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Certification exams for management and information technology have become a necessity for finding a job, advancing a career and validating knowledge. Certification does not measure intelligence, work habits, team work and a myriad of additional competencies and talent needed to succeed. Sometimes they’re a necessary evil. Other times they bring a tremendous sense of fulfillment! […]
2010 in review
January 2, 2011 by tapuniversity
The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health: The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads Wow. Crunchy numbers A helper monkey made this abstract painting, inspired by your stats. About 3 million people visit the Taj Mahal every year. This blog was […]
Risk Types from Auditing
December 22, 2010 by Dave Kohrell
Don’t start from scratch. Reuse and recycle. Learn from others. Those three quick statements for learning apply to risk management. Identifying potential risks, good and bad, can be a cumbersome process. To hasten the process, discover what risk are common for your industry, whether that’s construction, information technology, product development or public power. Use those […]
Risk Management Approaches
December 2, 2010 by Dave Kohrell
Weaving throughout the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge (BABOK), ISACA content & CobiT, Lean Six Sigma best practice and the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) / PRINCE 2 is the concept of proactively managing risk. Risk is based on a probability of an event occuring (positive and negative) and the impact should that even […]
Cloud Computing for Project Managers
December 9, 2009 by tapuniversity
More and more, people are discussing and using Cloud Computing—services and applications hosted through the Internet (which is the “cloud”) rather than one’s own computer. CNN reports that Cloud Computing will be one of the top web trends next year (http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/12/03/cashmore.web.trends.2010/index.html). This fast-growing trend is especially salient for project managers who work on virtual teams. […]
Questionnaire
July 16, 2009 by tapuniversity
The questionnaire is a commonly used tool utilized across many fields, including project management and business analysis. It is listed as a technique both of the fourth edition PMBOK®’s Collect Requirements process and as a technique of the BABOK® 2.0. It can be a cost-effective way to gather large amounts of data from individuals. Questionnaires […]
Quality Management Plan
June 10, 2009 by tapuniversity
The Quality Management Plan outlines how selected quality policies will be implemented for a certain project. It’s part of the Project Management Plan. The Plan Quality process described in the fourth edition PMBOK® decides which quality requirements and standards should apply to the project and then develops the Quality Management Plan to assure compliance with […]
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
June 8, 2009 by tapuniversity
Psychological and sociological theories explaining how individuals and groups behave, such as this theory, is listed as the tool of Organizational Theories in the fourth edition PMBOK®’s Develop Human Resource Plan process. Maslow’s hierarchy of needs is a motivation theory that explains how people are differentially motivated depending on their state of needs. The most […]
Statistical Sampling
June 5, 2009 by tapuniversity
There is much to know about selecting a good sample and it should be done carefully by someone knowledgeable. A good sample can accurately describe the whole population with a fraction of the cost and time it would take to measure the entire population. Project managers may use statistical sampling as part of performing the […]
Team Development Stages
May 13, 2009 by tapuniversity
As a project team matures, they go through certain stages. These Team Development Stages are described under Team-Building Activities, which is a tool of the fourth edition PMBOK®’s Develop Project Team process. According to this theory, there are five stages of team development—Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing, and Adjourning. Teams typically begin at the first stage […]
Identify Risks Process
April 2, 2009 by tapuniversity
Identify Risks is one of the 42 project management processes described in the fourth edition PMBOK®. It’s one of the six Risk knowledge area processes, and one of the twenty Planning processes. The purpose of this process is to document the risks along with their characteristics in the Risk Register that may affect the project. […]
Risk Register
March 27, 2009 by tapuniversity
The Risk Register is an important project management document. It originally appears as the only output to the Identify Risks process of the fourth edition PMBOK®. As more analysis, planning, and monitoring occurs throughout the four risk processes that follow it (Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis, Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis, Plan Risk Responses, and Monitor and […]
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