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Wicked Problem Solving Course Review (PMI)

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Welcome to my PMI Wicked Problem Solving review! The WPS course is a self-paced video training class is a partnership between PMI and Tom Wujeck. You get 18 PDUs credited to your PMI account , so it’s worth a lot. PMI and PwC.

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PMI-ACP and My New Book “Beyond Agile: Achieving Success with Situational Knowledge and Skills”

Leading Answers

It has been 10 years since the PMI-ACP exam was created, and I published my PMI-ACP Exam Prep book. PMI leadership rightly reined this in, explaining it was a good idea, but how about we just focus on getting the basic level credential created for now.

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5 Reasons to Get Your PMI-RMP® Certification

Project Risk Coach

I recently had a project manager ask me which of the PMI certifications he should pursue. Certainly, the Project Management Professional (PMP) ® and the Project Risk Management Professional (PMI-RMP) ® certifications supercharged my project management career. And in 2012, I became in PMI-RMP. There were several reasons I choose the PMI-RMP certification. PMI-RMP Certification Benefits. How to Jump-Start Your PMI-RMP ?

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The PMI-SP Certification & uCertify Training Course Review

Rebel’s Guide to PM

What is the PMI-SP Scheduling Certification? PMI-SP® is the PMI Scheduling Professional credential. What are the PMI-SP® Application Requirements? You can apply for PMI-SP if you meet the application requirements. The uCertify PMI-SP Course. I was given short-term access to the uCertify PMI-SP course. uCertify is a PMI Registered Education Provider. At that point in the course, you have covered all the PMI-SP exam objectives.

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PMI Are some more equal than others?

The Lazy Project Manager

And the declaration is I am challenging all of the project management organisations and publications around the world (you may have seen a series of articles from 2015 at the same time as the PMI EMEA Congress in London and this year I am back again just before the PMI EMEA Congress in Barcelona but that is because it is at this time of the year I reflect on what I am doing, and look at the project community around me – and so, to be very clear I am not just attacking PMI ).

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SAFe®’s NPS® Score as a Scaling Framework Is -56 According to 505 Survey Participants

Scrum.org

Therefore, back in 2017, I ran a first survey on the Net Promoter Score® of the Scaled Agile Framework SAFe®. Survey Data. Between December 13, 2021, and January 27, 2022, 505 peers participated in the survey. Quotes from Survey Participants. Survey.

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PMI’s Pulse of the Profession 2020: Creating a Future-Oriented Project Management Culture

Inloox

The Project Management Institute (PMI) has been conducting surveys, questioning international organizations and project managers on a regular basis since 2006. Source: PMI 2020 Pulse of the Profession Report, page 2 The new decade calls for a paradigm shift in project management.

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How to Survey Changes to Your External Business Environment | Video

Online PM Courses

You need to survey changes to your External Business Environment. The post How to Survey Changes to Your External Business Environment | Video appeared first on OnlinePMCourses. PMI Talent Triangle: Strategic & Business Management business blueprint business environment video

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3 Career Benefits of Project Management

Rebel’s Guide to PM

According to my organization’s recent Project Management Salary Survey , the median annual pay for project professionals in the United States, for example, is $115,000 – more than double the median annual income for all American full-time workers ($51,480). Kickoff from PMI. Career PM

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Webinar Recap: Want To Be A PMI-ACP? The Primary Steps to Take

MPUG

Please find below a transcription of the audio portion of Satya Narayan Dash’s session, Want To Be A PMI-ACP? If you want to be a PMI-ACP, here are the primary steps to take. Today’s session is eligible for one PMI-PDU and the technical category.

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Jon Clay: PMI UK’s New President Explains What’s Next For The Chapter

Rebel’s Guide to PM

This article, Jon Clay: PMI UK’s New President Explains What’s Next For The Chapter , first appeared on Girl's Guide to PM. Professional organisations often rely on volunteers, and the PMI UK Chapter is no different. Jonathan Clay, PMI UK President. Being President of PMI UK requires you to travel a lot. I’d been on the PMI UK Board for three years and when the opportunity arose I knew I had to apply. What’s new for PMI at the moment?

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PMI Report: The Impact of Disruptive Technologies on Project Management

LiquidPlanner

The impact of this digital disruption on organizations and their project management practices is the subject of a new global study by the Project Management Institute (PMI), N ext Practices: Maximizing the Benefits of Disruptive Technologies on Projects. Innovators, which made up the top 12 percent of the survey, were defined as organizations with a mature digital transformation strategy. The survey appears to back this up.

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Top 6 Interesting Statistics About PMI And PMP [June 2022]

PM by PM

In this post, you will find interesting statistics related to PMI (Project Management Institute) and PMP (Project Management Professionals). I have compiled these stats by taking data mostly from the online polls and surveys of visitors on this blog.

