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New Videos this week from Interface | June 18, 2013

Project ManagementProject Management for IT Professionals Instructors: Steve Fullmer Video Style: Classroom       Project Management Videos Just Added…   Quality Concepts Steve Fullmer 24:29 Total Quality Management Steve Fullmer 12:27 Quality Tools Steve Fullmer 14:49 More Concepts Steve … Continue Reading

New Videos this week from Interface | June 11, 2013

  Project Management Project Management for IT Professionals Instructors: Steve Fullmer Video Style: Classroom   Project Management Videos Just Added…   Critical Path Steve Fullmer 26:45 Critical Path Example Steve Fullmer 09:34 Critical Path Free Float Steve Fullmer 13:21 Control … Continue Reading

New Videos this week from Interface | June 4, 2013

  Project Management Project Management for IT Professionals Instructors: Steve Fullmer Video Style: Classroom   Project Management Videos Just Added…   Project Management Plan Steve Fullmer 07:38 Scope and Requirements Planning Steve Fullmer 22:22 Information Collection Techniques Steve Fullmer 22:43 … Continue Reading

New Videos this week from Interface | May 28, 2013

  Project Management Project Management for IT Professionals Instructors: Steve Fullmer Video Style: Classroom   Project Management Videos Just Added…   J-Curve Steve Fullmer 04:54 PMBOK Guide & Course Framework Steve Fullmer 14:11 Process Groups Steve Fullmer 10:54 Terminology: Part … Continue Reading

PMP (5th Edition) Exam – Relax, This is Easy

I am excited. My mentor, Ed O’Connor, is working with me to re-write the PMPC and CAPM courseware. We plan be ready in time for course delivery targeting the PMBOK (5th edition) by May. Ed helped me to break into … Continue Reading

Decision Trees: A Common PMP Risk Analysis Tool

With the release of the Project Management Body of Knowledge (5th Edition), several knowledge areas are expanding.  PMBOK (4th Edition) expanded the Risk Management Knowledge area by acknowledging the value of both insurable and business related risk.  Business related risk … Continue Reading

PMI Global Congress 2012 excerpts – How to be a Leader

This is part 2 of the PMI Global Congress 2012 in Vancouver, BC. For part 1, see PMI Global Congress 2012 – First Report. The focus for the week is Change The congress kicked off with a keynote from Marcus … Continue Reading

PMI Global Congress 2012 – First Report. The focus for the week is Change

Deep breath in – Deep breath out. This is part 1 of the PMI Global Co   ngress 2012 in Vancouver, BC. For part 2, see How to be a Leader. The pace of the deliverables for the PMI Global Congress 2012 … Continue Reading

PMP – Beyond Self Actualization: Leading Change – Part 3

As leadership theory moves into the 21st Century, a new, integrated outlook evolves. New approaches meld perception (a typically qualitative characteristic) with statistical analysis (a quantitative approach) toward the selection of appropriate management and leadership methodology. Decades of independent research … Continue Reading

PMP – Beyond Self Actualization: Leading Change – Part 2

In part one of this article, I discussed the traditional theories of human and work motivation as provided by Taylor, Maslow, McGregor, Herzberg, and Ouchi. Project management is about affecting positive change within the parameters of constrained time, cost, and … Continue Reading

PMP – Beyond Self Actualization: Leading Change – Part 1

After recently having the privilege to serve as the keynote speaker at a recent series of Project Management Institute dinner meetings, I was asked to share and expound on some of the key elements from my presentation. Project Management Professionals® … Continue Reading

Five good tips to running a Change Advisory Board (CAB)

Time and time again, I’m asked the question: “How do you manage a CAB effectively?” Having been a change manager for two companies as well as assisted several organizations optimize their process; I’ve painfully discovered some handy tricks and tips … Continue Reading

ITIL, COBIT, PMBOK, BABOK & TOGAF – 5 tools to improve your IT department

Too many needs and too many tools to choose from. Here are the five I would use if I were your IT leader. Back in 1997, my first civilian job when I left the military was to manage a newly … Continue Reading

Beyond your Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification

You just spent the required 35 hours in a classroom and 4 grueling hours taking (and passing) the Project Management Institute’s Project Management Professional Credential exam. Now what? Read the PMI logo guidelines and determine how and where you may use … Continue Reading

The Value of Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification

Life is change. Project managers are proactive about change, and therefore about life. A recent Project Management Institute (PMI) survey suggests that 20 million people globally are directly involved in project management work. An additional 1.2 million jobs will be … Continue Reading

New – Updated Interface Superhero Poster

We’ve updated the Interface Superhero poster.   Here’s the staring cast: (In alphabetical order) Jeremy Cioara – Cisco Instructor, CCIE, author and much more Steve Fullmer – Windows 7 | PMP | CompTia Instructor Jason Helmick – PowerShell & Systems … Continue Reading

ITIL and COBIT Presentation at TI2011 by Mark Thomas

Below are links to download the ITIL / COBIT sessions presented by Mark Thomas at Interface Tech Immersion 2011. Mark Thomas is the Director of Business Services at Interface Technical training. Session 1: Agile Presenter: Mark Thomas Are you a victim … Continue Reading