Dr. Joseline Edward, PhD.

Readiness for the Project Management Professional Certification Exam - Tips Revealed!

With the worldwide surge in the demand for Project Management skills, the PMP®, the Project Management certification is the best way to boost your career prospects and credentials. The PMI has made lot of changes to the Project Management professional ex... Read >

Why Do Candidates Fail in the PMP Certification Exam?

Two of my peers who have more than 15 years of IT experience in the banking industry and as a project manager for almost five years appeared for the PMP certification exam last week. They said they took a PMP Prep course from a registered PMI education pr... Read >

Top Nine Project Management Trends in 2012 - Just a Heads Up for You

While it’s not possible to predict what’s going to happen in the future, it’s pretty easy to predict the trends in the field of project management. How? Here’s the secret. We can forecast the project management trends with a moderate level of confidence b... Read >

Is PMP Certification becoming more or less valuable?

The Project Management Institute (PMI®) is the leader and the most widely recognized organization in promoting the best practices in project management. It was founded in 1969 and started offering the Project Management Professional® (PMP®) exam and Certi... Read >

Manager Interview - Top 19 Stunning Questions Likely to Be Asked

One of my long time friend who is working as a Senior Project Manager for a well-known company was looking for a change and applied for a Director position in another reputed organization in India. He was called for an interview on a Sunday evening. It wa... Read >

Does Information Technology Contribute to Organizational Performance in Today Organizations?

Information technology (IT) has significantly affected many organizations. The dramatic growth of the Internet and telecommunications technologies offers various benefits to organizations. For instance it allows many supporting operations to be outsourced... Read >

Critical Success Factors for implementing Quality Management Systems

Business organizations have become more competitive in the 21st century due to globalization and growing competition. The global marketplace, changes in customer values, rapid changes in technology, and increased economic pressures on companies have led t... Read >

How to select a project?

Projects are undertaken to produce a product or a service for various reasons. This includes factors like market share, financial benefits, return on investment, customer retention and loyalty, and public perceptions. Organizations might receive several p... Read >

Does managing Risk require a different approach in projects and programs?

The general definition of project is that it is temporary endeavor undertaken to create unique products, services or results. The temporary nature means that all projects must have a definite beginning and end dates. A simple example of a project would be... Read >

Project Managers - Do They Have More Than One Face?

Project Management Institute (PMI) has defined project as a temporary endeavor that creates a unique product, service or result. In other words, Project Management can be defined as a set of activities performed in all phases including initiation, plannin... Read >

Project Management Certification: How do I pass the exam at the first attempt?

I usually contribute towards project management groups in various social sites, blogs and forums. As a certified PMP, I try to share my knowledge and experience to help the enthusiastic guys to pass the exam. Most of the candidates in those groups post qu... Read >

Best certifications for IT professionals: Is PMP best for you?

I recently met one of my best friends, who are working as a Director for training in an Information Technology (IT) organization in the US who came to India for vacation. During our meeting, we had an interesting discussion about the certifications availa... Read >

Project Managers - Want to Know the Commonly Used Tools to Manage Resources?

Resource management tools are vital to manage resources in all phases of a project. The people on a project no matter how skilled they are cannot succeed if they do not have a right tool to manage them. Cognitive Technologies Inc, a company specializing i... Read >

Project Management Professional - How to become a great Project Manager?

Below is the list of skills required for you to be the best manager in your career: People Management Skills: Project Management can be defined as a set of activities performed in all phases including initiation, planning, executing, monitoring and con... Read >

The Top Three IT Projects Failure Reasons

Projects fail due to various reasons. One might be using a well-known project management software, a famous collaboration software, proved project management tools, an prominent project management methodologies and even well-known project management templ... Read >