The following article from WebMD helps and encourages anyone beginning an exercise program or anyone who’s been in their program for years. Sore muscles will occur – call it the acute pain of overcoming inertia. I was thinking of this very topic during a 20 mile run today – which was relatively pain free. There… [Read more…]
July 30, 2009 by David Kohrell
So you thought exercise meant pain? While there’s some pain that results from exercise (either during or after – called delayed onset) the pain relief benefit from exercise greatly outweighs the pain creation. This article provides a nice summary of what’s involved and I’ll shout and echo the sentiment that “Moving is what the human… [Read more…]
July 30, 2009 by tapuniversity
Although listed as a Group Creativity Technique for the fourth edition PMBOK®’s Collect Requirements process, this technique is versatile and used beyond the boundaries of project management. The Delphi Technique consists of rounds of gathering opinions from a select group of experts. For example, Kent wants to buy a car, but he wants to make… [Read more…]
July 28, 2009 by David Kohrell
Getting started – often the first step is the most difficult. It’s also the most important step. I remember listening to John “The Penguin” Ingram, contributing editor for Runner’s World and self effacing ‘slow runner’, share at the prerace dinner for the Tulsa Marathon in 2003 that the “miracle wasn’t that I finished, the miracle… [Read more…]
July 28, 2009 by tapuniversity
A Bidder Conference is a project management technique used for procurements. It is a technique of the fourth edition PMBOK®’s Conduct Procurements process. They may also be called contractor conferences, vendor conferences, and pre-bid conferences. A Bidder Conferences is a meeting for potential bidders to all fairly understand the buyer’s requirements. If the buyer were… [Read more…]
July 27, 2009 by tapuniversity
The Issue Log is a project document (not part of the Project Management Plan) described in the fourth edition PMBOK® whose purpose is to record and monitor issues. It is a tool of the PMBOK’s Manage Project Team process and an input to the Manage Stakeholder Expectations process. Note that one is a Human Resource… [Read more…]
July 24, 2009 by tapuniversity
The project management technique of Resource Leveling examines the possible need for adjustments to a schedule already constructed using the Critical Path Method based on the availability of resources. The fourth edition PMBOK® defines it as “any form of schedule network analysis in which scheduling decisions (start and finish dates) are driven by resource constraints.”… [Read more…]
July 23, 2009 by tapuniversity
The WBS dictionary is the document that accompanies the WBS (Work Breakdown Structure) which further elaborates upon the individual components of the WBS. The WBS Dictionary is an output of the fourth edition PMBOK®’s Create Work Breakdown Structure process. Together with the WBS and Scope Statement, it composes the project’s Scope Baseline which becomes part… [Read more…]
July 21, 2009 by David Kohrell
To help your understanding and mastery of over 500 core learning objects that we're sharing on the TAPUniversity Blog what I've been researching the last six months is the impact of physical, spiritual and mental performance on each other- the gate swings both ways and there's some solid, reliable research out there to back it up. Call it the body, spirit and mind game. My interest is twofold: from our work to help professionals achieve certification results as efficiently as possible and my passion for exercise - primarily in triathlons, marathons and quests to reach milestones in each.
July 21, 2009 by tapuniversity
A WBS (Work Breakdown Structure) is a project document that displays a deliverable-oriented hierarchical decomposition of the project work. At the first level of decomposition, the major branches of the WBS could represent phases, major deliverables, or subprojects. At each lower level, the work is broken down into more detail. This process of breaking down… [Read more…]
July 20, 2009 by tapuniversity
When selecting among multiple potential sellers, Proposal Evaluation Techniques can assist in choosing the best seller. Proposal Evaluation Techniques is a technique of the fourth edition PMBOK®’s Conduct Procurements process. It involves an evaluation committee comparing seller proposals against pre-defined criteria. The evaluation committee is the group of people who examine the information provided by… [Read more…]
July 17, 2009 by tapuniversity
An interview is a straightforward method of gaining information and opinions from others in a verbal manner by the interviewer asking an interviewee a set of questions. It is listed as a technique both of the fourth edition PMBOK®’s Collect Requirements process and as a technique of the BABOK® 2.0. In the fields of project… [Read more…]
July 16, 2009 by tapuniversity
The questionnaire is a commonly used tool utilized across many fields, including project management and business analysis. It is listed as a technique both of the fourth edition PMBOK®’s Collect Requirements process and as a technique of the BABOK® 2.0. It can be a cost-effective way to gather large amounts of data from individuals. Questionnaires… [Read more…]
July 15, 2009 by tapuniversity
The Risk Management Plan is a document used by project managers to provide guidance on handling risk throughout a project, and because this includes early risks, it should be created early in the project’s planning phase. It is the only output of the Plan Risk Management process, which is one of the 42 project management… [Read more…]
July 14, 2009 by tapuniversity
The summer of 2009 brings changes to two certification exams for which TAPUniversity provides preparation. Both the Project Management Institute’s (PMI) Project Management Professional (PMP®) exam and the International Institute of Business Analysis’s (IIBA) Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP®) have version changes this summer. As of July 1, the PMP exam is based on the… [Read more…]
July 13, 2009 by tapuniversity
The Close Procurements process is one of the 42 project management processes described in the fourth edition PMBOK®. It’s one of the four Procurement knowledge area processes, and one of the two Closing processes. The primary purpose of this process is to complete all the project’s procurements. It is closely tied with the Close Project… [Read more…]
July 10, 2009 by tapuniversity
The Close Project or Phase process is one of the 42 project management processes described in the fourth edition PMBOK®. It’s one of the six Integration knowledge area processes, and one of the two Closing processes. The primary purpose of this process is to finalize activities in order to complete the project or phase of… [Read more…]
July 9, 2009 by tapuniversity
The Stakeholder Registry is a project management document that has the list of stakeholders and relevant information about them. It is developed through the fourth edition PMBOK®’s Identify Stakeholders process which first discovers the people and organizations that are impacted by the project, and secondly, documents relevant information about them. This information can be placed… [Read more…]
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July 31, 2009 by David Kohrell
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