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Oops! I Didn’t Take the PMP Exam By Aug 30, 2011. Now What?

By Vicki Wrona, PMP: As you may have heard, PMI changed the exam on August 31, 2011 by 30%. This was driven by a change in the Role Delineation Study and was designed to make the exam better reflect the updated skills needed and used…
Getting to Know You – Project Stakeholder Management
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Getting to Know You –
Project Stakeholder Management

By Kathy Martucci, PMP: You’d swear that you and your team are doing everything possible to create buy-in, communicate to and assist your stakeholders.  Your stakeholders think you ignore them, hide things and hinder their progress.…
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Who Knew? Project Management as an Ancient Study

By Kathy Martucci, PMP: Strength, balance and flexibility… basic foundations of yoga AND good project management. Try this: the next time you’re in a particularly galling meeting, inhale deeply through your nose all the way from…
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The Thrill is Gone:
Motivation on Projects

by Craig Covello, PMP: You may be too young to remember a blues song entitled, “The Thrill Is Gone.” It was written in 1951 by Rick Darnell and Roy Hawkins, and later popularized by blues guitarist legend B.B. King in 1970. Allow…
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Keeping Your Project on Scope

by Bruce Beer, PMP: Note: This is part 3 of a 3-part series. The first in this series of Keeping on Track blogs dealt with how to keep your project on track with regard to time, the second dealt with how to stay within budget, this…
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How to Deliver Bad News: 3 Techniques

By Vicki Wrona, PMP: A frequent concern and popular topic in our communications, leadership or project management training classes is how to deliver bad news. We commonly discuss techniques of feeling empathy, putting yourself in their…