI)), but I am going to pass it on to you, so it is a free value from reading my article. This gift is the PMP Credential Handbook (pdf). Now don’t start complaining now, thinking, “I don’t want to read through an entire handbook.” It is only 20 pages long—about 12 minutes of reading. But it gives you ALLof the information you need to know about obtaining the PMP credential—and you know it is accurate, because it comes straight from the PMI. Here is the link, download it now for free.

Now, I purchased a hard copy of the PMBOK guide because I like to highlight it, write in the margins, make notes and drawings. If you want a hardcopy of the PMBOK guide, you can purchaseA Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge: (Pmbok Guide) (Paperback) version 4 right here. Get it from Amazon from this link and save 40% over the cost of the book on retail shelves. Get it now!

The PMP exam covers the knowledge base in the PMBOK guide, but the test is designed to be a test of the application of the best practices and principles outlined in the PMBOK guide, and not just a regurgitation of the fact presented there. Rita Mulcahy estimates that 50% of those who do not pass the exam, fail it because they don’t have any project management experience on projects that use the PMI methodologies. Among the things that are important to learn in the PMP vocabulary and the PMI-isms. You will need some help knowing what those are and how to spot them on the exam. You are going to need some materials that showcase the working examples of the PMI methodologies. You can find those in PMP Prep books and courses. PMP Exam Prep, Sixth Edition: Rita’s Course in a Book for Passing the PMP Exam is a good example of one of these texts. Andy Crowe’s text,The PMP Exam: How to Pass on Your First Try is very good as well, but for the money, I would look at the Head First PMP: A Brain-Friendly Guide to Passing the Project Management Professional Exam text or the PMP Certification For Dummies by Peter Nathan and Gerald Everett Jones
text. Both of the texts are designed for beginners and do not assume that the reader has a lot of prior knowledge of the PMP subjects. Both come with lots of sample questions and a full length PMP sample exam. The sample PMP exam that comes with the Headfirst text is downloadable from their website. The For Dummies text has a CD with sample questions on it. The For Dummies text can be purchased for under $30, a huge value.

Go ahead and Download a Free 50 PMP Question Demo Now, see what the PMP Exam Simulator is like. Take a test drive and see if it suits you.

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