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What does it mean to 'crash a project'?
Crashing is simply the concept of throwing more resources--be it money, tools and machinery, humans, etc--at a work package in an attempt to decrease its overall duration. The general idea is, if you ...
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Can I go for PMP certification without having any project management experience?
There are 2 requirements to appear for PMP certification -
Project Management Experience
35 hours of Project Management Education
Regarding Project Management Experience
You need 4500 hrs of ...
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ETC calculation including SPI
The issue with using formula is that it will provide an extremely precise, deterministic value that lives in a range of probabilistic values. Although extremely precise, no single formula will give ...
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Faulty piece of software discovered, next steps for a Project Manager to take
The root-cause analysis is not the only problem solving method, and the solution process may include root-cause analysis or other methods. So, a solution idea can be found using any method. That's why ...
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Requirements for PMI's PMP course
The PMP handbook says that you need the "global equivalent" of a bachelor's degree. PMI can't know or dictate the graduation requirements for higher learning institutions all around the world. I can't ...
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Does Project Charter change when the Project manager changes?
Project Charter is a document that formalizes the existence of a project and gives authority to the project manager to use organizational resources for the completion of that project.
Having said ...
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Work Breakdown Structure - Help on identifiying deliverables, workpackages, etc.,
The first thing you need to do is remove those phases. They are straight from the PMBoK and are process groups, not phases. Trying to organize your work around that will yield nothing useful. In ...
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Anyone studying for PMP exam or have passed PMP?
There are no tricks to passing the PMP. You need to know and understand the information to pass it.
Passing the PMP is about understanding PMI's definitions of a project and how to run it. If you do ...
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Faulty piece of software discovered, next steps for a Project Manager to take
It's a PMP test question. The answers are not always logical nor based in reality. With this question, #3 and #4 are likely happening simultaneously. In fact, a solution may not be present without ...
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How important are PMI certifications in the beginning of a PM career?
The PMP seems to be the standard certification. I've been asked about the PMP in interviews in several different countries (as far away as Singapore). I have my Scrum Master Certification and work ...
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What is the difference between requirement and scope?
To put it simply: Requirements is what the customer needs, scope is what will be done to fulfill them.
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Transitioning into Project Management from Network engineer
My background is similar, so I'll tell you my lessons learned.
To get started, let people know you are interested in the PM role, and that you would like to work as a project admin or coordinator to ...
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What are the pros & cons of taking a PMP practice exam as a "pre-assessment?"
There are lots of places that offer free PMP practice questions (eg http://www.oliverlehmann.com/sample-questions-pmp-self-tests.html).
Practise exams are only really useful if you feel you're ready ...
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Can I go for PMP certification without having any project management experience?
A PMP certification requires you to have at least 4500 hours (if you have a 4-year degree) to 7500 hours (if you have a secondary degree) of experience in leading a project (Source: PMI). That doesn't ...
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Does the current PMP exam ask about human motivational theory?
I passed the exam 6 months back. I didn't use the same approach than you, I read only very few chapters of the PMBOK. The way I did was doing a maximum of tests and studied the reasons why I failed ...
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How long will be 5th edition of PMBOK be basis for PMP certification
As many PM training portals say, PMBOK® Guide Sixth Edition is going to be released in Q3'17 (Jun-Aug 2017), and PMP Exam update to PMBOK® Guide 6 will happen in Q1 of 2018.
https://www.project-...
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PMP question bank
PMI does not publish its bank of questions. So you will not find it. Anything you find on the web, whether it is from a PMI-approved supplier or not, are their own questions and may or may not ...
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What is the difference between ITIL and PMP?
This question can go in a lot of different directions, so I will attempt to be brief.
ITIL, as you're probably aware is Information Technology Infrastructure Library; and PMP is a Project Management ...
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Work Breakdown Structure - Help on identifiying deliverables, workpackages, etc.,
Deliverables depend entirely on what you are building. You may find it best to start by stating the end result of the project then work backwards to find the interim deliverables. In the case of a ...
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Characteristics of a real project manager
This is a tough one to answer. I think a lot of discussion on this topic one might find out there is not much more than hyperbole. There have been some studies on leadership, where some traits were ...
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Characteristics of a real project manager
This is not an easy question to answer. The answer varies from company to company, from culture to culture. So collected some existing qualities that I can resonate with.
I have found this list on ...
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Faulty piece of software discovered, next steps for a Project Manager to take
In a real-world life environment (not the PMP exam), would it really be appropriate to come up with a solution before doing root-cause analysis?
Yes. Because the customer is interested in a solution, ...
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What does it mean to 'crash a project'?
There are 2 strategies for compressing project schedules; crashing and fast tracking.
Crashing refers to adding more resources to critical activities in order to reduce the duration and save time ...
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Can I go for PMP certification without having any project management experience?
I will try to not repeat too much of what has been said before. So lets skip the 35 h of formal training as they are easy to obtain one way or another. Furthermore, it has been pointed out that you ...
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PMP hours documentation
The 36 month period is applicable to the experience requirement (must have gathered your 4500 hours of experience in a period equal to or greater than 36 months), but I don't see anywhere that ...
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How to determine hours spent on a project if didn't record them at the time?
@CodeGnome is right, in that only PMI approves a candidate's application; however, I think your actual question is: should you try and submit an application?
Your stated experience in your business ...
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What is the difference between ITIL and PMP?
In simple words you need PMP to survive during project creation and ITIL to make it survive after delivery.
If you need more details then you need to spend some time looking for the answer to know ...
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Can organizational trainings (Classroom and Web-based) be considered for Continuing Certification Requirements (CCR) of PMP?
You should load any and all types of training you receive during your three years as it relates to project management and be as descriptive as you can in the tool. For example, I believe the tools ...
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2000 hrs a year as project management experience in application
Writing not from a PMI perspective but rather an auditor's perspective, claiming 2,000 hours in a year could signal suspicion. Some most certainly log those kind of hours but I think it's on the tail ...
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Putting zero hours under a process for a PMI application
In a PMI application you should focus on what you did in project managment, not what you didn't. It is not relevant to mention what you did not do. You should have PM experience in all project process ...
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