In my previous post titled “Is the PMP at the tail end of the hype cycle?”, I never claim my data points prove anything, but the conjecture I think is still a legitimate conclusion that in terms of the “faddish” growth factor of the PMP that it is starting to peak.  I probably should...
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At a recent talk I gave for PMI-LA’s North LA county meetup, was on the dilemma of what to do after obtaining the PMP.  As an instructor for their PMP prep course that’s held two times a year since 2007 and the wonderful students I have kept in touch with after the classes as...
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I ran into this post from Pat Weaver of the Mosaic Project blog discussing the failure of project scheduling and how this is caused by its implementation of ideas from the 18th rather than the mid 20th century where notions such as the Critical Path Method (CPM) was invented. But most interesting to me...
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I’m an avid reader of The Economist magazine and make sure to read it cover to cover on a weekly basis.  It is the only magazine I subscribe to and read primarily in paper form.  Though I have converted to reading the majority of articles, papers and books through the electronic medium, I still prefer...
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As I had a conversation with a team member towards the end of a project that was nearing it’s eventual successful completion, we both concluded the conversation by saying we “pray the project finishes without a hitch.”  It dawned on me that many of my conversation regarding the projects that I worked on whether...
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Apparently this is the case according to Professor Bent Flyvbjerg, of the BT Centre for Major Programme Management, Saїd Business School, University of Oxford.  I was originally directed to this inflammatory statement from a post by Elizabeth Harrin on her popular PM blog  ”A Girl’s Guide to Project Management” which lead me to do a search...
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