Four Steps for Passing the PMP Exam

May 29, 2018 Dan Stober Cisco, Cloudera, Featured, Professional Development, Project Management, Routing & Switching, Technology, Training in Business

If you have been a professional project manager for a number of years, then it is highly likely that you have considered earning your PMP credential. And why wouldn’t you? It is well known that the PMP certificate is not only a demonstration of your mastery of project management concepts, but it also shows that you have the dedication to take on a rigorous course of study. For some the task can seem daunting, but it doesn’t have to be. The key to successfully navigating the exam process is to approach it like a project, which you already know how to do!

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PMBOK Guide 6th Edition: A Deep Dive into the Changes

November 29, 2016 Tim McClintock Cisco, Cloudera, Featured, Professional Development, Project Management, Routing & Switching, Technology, Training in Business

Are you prepping for the PMP exam? What should you know about the impending new edition of A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge PMBOK® Guide before scheduling your examination?

Four Steps for Passing the PMP Exam

November 10, 2015 Dan Stober Cisco, Cloudera, Featured, Professional Development, Project Management, project management training, Routing & Switching, Technology, Training in Business

PMP Question of the Week: Forecasting a Necessary CPI Based on an ETC

July 20, 2015 Guest Authors Cisco, Cloudera, Featured, Professional Development, Project Management, Routing & Switching, Technology, Training in Business

In this new series of questions, PMP Formula of the Week, this post was provided by author Bill Scott. In the previous PMP Formula of the Week, “Forecasting a Necessary CPI,” we discussed the recently publicized Earned Value Management (EVM) term To Complete Performance Index (TCPI) and what it could do for you. Now we […]

PMP Formula of the Week: Forecasting a Necessary CPI

July 13, 2015 Guest Authors Cisco, Cloudera, Featured, Professional Development, Project Management, Routing & Switching, Technology, Training in Business

Your project has not been performing well from the beginning from a budget standpoint. The project BAC is $1,000,000 and it is 50 percent complete from an Earned Value (EV) standpoint. The Cost Performance Index (CPI) is calculated to be 0.8. Your project sponsor wants to know what CPI the project must perform at for the last 50 percent of the project for the project to come in at budget. The answer, of course, is 1.2. The numbers used in this scenario allow the answer to be logically estimated. A CPI of 0.8 for the first half of the project and a CPI of 1.2 for the second half of the project averages out at a CPI of 1.0. But, what if the project data were not so rounded? The new project data is 46 percent of the work is complete, and CPI is 0.78 The project work is expected to continue, from a cost standpoint, to the project end similar to the first 46 percent What CPI must the project perform at over the last 54 percent of the work for the project to come in at budget?