Webinar Recordings
Intro to Project Management Certification
Download PDFPMI's Project Management Professional (PMP®) Certification is the most well known project management credential available, but there are a number of other certifications that have similar goals. In this 1-hour Web seminar, we explore the PMP Certification as well as the scope and sources of other popular certifications.
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What’s New with the PMBOK® Guide and PMP Certification
Download PDFOn December 31, 2008, the Project Management Institute (PMI) released the latest version of their Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge. In June 2009, the Project Management Professional (PMP) Exam will be updated to reflect the transition to the new PMBOK® Guide, Fourth Edition. What does this mean for project managers and team members, current PMPs and future PMP candidates?
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Articles
Aligning Strategy with Execution
Download PDFWritten by AfR CEO, Tarja Mottram, this article "10 Key Ways to Align Your Strategy with Execution" originally appeared in a condensed version in the July 2008 issue of BioPharm International magazine.
Protect Investments by Managing Risk
Download PDFOriginally published in Pharmaceutical Formulation & Quality magazine, this article by Jim Stewart and Todd McKee explores risk management in a drug development environment.
Project Blind Spots
Download PDFProjects are often run by subject matter experts or “accidental” project managers who are well intentioned, but lack formal project management training and experience. This article illustrates some of the project “blind spots” that may result because they are unaware of time-honored techniques that will help them to manage projects more effectively.
Project Offices: Levels & Responsibilities
Download PDFVery often, organizations establish project offices using different names for different purposes. This article provides an overview of some commonly used terms and describes the responsibilities and expectations set by organizations around the world to define “project offices.”
Tools and Worksheets
Change Request Form
Download PDFIt’s for certain that you’ll be dealing with change as you implement any project, so be prepared to explain in your project plan how you will identify and track changes. Be sure to have standardized documents such as this Change Request Form ready when you need them.
Negotiation Strategy Worksheet
Download PDFA successful negotiation not only means getting what you want and need as a project manager, team member or stakeholder, it also means coming to an agreement that works for the other party as well. Before embarking on a negotiation session, use this worksheet to help you formulate what you must gain from the process, what you can live without, and what’s important to the other party.
Project Communication Planning
Download PDFComprehensive and effective communications are vital to project success. This overview of project communications planning includes a template for a communications plan.
2010 PMP® Exam Prep Course Schedule
Download PDFAre you ready to move ahead to the next step in your project management career? Project managers and project team members who earn PMP® certification are helping their company to build the project management capability needed for business success. PMPs understand and apply project management in accordance with globally accepted best practices, as recommended in PMI’s Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge.
Links
mScholar Project Management Learning Solutions
www.mscholar.comAfR’s training division, mScholar, is known for its pragmatic, hands-on project management and leadership learning solutions, including a full suite of programs to support individual and organizational project management certification needs. mScholar program offerings and customizable curricula introduce the discipline of project management in context of the product development processes inherent in Biotech, Pharmaceutical and Medical Device industry.
BioPharmaPM
www.biopharmapm.orgBioPharmaPM is a Pharmaceutical Biotech Project Management group dedicated to the sharing of project management best practices within the Pharmaceutical, Biotech, CRO and Medical Devices industries at a local and global level. They are an independent, non-profit, 100% volunteer based organization with chapters throughout the United States. Their project management philosophy follows the PMI and PMBOK principles.
Scope Crêpe Project Management Blog
http://scopecrepe.blogspot.comThe informative (and witty) blog of Rich Maltzman, PMP, a senior project management consultant with Action for Results and mScholar.
Project Management Institute
www.pmi.orgWith more than 265,000 members in over 170 countries, PMI is the leading membership association for the project management profession. Visit this site for information about project management credentials and certifications, including Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
Information Mapping
www.infomap.comInformation Mapping helps organizations take control of their information life cycle by analyzing their information issues, needs, and requirements to create a solution that most effectively helps to develop, deploy and manage company and project information.
