For those of a certain age, the first time we heard the word “strategy” was during the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) that signalled the start of the end of the Cold War. Strategic referred to long-range. Younger readers will probably associate strategy with long-term business planning. But strategy ...

So you are a project manager and have been for quite some time now. But you have reached the stage when a certificate in project management would be welcome. Maybe you have been passed over for a promotion because you have no project management accreditation? Maybe your company is ...

One of the difficult things for Project Managers and students attending PMP® exam preparation courses to understand is Earned Value Management. While the mathematics involved is pretty basic, getting a conceptual understanding is hard. This is because we seem to be using one measure – Earned Value – to ...

On this page: The Question of Including Meetings in Project Schedules One of our students posed a question recently: should meetings be included in your project schedule? Our first thoughts were no, there is enough in the schedule already. But then we said: hang on, maybe there are some ...

Since its inception, Velopi has been working with practicing Project Managers in order to help them achieve Project Management Professional (PMP)® certification. Helping our students in their studies of the Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) has been very satisfying for us, particularly when we ...

Anyone who has studied for the Project Management Professional (PMP)© exam will be aware that communication is vital in project management and we all need to be good at it because we can spend up to 90% of our time communicating. On this page: The Importance of Planning Communication ...