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Earning Strategic PDUs for PMIs Certification

iZenBridge

Minimum & Maximum Strategic PDUs for PMIs Certification’s: The minimum and maximum Strategic PDUs requirements for each PMI’s certificate are as below: How to earn Strategic PDUS? Strategic PDUs are applicable for any of your PMI certificates. In this blog.

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Executive Project Ownership

The Lazy Project Manager

You can access the survey here https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/Executive_Project_Ownership. project management apm executive ipma lazy project manager management Manager monkey peter taylor PMI pmp project sponsorship survey

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PMP Exam Changes in 2021: Are You Ready?

MPUG

PMI will start conducting the exam based on a new pattern as of January 2, 2021. From January 2, 2021 on, PMI will administer a new version of the exam. The exam was supposed to change on July 1, 2020, but PMI postponed it by six months because of the Covid-19 pandemic.

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How to Start a Career in Project Management: Answers to FAQ

Epicflow Blog

According to PMI’s Job Growth and Talent Gap in Project Management 2017-2027 , organizations’ need for project talent has significantly increased since their previous investigation in 2008. PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP) (costs from $435 for members and $495 for non-members); .

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In Anticipation of PMI Global Congress North America 2012

Wrike

The first part of the speech will cover the most interesting findings of a survey recently conducted by Wrike with 1,000 respondents (how many people work remotely, how this compares to their work style 2-3 years ago, what they value the most about telecommuting, where they see this trend going, etc.) For instance, the vast majority of surveyed people believe that a fully virtual office will be a reality in the future.

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July 1, 2020’s PMP® Exam Changes

MPUG

The revised exam, according to PMI, “is evolving, just like the profession.” Before any exam change, PMI sponsors a role delineation study, an analysis of the typical responsibilities of a project manager. Articles pmbok PMI® pmp PMP Exam

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How to Use the Delphi Technique

Project Risk Coach

PMI-RMP® Exam Question. The Delphi Technique is used to gather information and reach consensus through anonymous input using surveys and questionnaires. The facilitator creates and distributes an online survey asking the experts to identify risks. PMI-RMP Exam Prep

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Give me ‘C’

The Lazy Project Manager

A comment from my recent PMO Survey summed it up with ‘the management in charge of the PMO are highly experienced operational managers, each with a significant and solid track record. level executives ipma lazy project manager peter taylor PMI pmo pmp project project author project manager project speaker survey

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The PMP® Exam is Changing: Here’s What You Need to Know

International Institute for Learning

In June 2019, the Project Management Institute (PMI) ® announced that significant changes are coming to the Project Management Professional (PMP) ® Exam. Remember, if you file online (and most folks do), PMI ® has five calendar days to review your application and notify you if you’re eligible to sit for the exam. Many folks ask, why does PMI have to change the exam? PMI also identified forty-two tasks across all five domains that competent project managers perform.

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Project Scheduling: Your Essential Guide

Online PM Courses

We will largely follow the process structure in the 6th Edition of the PMI‘s Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBoK). But, we’ll also step outside it’s Project Scheduling Knowledge Area (KA), to survey the full scope of the […]. PMBoK & PMP PMI Talent Triangle: Technical Project Management Project Planning Project Schedule ManagementIn this guide, we’ll look at all the key elements of project scheduling.

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Sustain Your PMO: Nine Easy Lessons

The Lazy Project Manager

And there are communities you can connect to – on LinkedIn, through the project management bodies such as PMI and APM, etc. Even after being in place for years, PMOs are still subject to scrutiny; one in three of the PMOs which were reported in the ESI survey to have closed this year were 5 years old, or older. The top reason cited in the survey for disbanding a PMO was that of corporate restructuring. project speaker leading peter taylor pmi.

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Overview of the PMBOK® Guide Seventh Edition – Lesson 1 Transcription

MPUG

So with that, let me go ahead and just say our first portion being the overview of the PMBOK Guide 7th Edition, what I wanted to talk to you about here is really the evolution, the legacy, and exactly what is PMI valuing now? It’s not the only thing that PMI publishes.

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Top Enterprise Project Management Software Platforms of 2020

The Digital Project Manager

In the PMI’s Pulse of the Profession survey in 2019, nearly 80% of organizations had. The post Top Enterprise Project Management Software Platforms of 2020 appeared first on The Digital Project Manager. Tools Tools PM

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PMP Exam Changes in 2021: Are You Ready?

