Michelle LaBrosse, CCPM, PMP, PMI-ACP, RYT My PMP training team and I have been on an Accelerated PMP Exam Prep teaching bender the past several weeks, teaching the Virtual Program, then several back to back large classes in Atlanta, Washington DC and our next stop, Seattle. One of our important tasks is to inspire and […]
Michelle LaBrosse, CCPM, PMP, PMI-ACP, RYT Over the past ten months, I’ve been redesigning Cheetah’s award-winning Accelerated PMP Exam Prep program to account for increasing distraction and anxiety issues that have become so prevalent in our society. Much of it is due to the impact of the current technology tools we’ve adopted for connecting with
Michelle LaBrosse, CCPM PMP, PMI-ACP, RYT This is Cheetah Learning’s 7th PMP Exam change in 19 years – and it’s the biggest one yet. PMI is moving away from a Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) based approach to the PMP exam. It’s more like what we saw when PMI created the PMI-Agile Certified Practioner
Over two decades ago I got introduced to this idea in George Land’s Book “Breakpoint and Beyond” about autopoietic systems. These are self-replicating systems based on several core values. The idea is that when you set up several key core values for yourself or the organizations you are creating, the system develops and self
Michelle LaBrosse, CCPM, PMP, PMI-ACP, RYT Every day we help people become Project Management Professional (PMP) Certified. A strong foundation in how to use the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) in the day to day requirements of doing projects makes passing the PMP exam much easier. For that reason, we focus on helping our
Michelle LaBrosse, CCPM, PMP, PMI-ACP, RYT In every Cheetah Accelerated PMP class, our students ask “Do You Think I will Pass the PMP Exam?” Since our main focus is passing the PMP exam right after spending four days in our classroom (virtual or in person), we have created a series of measurements that help us fine
Michelle LaBrosse, CCPM, PMP, PMI-ACP, RYT A month or so back we reached out to PMI to find out why they were using the 2015 PMP Exam Content Guide as the basis for grading PMP candidates exams – when they made such a big deal about the exam change to the PMBOK 6th edition. This
Michelle LaBrosse, CCPM, PMP, PMI-ACP, RYT We are now one year away from 2020. Like 20/20 vision, will we be able to look back on 2019 with perfect hind sight? So, I’m thinking that maybe I could look ahead to the year with perfect “foresight.” To do that, how about just pretend that today is
Project Managing Your Way Through the Holidays Why is it that the holiday season – a time to reconnect with family and take a break from work – causes so many of us stress? Why do we fret about getting the Christmas ham just right, navigating contentious political conversations at the dinner table, and (if
Michelle LaBrosse, CCPM, PMP, PMI-ACP, RYT In this article about how Microsoft’s has changed the relationship with it’s leading legal firm away from billable hours to a project based infrastructure, Microsoft now can better address how emerging legal precedents impact technological and business advances. Practice management for Law Firms centered around projects and project outcomes
