Military Orders Process vs. Project Management Methodology

For a project manager (PM) who has served as a military officer on a battalion or higher staff, the parallels between the military decision-making process (MDMP), the orders production process, and project management doctrine prescribed by the Project Management Institute (PMI) are difficult to ignore. Both the MDMP and the processes outlined in A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge—Fifth Edition (PMBOK® Guide) are iterative in nature, allow for the introduction of changes to the original plan, assign tasks and responsibilities, and involve the concept of managing the scope of the operation or project.

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CCNP Exam Prep Tips and Must Knows about Switch Security

In January of 2010, Cisco announced they were updating their CCNP curriculum and their certification exams through what they described as “a comprehensive process involving customers and partners from around the globe.” The revisions focused “on the competencies that are needed to plan, implement, and troubleshoot the routed and switched networks of today and are designed to be more predictive of job readiness.”

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Delivering Dynamic and Engaging Content to Mobile Devices (Part 2 of 2)

Part one discussed how adopting a mobile strategy based on HTML5 enables benefits that go far beyond merely delivering your current content to today’s devices. However, legacy content conversion usually only provides you with an electronic representation of static content.

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