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2020 PMP and REP Changes/ Updates
PMI February Newsletter The PMP exam and the associated R.E.P. program training are changing – effective 1 July 2020. Starting on that date, the PMP exam will reflect new exam content. What? Every 3 - 5 years, we conduct exhaustive research to understand how the project management profession has progressed, the impact of emerging trends, ...

Dr. Emad Rahim Selected As Commencement Speaker for Bellevue University’s Winter 2020 Graduation Class
Award-Winning Author, Educator, TEDx Speaker Dr. Emad Rahim to Address Bellevue University's Winter Class of 2020 Students will travel to Omaha from all over the country to receive their diplomas at commencement ceremony BELLEVUE, Jan. 16, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Bellevue University announced that author Dr. Emad Rahim will deliver the keynote address at its winter ...

Configuration Management vs Change Management
By Guest Contributor: Fahad Usmani Project environments are dynamic and changes are constant in areas like process, planning, or scope. You can group these changes into two categories: Change Management Configuration Management “Change Management” is the first category. Here you manage changes related to project management plans, processes, and baselines. In the second category, you manage ...

Kotouc Family Endowed PM Professor Awarded Honorary PhD
The Chicago School of Professional Psychology 2019 Commencement Speaker and Honorary Doctorate Degree Recipient is Awarded to Syracuse native, Dr. Emad Rahim. The Chicago School of Professional Psychology announced that author Dr. Emad Rahim will deliver the keynote address at its fall commencement. The 2019 commencement ceremony is set for Friday, October 25, 2019, where ...

Types of Project Management Structures
Guest Contributor: Sebastien Boyer, PSPO Content from: nutcache.com An organizational structure could be described as the official line of authority and control within an organization. Project management structures tell us how reporting relationships work in a particular organization. Depending on the environment the organization finds itself operating in, the goals they set for themselves and ...

Importance of Communicating with Project Stakeholders
By PM Center Administration Project stakeholders are people who are involved in or affected by project activities, and include the project sponsor, project team, support staff, customers, users, suppliers, and even opponents of the project. Project stakeholder are considered to be an individual or the group of the people who dream, plan, convey, and change ...

What Is The Standard Function Of A PMO?
- By Rossana Palummieri, Project Manager at ACI Worldwide Rossana Palummieri, PMP, CSM., is a project manager at a global company that focuses primarily on facilitating electronic payments. She provides an expanded perspective on IT Project Management due to 20 in software engineering and seven years as a project manager for both internal and customer projects. She ...

PM Center of Excellence at Bellevue University
- By Dr. Emad Rahim, PMP, COMP, Kotouc Endowed Chair We have been very busy the last few months getting our Project Management Center of Excellence up and running. There are only a handful of Universities that have established a Center of Excellence dedicated to the study and practice of project management. We wanted to get ...

Risk Response Strategies for Negative Risks or Threats
PM Center Insider By Fahad Usmani, PMP®, PMI-RMP®, contributing blogger Fahad Usmani, PMP®, PMI-RMP®, is founder of PMstudycircle.com and the author of A2Z of PMP Certification Exam. He has over 10 years of global portfolio management experience, specializing in leading complex corporate projects. He currently serves as an Inspection Engineer in Kuwait and facilitates project ...

The Road To Becoming a Certified Professional
PM Center Insider The Road To Becoming a Certified Professional By Emad Rahim, Kotouc Endowed Chair of PM Center of Excellence Dr. Emad Rahim, PMP®, OMCP®, serves as the Endowed Chair of the Project Management Center of Excellence and Associate Professor for the College of Science and Technology at Bellevue University. He has earned fellowships ...