Project Management Professional: September 2011

Sunday, September 25, 2011

PMHUB-G PDU: you want it, you get it

All around the PDU, 3 articles on how to get PDU:
http://www.pmhub.net/wp/category/pdu/

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Friday, September 23, 2011

PMHUB-G Quiet time until November 2011

we expect NO PMP Exam LL until Nov 2011
Reason is that PMI is holding the result to determine the passing
rate: check this artcile:
http://www.pmhub.net/wp/2011/07/cornelius-fichtner-pmp-why-pmi-won%E2%80%99t-say-if-you-passed-or-failed-your-pmp-exam/

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

PMHUB-G Question on new PMP from Aug 31,2011

Hi All:

I am trying to appear for PMP. Can some one elaborate " on what changed" in PMP certification from Aug 31? Can I use study guides from fourth edition of PMBOK? How is preparation different from folks who took the test before Aug 31?

I saw the text below but unable to clearly understand it. Any help would be appreciated.

What are the major differences from the new exam to the old exam?

A: Approximately 30% of the content on the PMP examination is new or has substantial changes to reflect the role as defined by the RDS. This will result in existing items being updated as appropriate, new examination items being developed to meet these requirements, and old items which do not meet the criteria being retired.

A: Certain areas of the examination need to be tested in a different way because it was seen to be common across all content areas of the examination. Specifically, the Professional and Social Responsibility content area (Domain 6) will now be tested in every domain rather than as a separate domain on the examination. As such, PMI's Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct is now integrated into the day-to-day role of a project manager, emphasizing its importance in each phase of the project lifecycle.

With Regards,
Suresh
Business Technology (IT) Project Manager

http://www.linkedin.com/in/sureshsankar
"Joy comes from relationships and experiences, not from owning more stuff"

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

PMHUB-G Re: I passed! Sept 5, 2011

Congrats and thanks for the tips. How many times and how thoroughly
did you study the PMBOK ?

On Sep 7, 1:30 am, PMHUB <pm...@pmhub.net> wrote:
> Study Plan:
> 1) I read the entire Rita Mulcahy PMP Exam Prep guide.
> 2) I took a bunch of mock PMP exams on the internet and using a Skillsoft
> License through my company.
> 3) I made myself a set of flash cards for concepts that I got wrong, or had
> issues remembering. I also memorized all the formulas–EV, communication
> channels, and PERT analysis.http://www.pmhub.net/wp/2011/09/benheld-i-passed-september-5-2011/

PMHUB-G Lucy's LL: How to save time and skip ITTO memorizing

Lucy: "For all test takers that have a time crunch, my suggestion
would be you try to understand the logic between why anything is an
input or why it is a tool for any process. Understanding the logic
helped me understand the concepts. Practising questions is very
essential. If you get an exam simulator that would help. I used
Cornelius's exam simulator 3 day trial and PM Fastrack. Cornelius's
tips, tricks and explanation are good. Rita's and Cornelius's
questions have similar difficulty level with PMP real test. So
practising their questions helped a great deal. "

LINK to PMP Exam Simulator: http://www.premiumcast.com/vp/74111/13484/
Link to Lucy's LL: http://www.pmhub.net/wp/2011/05/l-johnson-cleared-pmp/
Link to PMP Fastrack:
http://www.amazon.com/Fastrack-Exam-Simulation-Software-PMP/dp/1932735259/ref=as_li_wdgt_js_ex?&linkCode=wsw&tag=pmpcert-20

Monday, September 19, 2011

PMHUB-G To memorize ITTO or not?

To memorize ITTO or not?
It truly is a test of your knowledge so don't think it's a memory game
because it's not
Kim L Westbrook, PMP –
http://www.pmhub.net/wp/2009/10/kim-l-westbrook-pmp-passed-1st-try-saturday-october-10th/

PMHUB-G Prof Responsibility

Professional Responsibility Day, 5 blogs on this topic by 3 great PMs

http://bit.ly/i3ke3X

All About Professional Responsibility

pmhub.net

PMHUB, PMP, PgMP, CAPM

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

PMHUB-G No PMP in September and October, new CAPM this ,morning Sept 14

Yes, practically there will be NO PMP this month and next month.
There will be no PMP LL, only CAPM and PgMP LLs.if any ...

There is a new CAPM today, who passed the exam this morning, morning of Sept 14. The name is Suki and the LL is here:
http://pmhub.net/forums/viewtopic.php?f=44&t=15837

Congrats to suki98! He/she will be writing the PMP Exam within 6 months, good luck Suki!

