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How Much Does It Cost To Take PMP Exam

In a leisurely conversation with a friend about the ROI for an MBA versus PMP certification, I figured that US schools (alone) awarded approximately 100,000 MBA degrees in the year 2008. That number when put into a combined perspective with…

Education Edge – Stakeholder Knowledge Area

Knowledge Area #10 – Stakeholder Critical Highlights: • stakeholders are groups/individuals who may affect / be affected by the project • identify stakeholders is a continually process throughout the project lifecycle • identify stakeholders, communicate and engage them, manage expectations and focus on satisfaction • stakeholder…

Education Edge – Risk Knowledge Area

Knowledge Area #7 – Risk Critical Highlights: • Risk identification, management and response strategy impacts every area of the project management life cycle • everyone is responsible for identifying risks • Risk has one or more causes and has one or more impacts • Risk…

Education Edge – Quality Knowledge Area

Knowledge Area #5 – Quality Critical Highlights: • Everyone in the organization is responsible for the quality (project team for destined parts while PM for project quality), PM is ultimately responsible for the project quality • Prevention over inspection • Outliers are singular measurements outside…

Education Edge – Cost Knowledge Area

Knowledge Area #4 – Cost Critical Highlights: • sunk cost – cost already incurred in the past and cannot be recovered, do not consider anymore • opportunity cost – difference in value between one path vs alternative (= 100% of value of next best alternative) • value analysis/…

Education Edge – Time Knowledge Area

Education Edge Canada – Time Knowledge Area course  Knowledge Area #3 – Time Critical Highlights: • Define policies, procedures and documentation for managing and controlling project schedule • Include scheduling methodology, tools, level of accuracy, control thresholds (limit beyond which preventive/corrective actions needed),…

Education Edge – Scope Knowledge Area

Knowledge Area #2 – Scope   Critical Highlights:  • Ensure the inclusion of all and only the work required to complete the project successfully • Product Scope – requirements needed to be fulfilled to create the product, assessed against the product requirements and WBS • Project Scope – activities and processes needed…

GK, PMP – lesson learned

Hi Team, My regrets for late update since I was caught up with deadlines.  The whole team is inspirational and we usually get a push every time each one you pass the exam and conquer the peaks.   I’d like…