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Project Management and Game Theory

In a previous article, we looked at the difference between planning and strategy. Basically, a Project Manager planning a new project is organizing a set of collaborating stakeholders to carry out work that will be to everyone’s benefit. However, when it comes to strategy, the course of action taken ...

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Project Management Professional (PMP)® Exam Question Types

On this page: Today, we’re going to run through some of the different types of questions you may be asked in the PMP® project management exam. The ability to recognize and deal with each type of question will significantly increase your chances of attaining PMP® certification. All PMP® sample questions in our Exam Simulator ...

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The PMP®: Why Bother?

According to Yes Minister’s Sir Humphrey Appleby, a cynic is what an idealist calls a realist, and a cynical project manager might pose the question: why bother with the Project Management Institute’s Project Management Professional (PMP®) certification? It is a reasonable question. For a practicing project manager, the overhead ...

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How to Prepare for the PMP Exam Day

Microsoft® Project® Courses Now Available at Velopi

Due to popular demand we have opened up our successful Microsoft® Project® Courses to the public! Ever wondered – How to use MS Project properly? These Microsoft® Project® courses will allow the participant to create and manage a project schedule using Microsoft® Project®. Microsoft Project lets you stay informed ...

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Project Procurement: Building or Buying?

If you have studied for the Project Management Professional (PMP)® exam, you will remember the “make or buy” analysis that was part of the Plan Procurement Management process. If you read section 12.1.2.3 of the Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide), you will get the impression that resource ...

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Project Integration Management

Most people who partake in a Project Management Professional (PMP)® exam preparation course will agree that integration is really where project management starts to make sense. Without integration, the other knowledge areas come across as totally separate sets of work, with little or no relevance to each other. On ...

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