By Son Nguyen, on February 16th, 2012%
As per PMI’s Continuing Certification Requirements (CCR), every PMP needs to re-certify his/her credentials every 3 years. In order to re-certify, a PMP needs to earn 60 Professional Development Units (PDUs) every 3 years.
PMI has announced that as of March 1, 2011 the PDU categories will be changed. The changes are to simplify the process. They are significant and should be understood by all PMPs. The restructuring has reduced the number of PDU categories from 18 to six. The six new categories will be grouped under two divisions: Education and Giving Back to the Profession. From that point onward PMP certified project managers claiming PDUs need to claim the PDUs they earn according to this new structure.
By Son Nguyen, on January 4th, 2011%
We call it a free trial, but we know the truth. Trying out a new project management tool is never truly free, because it requires time and energy from you to figure out if it’s right for your team. And your time and energy costs money.
In a way, it’s a lot like dating. Most people don’t meet someone and know instantly if they’re going to be together forever. You spend time together, learn to appreciate each other’s assets and discover each other’s flaws. And ultimately come to a conclusion about whether you want to commit. It’s the same with project management software, because the tools teams use to run their projects is absolutely core to the way they function day in and day out.
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By Son Nguyen, on December 27th, 2010%
Recently, the LiquidPlanner team took some time and conducted in-depth interviews with nearly 40 of our most active customers. We asked a lot of questions and heard some great success stories. One thing quickly became clear: the method you use to roll out a new tool can make or break its adoption on a team.
So what made these teams successful? They each avoided most (or all) of the pitfalls below when introducing project management software to their teams.
Pitfall #10: Export data from your old system and re-import it directly into the new one. Expect everything to magically improve.
Instead: Clean house (project-wise and process-wise) during implementation. Get rid of old project data you don’t need. Delete unnecessary steps from your project template. Make sure you have the best possible processes in place for your team. Now is the time to make a change if change is needed.
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By Son Nguyen, on December 22nd, 2010%
One of the more obscure terms that you need to know for the PMP Exam is the “Tornado Diagram”. Basically, the tornado diagram is a typical display format of the sensitivity analysis. Let’s look at this in more detail.
A Tornado diagram, also called tornado plot or tornado chart, is a special type of Bar chart, where the data categories are listed vertically instead of the standard horizontal presentation, and the categories are ordered so that the largest bar appears at the top of the chart, the second largest appears second from the top, and so on. They are so named because the final chart appears to be one half of a tornado. This diagram is useful for sensitivity analysis – comparing the relative importance of variables. For example, if you need to visually compare 100 budgetary items, and identify the largest ten items, it would be nearly impossible to do using a standard bar graph. However, in a tornado diagram of the budget items, the top ten bars would represent the top ten largest items.
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