For more info, just read this article which include also a FAQ on the change of PMP Exam.

http://pmhub.net/pmdigest/component/content/article/1-articles/141-changes-in-pmp-exam-august-30-2011

Friday, September 9, 2011

Re: PMHUB-G PMHUB forums - 76,000 members today - new Forums membership rules

Just to give everybody here an idea of the volume of spam we are dealing here:

For the last one year, PMHUB Blog received 53,856 spams. Fortunately we are using a spam software filter that is very effective - but in the end we still have to manually sort it out and browse through the spams to make sure that valid comments are not deleted it since the filter is NOT 100% accurate.

This is about 150 spams a day just in PMHUB Blog

PMHUB Forums was very much worst. I remember one December some years ago where PMHUB Forums was attacked by spams and just one spambot posted more than 50 posts within minutes. That Christmas weekend - I have to ban hundreds of new members and clean up the forums from hundredds of spams. At that time the Forum software has no batch delete, so this was done one by one.

On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 6:37 PM, Paul D. Giammalvo <pauldgphd@gmail.com> wrote:

Such a shame that so much admin work needs to be done because of a handful of "bad actors"……..

BR,
Dr. PDG, Jakarta, Indonesia
http://www.build-project-management-competency.com

From: pmhub@googlegroups.com [mailto:pmhub@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of PMHUB
Sent: Friday, September 09, 2011 08:36
To: pmhub@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: PMHUB-G PMHUB forums - 76,000 members today - new Forums membership rules

Paul,

this apply to new members ONLY.

The existing members are "known" - the spammers are banned or deleted once they post spams.

New members are now tested through a simpel Q&A like: what is PMI, what is PMBOK and what is the PM in PMHUB. If they cannot answer the one of the 3 questions, then they need to ask PMHUB admin for help to activate their membership

Lots of work and hardship due to bad apples. Sign of the times?. Also many new members are not aware of PMI, PMBOK and the PM abbreviation...
On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 6:23 PM, Paul D. Giammalvo <pauldgphd@gmail.com> wrote:

Does this apply to OLD members as well as NEW members?

BR,
Dr. PDG, Jakarta

http://www.build-project-management-competency.com

From: pmhub@googlegroups.com [mailto:pmhub@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of PMHUB
Sent: Friday, September 09, 2011 08:11
To: PMHUB@yahoogroups.com; PMHUB
Subject: PMHUB-G PMHUB forums - 76,000 members today - new Forums membership rules

Soon, PMHUB will have its 80,000th member. At this moment, i just activated member #75,999.

New rules:
1. please use your company e-mail address (not Yahoo. Hotmail address, not Google address please)
2 to get activated as member, you should be able to answer 1 of 3 simple questions in store. If you are not able to answer this then write to pmhub@pmhub.net asking for activation, the name of the company you work with and your job title

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PMHUB-G For Iphone users: PMHUB Blog is now available customize for Iphone

The PMHUB Blog which publish PM articles and Lessons Learned is now available in customize format for your Iphone
The address is still the same URL as before: http://pmhub/net/wp

see u in iphone

Thursday, September 8, 2011

RE: PMHUB-G PMHUB forums - 76,000 members today - new Forums membership rules

Such a shame that so much admin work needs to be done because of a handful of “bad actors”……..

BR,

Dr. PDG, Jakarta, Indonesia

http://www.build-project-management-competency.com

From: pmhub@googlegroups.com [mailto:pmhub@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of PMHUB
Sent: Friday, September 09, 2011 08:36
To: pmhub@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: PMHUB-G PMHUB forums - 76,000 members today - new Forums membership rules

Paul,

this apply to new members ONLY.

The existing members are "known" - the spammers are banned or deleted once they post spams.

New members are now tested through a simpel Q&A like: what is PMI, what is PMBOK and what is the PM in PMHUB. If they cannot answer the one of the 3 questions, then they need to ask PMHUB admin for help to activate their membership

Lots of work and hardship due to bad apples. Sign of the times?. Also many new members are not aware of PMI, PMBOK and the PM abbreviation...

On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 6:23 PM, Paul D. Giammalvo <pauldgphd@gmail.com> wrote:

Does this apply to OLD members as well as NEW members?

BR,

Dr. PDG, Jakarta

http://www.build-project-management-competency.com

From: pmhub@googlegroups.com [mailto:pmhub@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of PMHUB
Sent: Friday, September 09, 2011 08:11
To: PMHUB@yahoogroups.com; PMHUB
Subject: PMHUB-G PMHUB forums - 76,000 members today - new Forums membership rules

Soon, PMHUB will have its 80,000th member. At this moment, i just activated member #75,999.

New rules:
1. please use your company e-mail address (not Yahoo. Hotmail address, not Google address please)
2 to get activated as member, you should be able to answer 1 of 3 simple questions in store. If you are not able to answer this then write to pmhub@pmhub.net asking for activation, the name of the company you work with and your job title

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Re: PMHUB-G PMHUB forums - 76,000 members today - new Forums membership rules

On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 6:23 PM, Paul D. Giammalvo <pauldgphd@gmail.com> wrote:

Does this apply to OLD members as well as NEW members?

