It was really the only book that I ran across that was exactly what it wanted to be: teach you project management so that you can pass the exam. Individually, the other books were a waste of money BUT were valuable as a collection.
As project management grows in scope, importance and recognition, so do the related career and credential options available to you. The CAPM is designed for project team members and entry-level project managers, as well as qualified undergraduate and graduate students who want a credential to recognize their value to project team performance.
A CAPM Credential can benefit professionals from all disciplines by demonstrating clear direction to their work and by gaining knowledge of project management processes and terminology.
You can benefit from a CAPM if you are a:
Project team member; Junior project management practitioner or new to the project management profession; Undergraduate or graduate student with an interest in project management. Professionals with project management skills are increasingly seen on the leadership track, and earning the CAPM from PMI is one of the best ways to advance your career. This credential can go a long way toward enhancing your employment and/or project assignment responsibilities -- and getting you recognized in the workplace.
CAPM candidates must first meet specific educational and project management related experience requirements and then pass a comprehensive 150 question computer-based examination.
When you pass, the mere fact of having the cert will move you in that direction.
The PM career is extremely young in IT and thus better paying while more difficult than in other industries. (I have 15+ years experience in IT and Manufacturing and a PMP and MCSE.) I'm trying to implement some of the methodologies that I have picked up in manufacturing to apply in the software projects that I am on now. It helps but ironically (or not) it's the lack of understanding of PM worth by the development staff that makes the introduction of good PM tactics more difficult.
The management consultants call it "Change Management."
Get the PMP, its worth it and won't ruin you (too much).
Perhaps, some rolling stat of population density would be more appropriate? Maybe a max / average / min per space-that-one-can-"travel" in one hour. That would give you an idea if you are overrun with others in a hunting area (bad) or overrun with others in the city (good). The rest of the numbers in the OP are more important to the lifespan of the game (e.g. Asheron's Call 2) or the company's viability. Ther the basic user we sometimes want interactions (to buy and sell) and sometimes want low to know interactions (while campainging).
Density would also help with EOL or SL problems of lots of people but a HUGE world.
Just a FYI as a past owner of a similar type of business: take an average wage of $10 / hr and double it for all employee / employment related costs and a 6 minute part means that they can make ANYTHING (within reason for complexity) for about $2. They are trying to show (too subtle marketing in my opinion) that they can compete as a global player with China and India.
I've had NetFlix for almost two years now. I can think of about 5 DVDs that have shipped later than the day that they got it and those 5 all went the next day. (I will add that they work on Saturday as well which is helps the "next business day thing."
Sorry, but this is a common error: you are confusing Advertising and Marketing. Marketing is full life cycle and includes advertising the finished product to the potential end users. In this case, Marketing also contains focus groups (of all sorts), research into the desired market segment, AND brainstorming what should be developed.
Good marketing is done rarely because it is so difficult to determine what the market will want prior to the product being determined.
What seems to be the most interesting is not the extra "options" or extensability built into what we can access (which we always have) but the speed at which we CAN access the same data.
I could go to the library or perhaps a credit score company to learn more about you for decades now but it took weeks to access the data. 4 years ago I had the internet at home and could have the information in a day or a few hours. Today I turn on my wireless which is hooked automatically to the fastest open connection including the cell lines and can look you up in minutes.
So in a few years, I might be able to look you up (if you allow me to) based off of the RFID card in your wallet and find out more about you in... what... a minute? That would change the dynamics of the economic process.
In the later instance, a vendor that I'm walking or driving past could read my "good customer" score and offer me something at a discount that I normally buy elsewhere.
Actually, they are shipping for $0.97. Crazy. I know its Wal-Mart but they MUST be losing money. Or is their scale SO big that their average shipping cost is less than $0.97?
I suppose that it shouldn't shock me but if you really wanted to protect the US by alliviating the threat to oil by taking out Saddam, one's administration should have a short and long term plan.
