by Brian Crawford | Feb 19, 2012 | Project Management, Social Networking
Lately I’ve been getting into using Pinterest, a social networking site designed to allow users to collect and share information by “pinning” things that they find useful or interesting onto “boards”; pages within a user’s hierarchy...
by Brian Crawford | Jan 31, 2012 | PMP Certification, Project Management
The other day a lady serving as a technical lead at a software company approached me to ask a few questions about PMP certification. Her company had volunteered to sponsor her to undergo the lengthy process of preparing for and taking the PMP examination on the road...
by Brian Crawford | Jan 10, 2012 | Agile Development, Project Management
The Manifesto for Agile Software Development was created by a group of like-minded developers at a Utah ski lodge in February of 2001. Calling themselves the Agile Alliance, the manifesto these developers put together summarized the core tenets of the Agile...
by Brian Crawford | Sep 16, 2011 | PMI, PMP Certification, Project Management
I have some good news and some bad news. The bad news is this: unless you’re one of the elite rich, you’re probably going to have to work for a living. The good news is, if you’re a PMP certified project manager working in the field of project...
by Brian Crawford | Aug 26, 2011 | PMI, PMP Certification, Project Management
As a PMP (Project Management Professional) certified project manager, I frequently get asked a question that all PMPs have asked themselves at some point during their careers… is it worth getting PMP certified? Going through the process of taking the dreaded PMP...