MPUG

PMI will start conducting the exam based on a new pattern as of January 2, 2021. From January 2, 2021 on, PMI will administer a new version of the exam. The exam was supposed to change on July 1, 2020, but PMI postponed it by six months because of the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Communication Breakdown

The Lazy Project Manager

The book, based on a survey of 5,000 project managers, states in its findings: ‘Good communication is comprised of more than how the message is delivered. This groundbreaking work is based on The Alpha Study, a landmark survey of over 5,000 project managers and stakeholders. project management Uncategorized apm bad breakdown communication good ipma lazy lazy project peter taylor PMI pmp presenter project project author project manager project speaker reporting

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Add to the C-Level

The Lazy Project Manager

A comment from my recent PMO Survey summed it up with ‘the management in charge of the PMO are highly experienced operational managers, each with a significant and solid track record. level change chief cpo ipma lazy officer peter taylor PMI pmp project presenter project speaker projects strategy

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Tips for Introducing Granular Workload Organization to Your Project Team (Inspired by the Discussion at PMI LA Chapter)

Wrike

This time, I want to share some notes from the February dinner meeting of the PMI LA Chapter. Another revelation of our survey on work styles was that 21% of workers see procrastination as one of the most dangerous productivity killers. The post Tips for Introducing Granular Workload Organization to Your Project Team (Inspired by the Discussion at PMI LA Chapter) appeared first on Blog Wrike.

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Scope Management Plan: Everything You Need to Know

Online PM Courses

This is a schematic version of how the PMI represents it in the 6th Edition of its Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBoK). You’ll do this with a combination of one-to-one and one-to-many meetings, and using remote communication and survey tools. The highlighting of work is mine, not PMI’s. Again, my highlights, not PMI’s. I hope the PMI won’t be upset if I say that I find the distinction between the two as a little artificial.

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Project Closure: Your Complete Guide to How to Close-down Your Project

Online PM Courses

Before we look at what project closure entails,let’s just make a brief survey of what some of the formal approaches to project management have to say on the subject. The PMI’s PMBoK® 6th Edition. Project closure is often viewed as an afterthought by Project Managers: We’re done, let’s run.’ ’ But projects can become like a dripping tap. You tighten the faucet a bit more, but it still keeps dripping.

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How to Build a Culture of Sharing in Distributed Project Teams, and More Questions from PMI Dallas Chapter Dinner

Wrike

The first event on my 2013 speaking calendar was the dinner meeting at PMI Dallas Chapter. And the trend will only expand: as Wrike’s survey revealed , every fourth worker foresees his or her office going virtual in the near future. According to our survey respondents, bad visibility into colleagues’ actions is one of the biggest problems in remote collaboration. In February, I’ll be speaking about remote collaboration at PMI Los Angeles Chapter dinner meeting.

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Thinking of Getting Your PMP® Certification?

International Institute for Learning

million PMI®-certified project managers. Business News Daily conducted a survey of job boards and found that the PMP® was clearly the number one certification for project managers. The association with PMI chapters brings greater value for your career.”

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How to Get Your Next Lessons Learned Meeting Right

Online PM Courses

Feedback and survey results. Do also consider doing a survey of team members for their individual LLs in advance of the meeting. Survey Monkey (free and paid). But for our purposes here, let’s just briefly survey a few of the most valuable tools, which project managers commonly use in this kind of meeting. PMI Talent Triangle: Strategic & Business Management Post-Project Review Project Management Career Team Leader Lessons Learned Lessons Learned meeting LL

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Project Management Statistics: 45 Stats You Can't Ignore

Workamajig

PMI ). PMI ). 68% - more than 2/3rd - of organizations in PMI's annual survey said that they used outsourced or contract project managers in 2018. ( PMI ). PMI ). As per Wellingtone's survey, only 22% of organizations use a PM software. PMI ). PMI ). 50% of respondents in a survey said that their biggest challenge is that PMO processes are seen as overhead. PMI ). PMI ). PMI , University of Ottawa ). PMI ).

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Project Procurement Management [All the basics you need to know]

Online PM Courses

Let’s survey the main types, and their primary features. PMI Talent Triangle: Technical Project Management Project Procurement Management Contract COTS market testing procurementProject procurement becomes necessary when your project is so large that you don’t have skills or capacity within your team to do things yourselves in a cost-effective way.

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Project Manager or Project Leader? What’s the Difference?

Online PM Courses

And then there’s the PMI Talent Triangle. If you’re a PMI member, you need to hoe your craft in three dimensions: Technical: the core skills of Project Management. We’ll also look at The PMI’s View… I will end this article by looking at how the Project Management Institute (PMI) may see the distinction between Project Manager and Project Leader. Simply, we can compare the list of examples PMI offers in its Talent Triangle flyer.

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How To Motivate Your Project Team

Rebel’s Guide to PM

One way is to take the VIA Character Survey at [link] This is a free survey and you receive your ranking of the 24 character strengths right away. The courses are all eligible for PMI PDUs which is great!

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What PRINCE2® certification should you get?

Rebel’s Guide to PM

But it’s not as well-known in the United States, where the Project Management Professional (PMP)® certificate from PMI, the Project Management Institute, has the largest market share. There’s not a lot of salary survey data on PRINCE2 Practitioners, so it’s hard to say conclusively.

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