ST: protect exisiting oil supplies that could easily by used as bargining chips in "peace" or business negotiations
LT: in coordination with "ST", build a national plan to reduce the threat of foriegn controlled oil on our soverignity by 1) owning the supplies out-right or 2) replacing them with another source that IS friendly to the US or 3) reduce the demand within the US to match our own supplies or lessen the dependence on foriegn sources.
We haven't seen ANY LT plans out of this administration.
The lack of long term planning is where the Bush White House is REALLY failing.
[Unless, of course, Michael Moore is correct in his allegation that Bush was just in this war for the profits. If so, excellent long term planning on his and the Saudis parts.]
Uh, unless its the EPA, right? They can go retroactive on your ass at any time. Remember GE, PCBs, and the Hudson. What, $300 Million to clean up something that they didn't know was bad because the government used to say was OK?
I run my own company the same way. While it's manufacturing and not coding, the principles involved are the same.
Treat your people respectfully Ask their opinions Require their involvement Tell them that you don't have the answers Create a team environment Pay them fairly (average salary or better) Do more listening than talking People WANT to do a good job, when they don't it's probably the "system's" fault ... tons of other advice that centers around RESPECT and TRUST
The point of this is that technical skills do not make good managers. Good managers are people who can create focus for the team. "ex-programmers" have a leg up in this because they should understand the issues that slow down good employees. An inexperienced (in the technical skills of the role) manager can still add enormous value by smoothing external hurdles for the team while relying on the team to solve the technical hurdles.
Properly managed, a team is ALWAYS better one guru. Any good manager knows this. Bad managers think that they or only one of their employees have ALL the answers.
Go get the book "Maverik" by Ricardo Semler for real world examples.
In any case, I own a small manufacturing company and we aren't liable for what we manufacture because we didn't design the product that we build. So who does the design (i.e. responsible for the liability) of Dell products should be your query? Dell, I think.
IANAL but I am a businessman; Dell owes you a fix or replacement of your laptop.
Actually, I'd say that a heavy percentage of bad managers in the Dilbert Principle (the concept, no the book) are from cross training. "If they can manage Sales Operations then give them a project to manage too." Oops, how many of those skills cross over? Very few, I bet.
The problem is that the managers that you are looking for have been fired for schedule slippage. Upper management doesn't understand reasons for changes in schedules. They want estimates early in the process but want fixed dates. So you work late or are bored while the requirements get to you.
Bottom line for excutives without development experience: All they see is a date slip. Your manager gets a few slippages and BOOM they are gone too.
Guess how your manager acts in the next project? Just like yours does now.
Hey, its not that they steal; its how inefficient they are at using it. (So maybe the government is stealing only the inefficent part. Maybe 70 to 80%, huh?)
Maybe you forgot but once you IPO, you SELL a portion of your company to the public. So your company crashes later; bummer, but YOU are still in (X)illionaire! Its the slow movers that get hosed NOT the 20ish founder. Keep that in mind.
So if you are under 13 then you can just lie or give no answer and be able to use the service. So what COPPA is doing is forcing 13 and unders to "mingle" with adults. So that 25 year old that you are flaming or flirting with might actually be a 12 year old child.
Now that could always have happend but now the child can not speak up and say "Hey, I'm only 12!" because they might be kicked off the service.
Also the "monsters" out there praying on children will be able to defend their actions because no children are allowed on ICQ!
So much for protecting children online. We want safe online locations for kids but the requirements are so expensive to implement that we are effectively taking the "playgrounds" away.
Has anyone ever created a crypto system that had output of real text? Something like a long encyclopedia entry that was actually cypto. For instance check out the bold face in this short message.
Well the is alway Gnutella. And it doesn't have a centralized server to sue. Or be able to track to the software user. Especially if you have a dynamic IP address.
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It was really the only book that I ran across that was exactly what it wanted to be: teach you project management so that you can pass the exam. Individually, the other books were a waste of money BUT were valuable as a collection.
There IS a lower level exam: the CAPM
from the pmi.org website
http://pmi.org/info/PDC_CAPM.asp
Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM®)
As project management grows in scope, importance and recognition, so do the related career and credential options available to you. The CAPM is designed for project team members and entry-level project managers, as well as qualified undergraduate and graduate students who want a credential to recognize their value to project team performance.
