Thursday, 25 February 2010

PM Templates

While reading PMBoK Guide and Rita Mulcahy's book I faced with a great problem. There's so much written about all the project processes, management plans, tools and techniques, but I could not find out  how their results should look like. What should I write on a sheet of paper, if I want to create e.g. risk management plan or performance baseline? Most of the resources I've googled were either expensive or not actually compatible with the 4th edition of PMBoK Guide.  But finally I've found a wonderful template collection at

http://www.oregon.gov/DHS/admin/bpm/pmo/PPO_Tools_Templates.shtml

Enjoy!

Wednesday, 24 February 2010

PMP: 80%

The tests I've recently taken show that my current exam score is around 80%. Last couple of weeks I've destroyed most of the 'blind spots' in my PMBoK understanding.
Here is a couple of links with the online PMP tests.

http://www.voightps.de/Free_PMP_Exam.asp
http://www.headfirstlabs.com/PMP/pmp_exam/v2/quiz.html

Tuesday, 2 February 2010

On my way to PMP degree

I'm on my last mile to Project Management Professional exam. I still have more than a month to get better prepared. My current test scores are within 60-75%, and that means I would pass the exam with these results. But still there's time to improve my skills and knowledge. My strategy is:
- pass the tests at least twice a week, and perform forthcoming analysis of  my mistakes
- practice all the previously omitted topics in my daily job, even if it is no real need to use these sophisticated tools
- writing short reports on my progress, considering all the issues and  problems I faced, and how to resolve them
- think positive

I'm going to share the results here, just for anybody following the same way