Analysing Stakeholders

How to Prepare for the PMP Exam Day

The Project Management Institute’s Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) is precisely that – a guide. It lists tools and techniques that are recommended as best practices for project management, but they are not explained in any great detail. For instance, the PMBOK® Guide recommends that we identify stakeholders in the initiating process group and […]

Responsibility Assignment Matrix

How to Prepare for the PMP Exam Day

For a farmer, it is a male sheep. For a “Good’Ol Boy” from Texas, it is a Dodge pickup. But to a Project Management Professional (PMP)®, a RAM is a Responsibility Assignment Matrix. This is a great tool to help with Project Resource Management, because it identifies everyone involved in an activity, not only the person who […]

What if Project Activities Go Wrong?

How to Prepare for the PMP Exam Day

The controversial motoring journalist, Jeremy Clarkson, is very fond of playing a game he calls “Fuel Light Bingo”. He likes to drive with his fuel tank as close to empty as possible. Clearly, Mr Clarkson cannot be described as risk averse. For most of us, carrying around a full-ish tank of fuel in our vehicles […]