PMP Journey: Test Date Set 1/3/13

The 200 question (story problem-multiple choice), 4 hour exam date is set. I know, if I post this, I have to post how I do. Little risky but pass or fail, it’s all part of the journey. Next post is 1/4/12. Merry Christmas and Happy 2013 to all!

PMP Journey: New Horizons, Hours Log and Class Credit

Okay, while the test is rumored to be one of the hardest among certifications, there are a few details before that including: 1. Logging 4500+ hours (6200 in my case) under the 5 Process Groups and spanning 9 Knowledge Areas: Sounds simple, right? But it is a crazy process to allocate years worth of […]

PMP Journey: The Process Begins

What is a PMP? Officially, it stands for Project Management Professional and is the worldwide certification offered by PMI, the Project Management institute. Requiring over 4500 hours of project management, 35 hours of class and a four hour, 200 questions (story problem style)…and a LOT of caffeine (that last part varies with users). I’ve completed […]

Conference Booth of Galactic Proportions

CS2: DO Stemming from the brainstorming at Skywalker Ranch (see the Dream post on CS2 for more),we went back to Nashville and carved out a plan on the largest white board I have seen to date–it literally took up the entire wall in Dan Johnson’s office at the time, he remains one of my heros […]

Working with ePrize

CS 1: DO We researched and landed on partnering with ePrize and a leading focus group company to execute the survey via a contest aimed solely at Christian Readers, where they lived and titled the contest embedded survey to discourage participation by anyone else, simply “I Love Christian Fiction.” In the planning it made sense […]

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Do.

Use what you know. Move. Don’t wait till you know it all. Or know it perfectly. You have a plan and a deliverable (see Dream.), now move towards it and keep score of your progress. I envision the journey of doing as time on the mountain. Rough, unpredictable? Yes. Exhilarating at times? Hope so. Work? […]

The desperation of doing…

It’s uncomfortable, isn’t it? You’re into a project, even a well planned one, and there are new ideas flying though your head. Worse yet, there are new ideas flying through your team’s head and they all sound good on some level. Do you stick to plan? Do you risk the budget overage? What if the people you presented to hate the new idea? What if they love it and blows the budget AND the time line? Wouldn’t it be better if they all shut up?

Passion and Discipline, Secrets to life?

Passion and discipline. I have come to believe that most if not all of life boils down to balancing the two.

I know, passion is the loud one, right? Drawing attention, ignoring the naysayers hopeful and energetic. So attractive, free and easy to love. But the dark side of passion is that it will work to control you, to seduce you into thinking it is worth sacrificing all else to feed it–all the while projecting a self efficating persona that lives in the ever isolating valley of “this is just who I am.”