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Monthly Archives: June 2007

IASA / NYCJava – thanks for having us by!

Jenny and I had a great time doing our “Why Projects Fail” talk at a joint meeting between the International Association of Software Architects and NYC Java SIG (a couple of announcements) at the Microsoft office in midtown Manhattan last night. (Fun trivia fact: my first job out of college was in the same building, [...]

Critical path method drill — boost your PMP exam score!

Jenny and I put together a new PMP exam preparation drill to help you study the critical path method, an important topic for the PMP exam. We spend a lot of time talking to people who are preparing for the PMP exam, and one concept that comes up over and over is using the Critical [...]

Why “gold plating” is a lousy name

A few days ago I posted an answer to a question about gold plating and scope creep to the Head First PMP forum. I’m not surprised the question came up — people really seem to have trouble with the concept of gold plating. And I don’t think it’s because it’s a tough concept to get. [...]