Using Value Curves in Strategy Management

We have become fascinated with strategy ever since we were introduced to it while developing our Program Management Essentials and Program Management Professional (PgMP)© Exam Preparation courses. In fact, we felt that there was so much more to the subject than what is required for PgMP© accreditation that we took all the tools and techniques we had encountered in our research […]

Portfolio Management Processes

Portfolio management sounds like a good idea. Anyone who has set up a company or has served on a board of directors has had to manage the work the organization does, decide what new projects to embark on and juggle resources between all initiatives. This overall management of the enterprise is often frighteningly haphazard. The […]

How to deal with a difficult person on your project team

Every project manager must work with different types of people – and that often involves difficult personalities. As human beings, we all have good and bad behaviours. When we feel appreciated by others, good behaviour tends to dominate. However, in times of stress and conflict, bad behaviour can dominate. Studies by Zachary Wong (PhD and […]

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Testimonials: What they are saying about Velopi?

Seamus and our team at Velopi love getting feedback as it helps us to improve our consultancy services, our training courses, and our website! We receive feedback and evaluation through a variety of mediums some of which include post-course evaluation sheets, recommendations on LinkedIn, testimonials on our website, and comments on our Facebook, and tweets […]

What is a PDU in Project Management? | Velopi

The question “How do I maintain my PMP® certification?” & “What is a PDU?” come up regularly in the questions submitted to Velopi by PMP-certified Project Managers. On this page: Understanding PDUs If you hold the PMP®, PgMP®, PMI-SP®, PMI-RMP®, or PMI-ACP® credential(s), you are required to adhere to the Continuing Certification Requirements (CCR) program, […]

Critical Chain: What Benefits Does it Offer?

Eli Goldratt is famous for developing his Theory of Constraints. Put simply, every system has a constraint and, if you can identify and reduce that constraint, you will be able to enhance the performance of the system as a whole. When he applied this thinking to project scheduling, he determined that the Critical Path was […]

Applying Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs to Project Management

In our last article, we mentioned that what motivates someone differs from person to person and from time to time. Motivation has been shown to relate closely to a person’s needs and these differ throughout our lives. What is interesting is the idea that, as one need is satisfied, another comes along to take its […]

PMBOK® Guide: Changes to the 5th Edition | Velopi

The release of the PMBOK® Guide 5th Edition has some very interesting changes. On this page: 5th Edition Changes A new Knowledge Area called  Project Stakeholder Management has been added. This really emphasises the importance of this concept. The main knowledge area impacted by this new knowledge area is Communications. Identify Stakeholders moves from Communication to […]

Depreciation for Project Managers

If you are planning to sit the Project Management Professional (PMP)© exam then you will need to understand budgeting and the knowledge area known as Project Cost Management. While the main topics in this area are covered in our PMP© exam preparation course, there is one interesting little subject that does not get a mention in the Guide to […]