Folks, I hate to continue to harp on the same theme, but while I understand the focus of everyone on passing the PMP exam, I see precious little being written here about increasing the level of understanding and competency of project managers. I just hope that everyone realizes that if you pass your...

Colleagues, I have been involved for several years with the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) program to end corruption in construction projects.  http://content.asce.org/global/principles/Charter.html In the most recent issue of Engineering News Record, I learned that two other highly regarded...

Given the revelations over AIG and BOTH the Bush and Obama Administrations mishandling of the economic problems, I think now more than ever we should be registering our outrage. As most of you know, I am an action oriented person and this You Tube video has captured my attention and would urge you to...

Dear Colleagues, Before we run off writing to our congressmen and women, I think we owe it to ourselves to see if we can grasp the nature of the problem(s). Here is a short but very interesting explanation of the problem that I found fascinating. http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/dan-roberts-on-business-blog/interactive/2009/jan/29/financial-pyramid. Also,...

PT Mitratata Citragraha presenting a Program for Asean Project Manager’s Center of Excellence (APMX) functions as one node in a global network of Project Management Professional practitioner’s working as a “Virtual Organization”. Our Objective is to serve as “missionaries”...

For the past 6 months or so, I have been seeing a dramatic increase in the help wanted advertisements, both on line and in print, requiring a PMP or a PRINCE2 credential as a clear pre-requisite to applying for the job. And my question is, by making a knowledge based credential with no proven connection...

For the second year in a row, the Construction Management Association of America www.cmaanet.org has conducted a survey of owners groups. Among the findings of the survey: 66 percent of respondents use the design-bid-build delivery method most often, but only 23 percent believe that this method offers...