BR,
Dr. PDG, Jakarta

http://www.build-project-management-competency.com

From: pmhub@googlegroups.com [mailto:pmhub@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of PMHUB
Sent: Friday, September 09, 2011 08:11
To: PMHUB@yahoogroups.com; PMHUB
Subject: PMHUB-G PMHUB forums - 76,000 members today - new Forums membership rules

Soon, PMHUB will have its 80,000th member. At this moment, i just activated member #75,999.

New rules:
1. please use your company e-mail address (not Yahoo. Hotmail address, not Google address please)
2 to get activated as member, you should be able to answer 1 of 3 simple questions in store. If you are not able to answer this then write to pmhub@pmhub.net asking for activation, the name of the company you work with and your job title

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RE: PMHUB-G PMHUB forums - 76,000 members today - new Forums membership rules

Does this apply to OLD members as well as NEW members?

BR,

Dr. PDG, Jakarta

http://www.build-project-management-competency.com

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PMHUB-G Tips from Tianna Roe Fonseca, PMP

From Tianna Roe Fonseca, PMP Facebook post with permission:

"My #1 tip after you obtain your credential - get all of your PDUs out of the way. Then there is no panic at the end of your CCR cycle."

Tianna Roe Fonseca, PMP

PMHUB-G are you as PM, a master motivator?

In Appendix G, the PMBOK Guide discusses Interpersonal Skills for the project manager. We are currently reviewing these one by one in our weekly PMP exam tip. This week we are looking at why it's important for you to become a "master motivator":

more here:

http://pmhub.net/forums/viewtopic.php?f=102&t=15824

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

PMHUB-G Re: [PM] I passed! Sept 5, 2011

Congrats ! Well done !!!

From: PMHUB <pmhub@pmhub.net>
To: PMHUB@yahoogroups.com; PMHUB <pmhub@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 7, 2011 11:00 AM
Subject: [PM] I passed! Sept 5, 2011

Study Plan:
1) I read the entire Rita Mulcahy PMP Exam Prep guide.
2) I took a bunch of mock PMP exams on the internet and using a Skillsoft
License through my company.
3) I made myself a set of flash cards for concepts that I got wrong, or had
issues remembering. I also memorized all the formulas–EV, communication
channels, and PERT analysis.
http://www.pmhub.net/wp/2011/09/benheld-i-passed-september-5-2011/

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Tuesday, September 6, 2011

PMHUB-G I passed! Sept 5, 2011

Study Plan:
1) I read the entire Rita Mulcahy PMP Exam Prep guide.
2) I took a bunch of mock PMP exams on the internet and using a Skillsoft License through my company.
3) I made myself a set of flash cards for concepts that I got wrong, or had issues remembering. I also memorized all the formulas–EV, communication channels, and PERT analysis.
http://www.pmhub.net/wp/2011/09/benheld-i-passed-september-5-2011/

Monday, September 5, 2011

PMHUB-G Cornelius Ficthner: Free PMP Exam Sample Question - long question, long answer

The following PMP® exam sample question is taken from the Free PMP Exam Simulator at http://free.pm-exam-simulator.com - The answer is at the very bottom:

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A custom jewelry manufacturing company took up a project to design and manufacture a necklace for an affluent personality. While in execution, during a metrics analysis meeting, the project team started to analyze the reasons for variations in the project's key performance metrics. The concern was the cost of quality that had been increasing for the past seven weeks. The first milestone (design of the necklace) is supposed to be delivered in another two days and the project manager is not comfortable with the trend. The team performed an analysis and identified that most of the defects seen surfaced during the requirements phase. Despite the deficiencies that surfaced during the requirements phase, the design activity was still started. Though the tasks were clearly defined with objectives, the business analyst had been released with a good performance rating. There was no way the details on requirements could be gathered except from the requirements document, which was not complete.

Which of the following failed in the above scenario?

A.) Setting expectations and team performance assessment
B.) Setting expectations but not team performance assessment
C.) Only team performance assessment
D.) WBS decomposition

ANSWER AND EXPLANATION:

http://pmhub.net/forums/viewtopic.php?f=102&t=15820&p=39794#p39794

More info & PMP Exam Simulator Link

Sunday, September 4, 2011

PMHUB-G Do you know how to Handle your weakness?

Your weakness?
I ask myself, "Does this hurt or hinder me and my performance?"
The answer depends on how I approach situations…
Here's my approach: http://www.pmhub.net/wp/2011/09/john-reiling-pmp-is-it-better-to-work-more-on-your-strengths-or-your-weaknesses/

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