A Project Manager is a front-line management position. In other words, it is unlikely that someone will come straight from school into this role. Usually, people show promise in their technical roles and are given project management responsibility. This can be a problem. On this page: Importance of Training ...

For anyone taking a PMP© exam preparation course, the section on Project Schedule Management can be very confusing. Experienced project managers have invariably come across Microsoft Project and are used to presenting schedules in the form of a Gantt chart. Picture their surprise when their PMP© course instructor keeps ...

If you have taken a PMP® exam preparation class and gone through the whole PMP® experience, you will have a perception of a nice, orderly world where projects are carefully defined and you, as the Project Manager, will be part of the initiating and planning process, as well as ...

CAUTION – This article was written in 2014 and may no longer be accurate. According to John Lennon, “life is what happens while you are busy making other plans” and this sums up neatly the problems faced by practicing project managers when they attempt to earn the Project Management ...

For those you out there thinking of taking the PMP® exam this year, it’s worth remembering that a new version of the exam will be issued on August 31st 2011. So if you’re planning on taking the PMP® exam on or after that date, you will be doing a ...

CAUTION – this article was written in 2014 and may no longer be accurate. The Project Management Professional (PMP)® is probably the project management certification that is most widely recognized worldwide. Anyone who obtains PMP® certification has demonstrated a track record in managing projects, has attended at least 35 ...