Investment Decisions in Project Management

Cocaine, according to Ben Dunne Jr, is God’s way of telling you that you have too much money. While gigantic, trans-national corporations do not develop appetites for narcotics, their multi-billion dollar war chests clearly indicate that they too have too much money. It is ironic that, by exploiting globalization and through Olympian tax avoidance, these […]

The Communication Channels in Project Management

Anyone who is preparing to take the Project Management Professional (PMP)® exam will be aware that there are a handful of formulae to be learned. Most of these relate to earned value management and estimating. However there is one that stands alone and, as such, is often forgotten. I’m referring of course to the number of […]

Our Practice PMP® Exam Questions | Velopi

Today, we’re going to run through some of the different types of questions you may be asked in the PMP® project management exam. The ability to recognize and deal with each type of question will significantly increase your chances of attaining PMP® certification. All PMP® sample questions on our exam simulator are based on these question types. Formula […]

Project Management Training Through Skillnets

Here in Velopi we have been expanding our course offerings to include several one-day courses that make interesting ways for Project Management Professionals (PMPs)© to amass Professional Development Units (PDUs). However, the only way these make commercial sense for us is to offer them exclusively to our corporate clients. On this page: Expand Your Project Management […]

6 Items to Achieve your PMP Certification

On this page:   The Project Management Institute (PMI)® has developed a set of criteria and credentials for recognising Project Management Professionals (PMP®s) worldwide. The credentialing process is rigorous, including: three to five documented years of work experience in project management, 35 hours of project management related training, and successful completion of the multiple-choice PMP® Exam. The […]

Our Custom Solutions for PMP® Certification Training | Velopi

On this page: As an Authorized Training Partner for the Project Management Institute (PMI), Velopi has to provide project management training that meets the PMI’s standards. You might think this should be enough to attract everyone who wants to be a project manager, or wants to be a better project manager, to our courses. Understanding Project […]

Project Cost Management – Exam Topic

There are usually a number of questions on the Project Management Professional (PMP)® exam relating to a Project Cost Management. This article will explain some terms relating to the Project Cost Management section of the course. What is Project Cost Management? Project Cost Management includes the process involved in the planning, estimating, budgeting & controlling costs […]

Project versus Strategic Planning

On this page: Strategy is one of those concepts we vaguely understand, until someone tasks us with coming up with a definition for same. Then you will hear terms like “long-range planning”, or “high-level planning”, or even “something that happens beyond my pay grade”. In a way, they are all right, but the concept itself […]

PMP Certification Ireland – Why should you choose an Authorized Training Partner (ATP)?

The 2021 PMP® Exam Format Up until January 2021, if you wanted to obtain Project Management Professional (PMP)® accreditation, you went looking for a PMP® exam preparation course run by one of the Project Management Institute’s Registered Education Providers (REPs). All Change: Providers Have Become Partners Today, you will need to find one of the Institute’s Authorized Training Partners […]

3 Reasons for NOT getting the PMP

Here in Velopi, we have been wondering why people who go to the trouble of taking a PMP® course do not achieve their goal at the end. We are particularly concerned about those people who never actually attempt the exam. Why is this?We did some root cause analysis and came up with three possible reasons: […]