PMI-ACP Book is Headed Your Way
Well, good news. The book is out and is working its way to fill the supply chain. This involves many steps, including manufacturing, distributing, warehouses, and retail shelves, but it effectively means that most of you should start getting books from Amazon and other sources in 7 to 10 days. It could happen more quickly, [...]
Thoughts on The 5th Edition PMBOK Guide Exposure Draft
The 5th Edition PMBOK Guide has hit the streets, and for a few of us, this is actually an exciting event. I spent some time with it this weekend, and I have some initial thoughts about the direction it has taken and the implied changes. An in-depth analysis would take many, many pages, so I’ll [...]
The Math is Simple: 18+3=21
Yes. The mathematics are simple when it comes to Agile, Scrum, XP, Lean, Kanban, and the exam for certification as a PMI-ACP, PMI’s Agile Certified Practitioner. For example, what’s the optimum Scrum team size? Jeff Sutherland and Ken Schwaber state, in The Scrum Guide (July 2011), that the team should be no less than 5 [...]
Public Speaking, Hurling, and Naked Snakes
Think of this post as “Part 2” – a continuation of the lessons I learned last week – valuable reminders about public speaking. (If you just landed here and have no clue about the reference to hurling and naked snakes, you may want to check out the prior post.) To recap, the 1st Lesson in [...]
Does Public Speaking make you want to HURL?
If the very mention of “Public Speaking” causes you to hurl, that’s OK. It’s a perfectly natural response. A Gallup poll ranks our fear of speaking in front of people as 2nd only to our fear of SNAKES. You’ve all heard the tip: overcome your fear of speaking by picturing the audience naked. Yikes. That [...]
The PMI-ACP Exam is ready…are you?
January 31, 2012. The PMI-ACP Exam is available for qualified applicants. The exam is back on – you can take it now! PMI completed the pilot program at the end of November, 2011. Then, we experienced a blackout period so that those mysterious psychometricians could perform their magic, tune the exam, set the passing score, [...]
The Exam is Changing
I’ve had 2 Students in the last week ask about changes to the PMP® exam scheduled for February. There are none! The PgMP® is changing…not the PMP. The PgMP is the Program Management Professional certification, and it is not the same as the PMP, Project Management Professional. Unfortunately, PMI generated confusion by appending announcements about [...]
Andy Crowe’s Upcoming PMI-ACP Exam Prep Book Becomes One of First Written by a PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP) – Advance Copy Proves Key in Helping Others Pass
Andy Crowe, CEO and Founder of Velociteach, is one of, if not the first, authors of an upcoming PMI-ACP exam prep book to become PMI-ACP Certified. The book, The PMI-ACP Exam: How to Pass on Your First Try, is due out in February 2012. Andy Crowe, CEO and Founder of Velociteach, is one of, if [...]
I passed the PMI-ACP Exam – 1 book worked for me!
“Congratulations, you have obtained PMI-ACP” – that was the Subject Line of the email I received from PMI. Andy, Louis, and I participated in the pilot program for the exam. And, Monday, we received the much-anticipated notification that we had indeed passed the exam and been awarded the PMI-ACP certification. Cheers! We’ll explore this Agile [...]
Delay of PMI-ACP Pilot Results
Many of us had heard the rumor that PMI was going to delay the PMI-ACP pilot results until early next year, and today this was confirmed. The truth is, delays happen. Everyone who has managed a project (waterfall or Agile) has encountered unforeseen issues, so I’m actually pretty forgiving about this, but the communication has been [...]
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