by Brian Crawford | Sep 12, 2013 | Project Management
It should come as no surprise to anybody that one of a project manager’s most important tasks is planning other peoples’ work. To successfully manage a project, a project manager must achieve a thorough understanding of the entirety of work that needs to be completed...
by Brian Crawford | Aug 4, 2013 | PMI, PMP Certification, Project Management
When people think about project management tools, the tool that most frequently springs to mind is the project schedule, usually created using Microsoft Project. The project schedule normally comprises a colorful Gantt chart showing a visual representation of project...
by Brian Crawford | Mar 9, 2013 | CAPM Certification, PMI, Project Management
I frequently get asked questions about whether or not PMP certification is worth getting… I answer those questions on my post about the pros and cons of PMP certification. I’ve been a PMP certified project manager for a number of years now, and I have...
by Brian Crawford | Feb 24, 2013 | Productivity
The other day I read a chapter of the book The Social Construction of Reality, a noted work on the sociology of knowledge by Peter L. Berger and Thomas Luckmann. The chapter I read, “Society as Objective Reality”, discussed what might happen if two...
by Brian Crawford | Feb 8, 2013 | PMI, PMP Certification, Project Management
Lately I’ve been getting a lot of questions on my post about whether or not it’s worth getting PMP certified. The most common questions I receive are about whether or not someone has enough project management work experience to apply to take the exam....
