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Microsoft Project 2010 Ignite in Singapore

We Are project 2010 Ready Are you ?

We Are project 2010 Ready Are you ?
This was the slogan for the wonderful event that I attended in Singapore from 2 to 4 Feb 2010.We had 3 days workshop on Microsoft EPM 2010 conducted by Seth Patton , Christophe Fiessinger & Jan Kalis from Microsoft.
In these three days we leaned a lot about Microsoft EPM 2010 family. Now it is very clear that Microsoft project server 2010 really rocks. Microsoft has done a great job, especially when it comes to project lifecycle management it become more realistic and it give the organizations more governance over the projects..

The main enhancement that Microsoft added to this EPM version are:
1 - Single server with end to end PPM capabilities
a - Flexible project capture and initiation
b - Enhance governance through workflow
c - Powerful portfolio selection analytics

2 - Unified Project and Portfolio Management
a - Capture all work in a central repository
b - Simple and Intuitive User Experience

3 - Enhanced Collaboration and Reporting
a - Built on SharePoint Server 2010
b - Connect teams with SharePoint Sync
c - Better time and status reporting
d - Easily create reports and dashboards
e - SharePoint Sync to Project Server 2010
f - Lightweight collaboration through SharePoint Tasks list
g - Sync SharePoint Tasks into Project Server to drive enterprise Resource Management and Reporting
h - Take advantage of richer Project Management capabilities using Project Server

4 - Scalable and Connected Platform
a - Extend Interoperability
b - Simplified Administration
c - Rich Platform Services
d - Developer Productivity

5 - Simple and Intuitive User Experience
a - Get started quicker with the familiar Fluent User Interface
b - Enhanced Contextual menus reveal relevant features
c - Descriptive tooltips
d - Share, print, and publish project information with just one click in Backstage


From my point of view as Project Management Consultnat moving arround the world to support different organizations I like demand managmenet too much because it solve a many problems for different organizations who have many initiatives and limited resources. Demand managment provide a comlete end to end project management solution starting from the idea to business case to schedule tools and a portfolio analysis engine that organizations need to comprehensively manage the demands of their organisations.

You can expect more posts related to Microsoft EPM 2010 in the future on my blog.

I'm Microsoft Project 2010 Ready .... Are you?

My New website

For more than one week I spent to develop my own website , this web I make in order to advertise my services to corporates and individuals, it was very interest to make this website but it take a long time.

I would like to know what can I put in this website in order to benefit the visitors.
my website address is : www.mdkhalifa.com

I hope to invite you to review it and write your recommendations or send e-mail to me on the following address khalifa2010@hotmail.com

PMI-SP Certification Exam

I had many requirements about the PMI-SP exam, actually this exam is very suitable for the planning Engineers and schedulers. To pass it you need to study well some topics like the following

You need to Know the following:-

1 - The dependency relationships (SS,FS,SF,FF)

2 - Critical Path calculations.

3 - You need to study well the following :-

- communication Knowledge area. (PMBOK)

- Earned value

- Time Management knowledge area (PMBOK)

o Estimation Techniques and the difference between them

o Resource levelling , Fast track , Crashing techniques

o What-if scenario , Risk , Simulation

- The relation between risk , cost and schedule.

- Integrated change control

My advice to you is to study these Knowledge areas and enter the exam.

PMBOK Fourth Edition Download

Dears
Now you can download the PMBOK fourth Edition from pmi.org
The PMBOK is very important for PMP Certification Exam Preparation. I had a lot of comments on the PMBOK third Edition and almost all my comments cleared in the fourth edition.
I advice all my friends who even became a PMP certified to download the fourth edition and see the new differences , really it is worth.
Questions and Answer for the PMP Certification preperation fourth edition are not ready till now but we are working on it.
I think we can finish it before the new exam.

PMP, PgMP, PMI-SP Schedule for June and July 2009 in Kuwait

My Schedule for June 2009 amd July 2009:

1 - PgMP Certification Preperation Exam from 24 May 2009 to 9 June (Kuwait)
2 - Free PMP Exam Preperation workshop (Questions & Answers + Quick Review) From 10 June to 12 June. (Kuwait)
3 - PMP Certification Preperation (Fourth Edition) Exam from 14 June to 28 June. (Kuwait)
4 - PMI-SP Certification Preperation Exam + Microsoft Project 2007 from 5 July to 16 July (Kuwait)
5 - Free PgMP Exam Prepertion Workshop - for my trainees only - from 19 July to 20 July (Kuwait)
6 - PMO Implementation from 26 July to 30 July. (Kuwait)

PMI Kuwait Yahoo Group

Five years back when I started the coaching and training business I was trying always to contact my trainees before, during and after the course in order to give them a real value and also to trace what is the course impact in their professional and personnel life and I consider this as important as the course itself. My Aim is to move the training industry one step ahead and focus more on the trainees himself more than the material or the class or anything else.
The Real value of Project Management Training coming from the best practice and sharing knowledge between practitioners.

For all my Project management courses I initiate a group for only my trainees called PMIkuwait@yahoogroups.com, I'm trying to make a small and closed community in order to help my trainees to master the Project Management knowledge and also give a chance to all of them to know and help each other to become a project management gurus , learn from others, announce my new free workshops and seminars, share templates and Q&A, try to help our friends to solve their problems and so on .
I'm thinking now to open the group for others in order to increase the contribution under one condition which is we will be very selective in adding a new member.