Friday, July 23, 2010

A Holistic PMP Exam Simulator

General systems theory as applied to project management is back in vogue, returning as trendy fashions do to become classics that are continually in style. The 1970s and 80s saw management thinking turn more toward viewing events and actions to be considered in their proper context and in their myriad connections, including their relationships with the natural environment. To save ourselves as well as nature, we must renounce the idea that nature must be conquered and enslaved and accept that enterprises, businesses and human organizations of any sort belong to the same ecosystem. Systemic thinking is the first step toward understanding system dynamics and appreciating that every action is the culmination of meshing or mashing causes and effects. My Performance Project Management Professional (PMP) Exam Simulator for MS Windows computers, is diagnostic in the systemic thinker sense par excellence - according to hundreds of happy users who are now PMPs.

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

PMPs as Program Managers Make Great Salaries Even in this Depressed Job Market

Here is a recent excerpt from a job board - I won't say which, but please check it out and I hope it spurs you to get certified and then go on to get PMI's PgMP cert.



Description: Main Duties
• Reporting to senior stakeholders, milestone tracking, RAG status reporting and steering committees.
• Risk mitigation and issue resolution
• Budgeting, forecasting, resource management
• Managing projects through the lifecycle

Main Function
Senior Program Manager within Reference Data IT to lead our most important programs, which have C-level visibility and stakeholders from every area of the firm.

The succesful candidate will have a proven track record of delivering large scale programs, involving multiple workstreams. Leadership and influencing skills are a must as well as the ability to dive into signfiicant details.

Candidates with experience of Client, Security or Product reference data of particular interest




* Location: New York
* Compensation: $150K - $250K


My PMP Exam Sim can help you on your way...

Sunday, July 4, 2010

PMP Exam Simulator Version 6 Features

Now with over 1200 questions, in a diagnostic, test center simulator format, my PMP Exam Sim for Windows computers is a sophisticated way to prepare for your exam.



This thumbnail screen shot shows the main test panel, with, from the right, the view into the questions database, the question and answer panel, and the diagnostic panel with breakdown by knowledge area to the left, with KA chooser and strength weakness assessment.



In this thumbnail above, the Exam Simulator's "Coach" button has been pressed to show the answer to the question of interest and often and explanation to go with it. The Coach feature is available in Practice, or manual mode, not Auto or Test Center mode.



Here we see the diagnostic panel on the left begin to reflect strength/weakness assessment in a couple of Knowledge Areas as the test session progresses. Knowledge Areas can be selected so that test sessions can be customized to specifically target your study plan. When you are studying Scope Project Management, you may want to deselect all KAs except for Scope to test yourself and gauge your progress in that area. More than one up to all KAs, both PMBoK and ancillary test material KAs can be selected.




See a more detailed feature listing...