Using the PMP® Exam Simulator Part 2 | Velopi

Anyone who takes a Velopi PMP® exam preparation course gets unlimited access to the Velopi PMP® exam simulator. This will give you a realistic experience of what the actual 200-question, four-hour PMP® exam is all about. Our simulated PMP® exams use the exact same process group breakdown as the actual PMP® exam itself. In other words, 13% of the questions […]

Don’t Give Up Hope – PMP® exam content change for PMBOK® Guide 5th edition.

CAUTION – This article was written in 2013 and amy no longer be accurate. Being a full-time project manager can be a very demanding role. In principle, the bulk of the project manager’s work should be in the planning stages, but some projects demand significant fire-fighting during execution, maintaining the level of effort throughout the […]

Set Based Design

As a Project Manager, you will be expected to make decisions and there is often the temptation to make a decision before all the facts are in, in order to appear decisive. Indeed, there are people who argue that it is often better to make the wrong decision than not to make a decision at […]

PMP® Exam: Hurry Up or Wait?

Planning to take the PMP® exam this year? Not sure if you should get your exam application in quickly and get it over with while the fourth edition of the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) is still the basis of the PMP® exam? Or should you wait until after July and learn all about the PMBOK® Guide fifth edition? […]

The PMP® Exam’s New Initiating Tasks

In the beginning there was the Project Charter and the Sponsor saw that it was good. Then, handing the Charter to the Project Manager, the Sponsor declared: “Yea, verily, I say unto thee: Go forth and create a unique product, service or result based on the good book”. On this page: Understanding the Origin of […]

FREE Training via EGF Fund

CAUTION – This article was written in 2012 and may no longer be accurate. The European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) offers the opportunity of free training for unemployed construction workers. To find out if you are eligible for the grant scheme, contact the EGF Construction Contact Centre. To obtain EGF funding for a project management […]

Update to PMI’s Certification Exam Rescheduling and Cancellation Policy

In recent days, the PMI have announced changes to the rules for the rescheduling and cancellation of Project Management Certification examinations which will come into effect on April 1st 2012. Here are the full details from the PMI. On this page: Implementation of Rescheduling and Cancellation Fee PMI is implementing a new fee for the […]

FREE PMP Exam Practice Questions

Q1 Scope A project stakeholder is trying to add some scope to your project. The project sponsor specifically said this scope was not part your project when the charter was signed. What should you do? A-See if you have made enough progress that would allow this change to be madeB- See if you have any […]

How to Become a Certified Project Management Professional (PMP)®

CAUTION – This article was written in 2011 and may no longer be accurate. How to Become a Certified Project Management Professional (PMP)® Becoming a PMP® is not a difficult thing to do. This article will explain how to get PMP® certified the easy way. In response to queries looking for material titled “PMP® Certification for Dummies”, we […]

Project Management Professional (PMP)® Exam Topic The Code of Ethics

CAUTION – This article was written in 2011 and may no longer be accurate. This blog is focussed on the PMI® Code of Ethics. Unusually, the PMI® Code of Ethics is not covered in the Project Management Institutes, A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge, (PMBOK® Guide)– Fourth Edition, Project Management Institute, Inc., 2008. However, you can […]