The following PMP® exam sample question is taken from The Free PMP Exam Simulator at http://free.pm-exam-simulator.com – The answer is at the very bottom: —————————— In which type of contract is the seller reimbursed for performing the contract work and receives a fixed fee payment calculated as a percentage of the estimated project cost? A)Read… Read more »
Survey data indicates that a majority of organizations are unhappy with their information systems, yet, ironically some 90% consider managing online information as critical to their future! With the present explosion of social media and other forms of online information, generation of data is outpacing our capability to manage it. Hence the value of anRead… Read more »
About 25 or so years ago I was in a community group of older adults that had received an email from a teacher at a middle school in a northeastern state. She wrote that her students were working on a class project on American involvement in World War II. They wanted to learn from elderlyRead… Read more »
I find this stuff so that you don’t have to. Google’s Chromebook set to transform how we think about computers | Technology | The Observer – “On 15 June, Google will officially take the next step on its road to global domination. From that day onwards, online shoppers will be able to buy the GoogleRead… Read more »
Of the organizations that have written expectations and standard operating procedures for contacting customers (which most don’t), the vast majority focus only on full-time permanent staff. This is a BIG hole in the impressions you make on your customers. Volunteers, part-time, and seasonal people represent your organization too. They form just as much of anRead… Read more »
The Weekly Spark – Week of June 3, 2011 The text of this FYI posting is passed along freely and verbatim as ‘public service’ and potentially essential public information drawn from the Weekly Spark of June 3, 2011*. The excerpted info for this post are titles, plus ‘lede’ sentences, abstracts and links of items previouslyRead… Read more »
Summer is upon us at Code for America! How do I know this, you may ask, since the weather in San Francisco has been so…well, un-summerlike (read: foggy, cold, and yes even rainy!)? Why, it’s because we have our summer interns starting on Monday! And they will certainly brighten our spirits despite Mother Nature! WeRead… Read more »
INPUT Analyst Stephen Moss reports. On the shore of Potomac River last week, child welfare IT managers from 44 states and the District of Columbia met for the Annual National Child Welfare IT Manager’s Meeting. This annual conference, in its tenth year, is sponsored by the Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for ChildrenRead… Read more »
Like many of you, I’ve spent years working with PowerPoint. I used it in college for projects. I’ve used it throughout my career internally and externally to present ideas, processes, and results. Although it’s been around since 2009, a friend recently introduced me to “Prezi”, a different way to create dynamic and engaging presentations. IRead… Read more »
Ok Ok…I know…who plays with data for fun? Well, I did…and pulled this little tid bit together and thought I’d share in case anyone was interested. I was interested in figuring out what percentage of the total U.S. population each FEMA Region represented…just something I think about… After pulling 2010 Census Data from http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/ –Read… Read more »