A CAPM Credential can benefit professionals from all disciplines by demonstrating clear direction to their work and by gaining knowledge of project management processes and terminology.
You can benefit from a CAPM if you are a:
Project team member;
Junior project management practitioner or new to the project management profession;
Undergraduate or graduate student with an interest in project management.
Professionals with project management skills are increasingly seen on the leadership track, and earning the CAPM from PMI is one of the best ways to advance your career. This credential can go a long way toward enhancing your employment and/or project assignment responsibilities -- and getting you recognized in the workplace.
CAPM candidates must first meet specific educational and project management related experience requirements and then pass a comprehensive 150 question computer-based examination.
Eligibility Criteria
Educational Background
Project Management Experience
Project Management Education
High school diploma
or equivalent
1,500 hours of work on a
project team
OR
23 hours of
formal education
While I run the chance of being "OffTopic", get your PMP from the PMI. Study via Rita's Guide to passing the PMP ( http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1932735003/sr=1-1 /qid=1139376634/ref=pd_bbs_1/103-6860889-0376656?_ encoding=UTF8 ).
When you pass, the mere fact of having the cert will move you in that direction.
The PM career is extremely young in IT and thus better paying while more difficult than in other industries. (I have 15+ years experience in IT and Manufacturing and a PMP and MCSE.) I'm trying to implement some of the methodologies that I have picked up in manufacturing to apply in the software projects that I am on now. It helps but ironically (or not) it's the lack of understanding of PM worth by the development staff that makes the introduction of good PM tactics more difficult.
The management consultants call it "Change Management."
Get the PMP, its worth it and won't ruin you (too much).
Perhaps, some rolling stat of population density would be more appropriate? Maybe a max / average / min per space-that-one-can-"travel" in one hour. That would give you an idea if you are overrun with others in a hunting area (bad) or overrun with others in the city (good). The rest of the numbers in the OP are more important to the lifespan of the game (e.g. Asheron's Call 2) or the company's viability. Ther the basic user we sometimes want interactions (to buy and sell) and sometimes want low to know interactions (while campainging).
Density would also help with EOL or SL problems of lots of people but a HUGE world.
Just a FYI as a past owner of a similar type of business: take an average wage of $10 / hr and double it for all employee / employment related costs and a 6 minute part means that they can make ANYTHING (within reason for complexity) for about $2. They are trying to show (too subtle marketing in my opinion) that they can compete as a global player with China and India.
It IS possible.
Way to go guys!!!
I've had NetFlix for almost two years now. I can think of about 5 DVDs that have shipped later than the day that they got it and those 5 all went the next day. (I will add that they work on Saturday as well which is helps the "next business day thing."
Sorry, but this is a common error: you are confusing Advertising and Marketing. Marketing is full life cycle and includes advertising the finished product to the potential end users. In this case, Marketing also contains focus groups (of all sorts), research into the desired market segment, AND brainstorming what should be developed.
Good marketing is done rarely because it is so difficult to determine what the market will want prior to the product being determined.
They'll give you a choice. Red or Blue pills. Your choice.
What seems to be the most interesting is not the extra "options" or extensability built into what we can access (which we always have) but the speed at which we CAN access the same data.
... what ... a minute? That would change the dynamics of the economic process.
I could go to the library or perhaps a credit score company to learn more about you for decades now but it took weeks to access the data. 4 years ago I had the internet at home and could have the information in a day or a few hours. Today I turn on my wireless which is hooked automatically to the fastest open connection including the cell lines and can look you up in minutes.
So in a few years, I might be able to look you up (if you allow me to) based off of the RFID card in your wallet and find out more about you in
In the later instance, a vendor that I'm walking or driving past could read my "good customer" score and offer me something at a discount that I normally buy elsewhere.
Actually, they are shipping for $0.97. Crazy. I know its Wal-Mart but they MUST be losing money. Or is their scale SO big that their average shipping cost is less than $0.97?
I suppose that it shouldn't shock me but if you really wanted to protect the US by alliviating the threat to oil by taking out Saddam, one's administration should have a short and long term plan.
