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PMP Formula of the Week: Ahead or Behind Schedule

August 3, 2015 Guest Authors Cisco, Cloudera, Featured, Professional Development, Project Management, Routing & Switching, Technology, Training in Business

A project sponsor asks if your project is ahead or behind schedule. What formula should you use to determine your answer?

Tips and Tricks for Expediting Service Resolution in Your POWER Server Environment: Part 2

July 30, 2015 Guest Authors Cisco, Cloudera, Featured, Professional Development, Project Management, Routing & Switching, Technology, Training in Business

Part 2: Over the course of the past 28 years or so, I’ve been called upon to assist clients with resolving existing service-related POWER Systems issues, both hardware and software (configuration / application performance) related. Expediting the resolution of service-related issues is key to maintaining a successful environment. Whether you’re a newly initiated or seasoned system administrator, there are three critical elements involved in expediting service resolution: documentation, preparation and conversation!

PMP Formula of the Week: Earned Value Fixed Formula Measurement Rule

July 27, 2015 Guest Authors Cisco, Cloudera, Featured, Professional Development, Project Management, Routing & Switching, Technology, Training in Business

You are developing a schedule management plan that sets an earned value fixed formula measurement rule. Which of the following formulas could be an example of such a rule?

Tips and Tricks for Expediting Service Resolution in Your POWER Server Environment: Part 1

July 23, 2015 Guest Authors Cisco, Cloudera, Featured, Professional Development, Project Management, Routing & Switching, Technology, Training in Business

Over the course of the past 28 years or so, I’ve been called upon to assist clients with resolving existing service-related POWER Systems issues, both hardware and software (configuration / application performance) related. Expediting the resolution of service-related issues is key to maintaining a successful environment. Whether you’re a newly initiated or seasoned system administrator, there are three critical elements involved in expediting service resolution: documentation, preparation and conversation!

PMP Question of the Week: Forecasting a Necessary CPI Based on an ETC

July 20, 2015 Guest Authors Cisco, Cloudera, Featured, Professional Development, Project Management, Routing & Switching, Technology, Training in Business

In this new series of questions, PMP Formula of the Week, this post was provided by author Bill Scott. In the previous PMP Formula of the Week, “Forecasting a Necessary CPI,” we discussed the recently publicized Earned Value Management (EVM) term To Complete Performance Index (TCPI) and what it could do for you. Now we […]