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In this time of uncertainty, we, like you, are monitoring COVID-19 with an eye towards the health and safety of our students and instructors. At the same time, we are trying to balance students’ needs to take the course when they have scheduled it, especially knowing that people may want to use this time as […]

Agile

COVID-19 and Agile Are Strange Bed Fellows

Erin Aldridge, PMP, PMI-ACP, & CSPO

COVID-19 is like that car accident just up ahead which you know you shouldn’t be focusing on while driving, but which draws the attention of all around it. After doing a number of articles related to the pandemic, I’d planned to write about something completely different, but as my weekly blogging time drew near I

Training and Development

How Professional Development Training Can Support Your Career

Megan Bell

March 2020 saw a record broken for unemployment claims, and in coming months, according to Moody’s Analytics, more than 50% of the US Workforce is at risk for unemployment. With companies examining their bottom line in terms of remaining viable for an unknown time span, including economic recovery, savvy employees are seeking professional development training

Professional Development, Project Management

Virtual Mentoring to Advance Your Project Management Career

Megan Bell

The most successful Project Managers inspire others to reach goals, apply critical thinking skills to complex situations, and navigate organizational challenges. One way to enhance your Project Management career is through mentoring as either Mentor or Mentee. And mentoring as a development tool is recognized and respected by the C-Suite as an important training investment.

PMI-ACP, PMP Certification, PMP Exam Prep, Professional Development

Online Training for PMP® and PMI-ACP® Accreditation

Megan Bell

Virtual classes combining live instruction and online materials enable you to learn from the experts from the convenience of your home office space. To prepare for your Project Management Professional or PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMP® or PMI-ACP®) certification, start with a virtual training that provides the opportunity to: engage with the faculty directly, expand your

Corporate Training

Determining the True Costs of Corporate Training

Megan Bell

Training managers know that training encompasses much more than what happens during the class itself. There is an infrastructure of talent, logistics, training materials, vendor management, and employee engagement that must come together for effective learning to occur. Training Magazine’s Industry Report, a standard for over three decades, reported in 2019 total U.S. training expenditures

Project Management

Complex Projects: Go Slow (To Go Fast Later)

Erin Aldridge, PMP, PMI-ACP, & CSPO

Achieving a high success rate for complex projects is something that many Project Managers strive to do. The only way this can be achieved, though, is by addressing its problems as early on in development as possible. Otherwise you have issues like product design and implementation failure which can be detrimental to the business, as

Corporate Training

Use ROI to Demonstrate the Value of Corporate Training

Megan Bell

Learning and development professionals should be able to provide evidence of ROI value from L&D programs in order to get funding. Learning is the keystone for success, as it allows companies to attract new talent while developing current employees’ skillsets; which leads into increased productivity. Most managers are seeking ways to extend product development time

Project Management

How Do You Handle Unresponsive Key Project Stakeholders?

Erin Aldridge, PMP, PMI-ACP, & CSPO

It is a common challenge for anyone who has managed projects for a meaningful amount of time. One or more of your key stakeholders who are integral to the successful completion of the project appears unwilling to engage as expected. It could be the project sponsor who ignores your pleas for assistance with a project

What PMs Need to Know about Policy and Procedure

Project Management

What Project Managers Need to Know About Policy and Procedure

Megan Bell

With 49 processes in A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) – Sixth Edition, it may seem hard to believe that there is any other formal documentation left to write for a project. The PMBOK® Guide details how those 49 processes are organized, and as John Filicetti, PMP, MBA shares, the resulting five