ST: protect exisiting oil supplies that could easily by used as bargining chips in "peace" or business negotiations
LT: in coordination with "ST", build a national plan to reduce the threat of foriegn controlled oil on our soverignity by 1) owning the supplies out-right or 2) replacing them with another source that IS friendly to the US or 3) reduce the demand within the US to match our own supplies or lessen the dependence on foriegn sources.
We haven't seen ANY LT plans out of this administration.
The lack of long term planning is where the Bush White House is REALLY failing.
[Unless, of course, Michael Moore is correct in his allegation that Bush was just in this war for the profits. If so, excellent long term planning on his and the Saudis parts.]
Uh, unless its the EPA, right? They can go retroactive on your ass at any time. Remember GE, PCBs, and the Hudson. What, $300 Million to clean up something that they didn't know was bad because the government used to say was OK?
Hey Jon, while I should trust you, can I read the survey myself? Got a good website?
I run my own company the same way. While it's manufacturing and not coding, the principles involved are the same.
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Treat your people respectfully
Ask their opinions
Require their involvement
Tell them that you don't have the answers
Create a team environment
Pay them fairly (average salary or better)
Do more listening than talking
People WANT to do a good job, when they don't it's probably the "system's" fault
... tons of other advice that centers around RESPECT and TRUST
The point of this is that technical skills do not make good managers. Good managers are people who can create focus for the team. "ex-programmers" have a leg up in this because they should understand the issues that slow down good employees. An inexperienced (in the technical skills of the role) manager can still add enormous value by smoothing external hurdles for the team while relying on the team to solve the technical hurdles.
Properly managed, a team is ALWAYS better one guru. Any good manager knows this. Bad managers think that they or only one of their employees have ALL the answers.
Go get the book "Maverik" by Ricardo Semler for real world examples.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/04466705
- john
It assembles.
In any case, I own a small manufacturing company and we aren't liable for what we manufacture because we didn't design the product that we build. So who does the design (i.e. responsible for the liability) of Dell products should be your query? Dell, I think.
IANAL but I am a businessman; Dell owes you a fix or replacement of your laptop.
Actually, I'd say that a heavy percentage of bad managers in the Dilbert Principle (the concept, no the book) are from cross training. "If they can manage Sales Operations then give them a project to manage too." Oops, how many of those skills cross over? Very few, I bet.
Bottom line for excutives without development experience: All they see is a date slip. Your manager gets a few slippages and BOOM they are gone too.
Guess how your manager acts in the next project? Just like yours does now.
maybe so but then you'd be in Sales (and bad at it)
Give Ghost in the Shell a chance, too. (Hey at least when I re-watch it 10 times it doesn't take me 130 hours! Only 20.)
Me too! Hey, maybe because its good? Hmmm.
Hey, its not that they steal; its how inefficient they are at using it. (So maybe the government is stealing only the inefficent part. Maybe 70 to 80%, huh?)
Maybe you forgot but once you IPO, you SELL a portion of your company to the public. So your company crashes later; bummer, but YOU are still in (X)illionaire! Its the slow movers that get hosed NOT the 20ish founder. Keep that in mind.
the liftoff of the habitation module in Russia?
So if you are under 13 then you can just lie or give no answer and be able to use the service. So what COPPA is doing is forcing 13 and unders to "mingle" with adults. So that 25 year old that you are flaming or flirting with might actually be a 12 year old child.
Now that could always have happend but now the child can not speak up and say "Hey, I'm only 12!" because they might be kicked off the service.
Also the "monsters" out there praying on children will be able to defend their actions because no children are allowed on ICQ!
So much for protecting children online. We want safe online locations for kids but the requirements are so expensive to implement that we are effectively taking the "playgrounds" away.
Has anyone ever created a crypto system that had output of real text? Something like a long encyclopedia entry that was actually cypto. For instance check out the bold face in this short message.
Well the is alway Gnutella. And it doesn't have a centralized server to sue. Or be able to track to the software user. Especially if you have a dynamic IP address.