On this page: As a project management professional (PMP)®, you could argue that your entire existence is all about problem solving. You are given some sort of project charter and are tasked with converting its aspirations into tangible products and services. In other words you are solving the given ...

When the film “Six Degrees of Separation” was released in the U.S.A., it must have raised quite a few eyebrows. Surely it is impossible to suggest that everyone on planet Earth is connected to everyone else if you go through six relationships? In Ireland, the reaction was different. Here ...

As part of Velopi’s Blended Learning Solution, we provide our CAPM® and PMP® exam preparation students with access to our online exam simulator. Students are offered a range of trial exams that sharpen their knowledge of the Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) and prepare them psychologically for the actual ...

For many of us, project management is something we were thrust into. We were happily carrying out our work in the context of projects, when it was decided to put us in charge. If we were lucky, we got some project management courses, but for the most part we ...

On this page: Anyone who first met earned value management as part of their PMP® exam preparation course will probably have cursed it for giving them a whole list of formulae to remember. However, anyone who has tried to track a schedule and a budget will appreciate that it ...

On this page: At one point, the American band, The Grateful Dead, had to confront its lead guitarist, Jerry Garcia, about his heroin addiction. They were frustrated by Garcia’s erratic performances and wanted him to sort himself out. So they presented him with an ultimatum: Heroin or the band. ...