This week I was in Chicago attending the PMI Annual Conference 2017. Below are a few photos I took from two of my favorite seminars at the conference. But first, here are a few key themes & trends I noticed threading through many of the seminars. TRENDS: 1. AGILE! Clearly the #1 trend was how [...]
1) ISSP NYC - Free Spring Networking Event (International Society of Sustainability Professionals) The Impossible Burger! (ISSP NYC - April 3) Event: Free Meet-Up: Food & Drinks A Chance To Try The Impossible Burger (100% cow-less burger!) Location: Bareburger: 535 LaGuardia Place (Btwn Bleecker & W 3rd St) Day/Date/Time: Monday, April 3, 6:00 - 9:00 PM [...]
The PMBOK update from V4 to V5 IS SIGNIFICANT and will affect ALL the PMI Exams (except the Agile Certification: PMI-ACP) But BE ADVISED that the different exams have different go-live dates for the upgraded version, as follows: What are the dates for the Exam Upgrades? (from PMBOK V4 to V5) PMP Exam will be updated to [...]
1) NYC SCRUM USER GROUP MEETING - December 13, 2012 Seminar: How to Talk to Your Users: A Hands-On UX Workshop Presenter: Jeremy Franck Day/Date: Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012 Time: [...]
Teaching 4 weeks of PMP Bootcamp in June Will update this page next for July 2012 Jeff Furman (@PMAnswerBook) 1) NYC [...]
1) NYC SCRUM Users Group Day/Date/Time: Tuesday, April 10th, 6:00 PM Topic: - Intro to Business Value Engineering Speaker: Joe Little of Kitty Hawk Consulting Location: EURO RSCG, 350 Hudson Street, 9th Floor Meeting Leader: Rob Purdie ==> Registration Link 2) PMI NYC "Agile: Your Tough Questions Answered" Presenter: Mark C. Layton, CST, Platinum Edge, Inc. (recognized globally as Mr. AgileTM) Day/Date: Monday, April 9th Time: [...]
BUT FIRST... some photos from the AgileNYC Open this week in Manhattan: - Agile NYC Open <-- A gallery of photos of this week's Agile NYC Open at Pace U. (courtesy of Larry Mantrone, PMP/CSM) - Ilio Krumins-Beens <-- One of the Agile Instructors at the event, leading an excellent seminar at the Agile NYC Open - ShortVideo.Morning.AgileNYCOpen <-- A short [...]
I attended another great PMI conference (my third-in-a-row) in Dallas last week. If you attended also, Please share Your Highlights in the "Leave a Reply" box. 1. Keynote Speaker: Malcolm Gladwell, author of "Blink," "The Tipping Point" and "Outliers." Much of his talk was about Steve Jobs, and how he felt that Jobs epitomized the [...]
"The Project Management Answer Book" will help you increase your knowledge and get your PMP, as it has for many Project Managers in the U.S. and around the world. It was recently named one of the "Top 10 Books Every Project Manager Should Have In His Or Her Collection" by Bright Hub and has also received very [...]
Top 10 Benefits of Jeff Furman's PMP class: 1. Highly-experienced PMP instructor - I've taught more than 85 weeks of PMP/CAPM (more than 550 students!) I've trained hundreds of PMs from private industry, US Federal Government, and NYC government (in Manhattan, Bethesda MD, Carlyss LA, Fremont CA, Houston TX, Philadelphia PA, Washington DC and Fort Hood TX for the US [...]