Guidelines for PMP application
At Education Edge in our PMP COURSE, we provide all the help in every aspect of PMP. Therefore we are now called The One Stop PMP shop. Here are the Guidelines for filling up a PMP application: Guidelines for filling…
PMBOK 6 arrival- let’s embrace the new change
Lately we have received so many inquiries from Project Managers that are in a panic to pass the PMP Exam before it changes to align with the new PMBOK6. For anyone who has attempted the exam recently or is in…
Education Edge – Stakeholder Knowledge Area
Knowledge Area #10 – Stakeholder Critical Highlights: • stakeholders are groups/individuals who may affect / be affected by the project • identify stakeholders is a continually process throughout the project lifecycle • identify stakeholders, communicate and engage them, manage expectations and focus on satisfaction • stakeholder…
Education Edge – Procurement Knowledge Area
Knowledge Area #9 – Procurement Critical Highlights: • Procurement Statement of Work (SOW) is a legal document subject to legal reviews, legal advise should be sought throughout the whole procurement process • sellers are external to the project team • need to go through all…
Education Edge – Risk Knowledge Area
Knowledge Area #7 – Risk Critical Highlights: • Risk identification, management and response strategy impacts every area of the project management life cycle • everyone is responsible for identifying risks • Risk has one or more causes and has one or more impacts • Risk…
Education Edge – Communication Knowledge Area
Knowledge Area #7 – Communication Critical Highlights: • Assure the timely collection, generation, distribution, storage, retrieval and ultimate disposition of project information • Very important to the ultimate success of the project • Message transmission: 7% in word, 38% in vocal pitch, 55% in body language (Albert Mehrabian)…
Education Edge – Human Resource Knowledge Area
Knowledge Area #6 – Human Resource Critical Highlights: • Sexism, racism or other discrimination should never be tolerated, no matter what the circumstances. You must separate your team from discriminatory practices, even if those practices are normal in the country where…
Education Edge – Quality Knowledge Area
Knowledge Area #5 – Quality Critical Highlights: • Everyone in the organization is responsible for the quality (project team for destined parts while PM for project quality), PM is ultimately responsible for the project quality • Prevention over inspection • Outliers are singular measurements outside…
Education Edge – Cost Knowledge Area
Knowledge Area #4 – Cost Critical Highlights: • sunk cost – cost already incurred in the past and cannot be recovered, do not consider anymore • opportunity cost – difference in value between one path vs alternative (= 100% of value of next best alternative) • value analysis/…
Education Edge – Time Knowledge Area
Education Edge Canada – Time Knowledge Area course Knowledge Area #3 – Time Critical Highlights: • Define policies, procedures and documentation for managing and controlling project schedule • Include scheduling methodology, tools, level of accuracy, control thresholds (limit beyond which preventive/corrective actions needed),…
