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Testimonials: What they are saying about Velopi?

Seamus and our team at Velopi love getting feedback as it helps us to improve our consultancy services, our training courses, and our website! We receive feedback and evaluation through a variety of mediums some of which include post-course evaluation sheets, recommendations on LinkedIn, testimonials on our website, and ...

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How to Prepare for the PMP Exam Day

What is a PDU in Project Management? | Velopi

The question “How do I maintain my PMP® certification?” & “What is a PDU?” come up regularly in the questions submitted to Velopi by PMP-certified Project Managers. On this page: Understanding PDUs If you hold the PMP®, PgMP®, PMI-SP®, PMI-RMP®, or PMI-ACP® credential(s), you are required to adhere to ...

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Critical Chain What Benefits Does it Offer

Critical Chain: What Benefits Does it Offer?

Eli Goldratt is famous for developing his Theory of Constraints. Put simply, every system has a constraint and, if you can identify and reduce that constraint, you will be able to enhance the performance of the system as a whole. When he applied this thinking to project scheduling, he ...

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Applying Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs to Project Management

Applying Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs to Project Management

In our last article, we mentioned that what motivates someone differs from person to person and from time to time. Motivation has been shown to relate closely to a person’s needs and these differ throughout our lives. What is interesting is the idea that, as one need is satisfied, ...

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The release of the PMBOK® Guide 5th Edition

PMBOK® Guide: Changes to the 5th Edition | Velopi

The release of the PMBOK® Guide 5th Edition has some very interesting changes. On this page: 5th Edition Changes A new Knowledge Area called  Project Stakeholder Management has been added. This really emphasises the importance of this concept. The main knowledge area impacted by this new knowledge area is Communications. ...

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How to Prepare for the PMP Exam Day

Depreciation for Project Managers

If you are planning to sit the Project Management Professional (PMP)© exam then you will need to understand budgeting and the knowledge area known as Project Cost Management. While the main topics in this area are covered in our PMP© exam preparation course, there is one interesting little subject ...

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