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
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. The emotional energy spent in frustration and analyzing how
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
Michelle LaBrosse, CAL, CCPM, PMP, PMI-ACP, RYT I’ve spent the past several months combing through the PMBOK 6th Edition comparing it to the PMBOK 5th Edition to make sure the Cheetah Exam Prep for the PMP will continue to ensure Cheetah students pass the PMP exam after four days of prep. It is true there
Michelle LaBrosse, CCPM, PMP, PMI-ACP, RYT In last week’s Facebook live webinar, I talked about how to activate your innate genius and bring out the best of everyone. As part of these two, I talked about the importance of creating supportive support networks for achieving both goals. But how do you go about creating more
Michelle LaBrosse, CCPM, PMP, PMI-ACP, RYT Have you noticed when you are happy, doing what you love, you are more willing to help others succeed? The question is how can we have more of that for everyone and create a better world? At Cheetah Learning, we have come up with a process through
Michelle LaBrosse, CCPM, PMP, PMI-ACP, RYT Today, we did a live Facebook Event on the Cheetah Learning Facebook page at 1:00 PM PST talking about “Be the Change – Release Your “Buts.” Click here to see the recorded live event. It’s a riff off two of last week’s blog posts on Your Big But and
