Michelle LaBrosse, CCPM, CAL, PMP, RYT We’ve all been there at one time or another – our career feels like it’s on the slow track to nowhere. I remember when I was still in the Aerospace field, I often wondered “is this all there is?” I stumbled upon a book called “Do What You Are” […]
By Brad Egeland Most projects are complex in some way – especially high tech projects. Not all project managers get to choose their projects or even get to personally choose their team members once they land as leadership on a project. I know I usually don’t. I get to request a warm body with a
By Brad Egeland Got a project that is tanking and the first obvious choice is to bring in a new project manager? It’s difficult to change leadership at that level, but sometimes it just has to happen. If you are at the point of considering or needing to replace the project manager or especially if
Michelle LaBrosse, CCPM, CAL, CPD, RYT Since 2001, we have been helping people get and stay Project Management Professional (PMP) certified. Many of these folks stay in touch with us – especially those who continue to take Cheetah Learning professional development courses to maintain their PMP certification or earn new PM certs through Cheetah Learning.
By Brad Egeland Best practices – what exactly is meant by that? For me – especially in terms of project management – it’s not rocket science. It’s about doing those things that keep the project manager and team focused on successfully delivering the best project solution possible to the client. I’m going to present a
Brad Egeland If you need the “best of the best”, then what skills or characteristics are you looking for? What defines the best for your organization’s project needs? While BAs are not project managers, the most successful BAs manage the entire business analysis effort. This means that the BA is proactive and dependency-aware. It also
Michelle LaBrosse, CCPM, PMP, PMI-ACP, RYT We’re now a couple weeks into the new Project Management Professional Certification exam based on the PMBOK 6th Edition. At Cheetah Learning, we are having good results with people passing the PMP exam after taking Cheetah’s PMP exam prep course. Here is what we’re seeing: You still need to
Michelle LaBrosse, CCPM, PMP, PMI-ACP, RYT Every day we help Cheetah Students complete their eligibility applications for the Project Management Institute’s Project Management Professional Certification exam. PMI is very diligent in ensuring that the people who become eligible to take the PMP exam are actually Project Managers and not simply following a repetitive process that
Michelle LaBrosse, CCPM, PMP, PMI-ACP, RYT For project staff, interruptions and distractions cost $30,000 per project team member every year. This isn’t just an issue with productivity, it’s also a significant issue with an organization’s ability to finish their projects and the impact of unfinished projects on the viability of an organization to survive. As part of
Michelle LaBrosse, CAL, CPD, CCPM, PMP, PMI-ACP, RYT Okay, this alphabet soup after my name is getting quite long. The main thing is I’m “certified.” I guess this is like the good housekeeping seal of approval that someone somewhere has deemed me capable of doing something of value for someone. But I did have to
