The Project Management Institute is very keen on change control. It insists that, once your scope is baselined, any change requests need to be analysed fully and the consequences of the change appreciated before any decision is made. On this page: Challenges in Implementing Effective Change Control For a ...

On this page: The Canadian economist, John Kenneth Galbraith is credited with coining the phrase “The Conventional Wisdom”. This means concepts that are assumed to be true because so many people believe them. In general, we spend most of our lives happily conforming to a set of conventions that ...

On this page: If you are reading this it is likely that you are a practicing Project Manager. It is also possible that you are a Project Management Professional (PMP)®, who became well versed in the Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide). No doubt, no matter ...

On this page: As a project management professional (PMP)®, you could argue that your entire existence is all about problem solving. You are given some sort of project charter and are tasked with converting its aspirations into tangible products and services. In other words you are solving the given ...

When the film “Six Degrees of Separation” was released in the U.S.A., it must have raised quite a few eyebrows. Surely it is impossible to suggest that everyone on planet Earth is connected to everyone else if you go through six relationships? In Ireland, the reaction was different. Here ...

As part of Velopi’s Blended Learning Solution, we provide our CAPM® and PMP® exam preparation students with access to our online exam simulator. Students are offered a range of trial exams that sharpen their knowledge of the Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) and prepare them psychologically for the actual ...