The PMP Whirlwind. Now on the Project Charter

Goa to Bangalore, briefly Chennai, Bangalore again to pack and attend my certified PMP training classes by the very talented, Multi Certified Instructor, Mr. Satya Narayan Dash, and simultaneously pack a life of family of four in a few suitcases to travel cross continent to the East Coast of The United States. Oh and I forgot there was Dad's 60th Birthday in Dubai and Abu Dhabi, I had organized bang in the middle of it all. Now finally settled into the southern living next to the Financial Capital, Charlotte, with enough time to dedicate to continuing the PMP journey I commenced a month or so back.


So I'm past the Initiating and Planning process groups and am proudly in the Executing phase of actually studying for the PMP certification... Actually! I think I all my process groups have been overlapping in an Agile environment as I suppose is the reality of most PM's! SO its all been iterative...its been half way through the PMBOK5 and fizzled, and now I'm into the Head First PMP almost half way which makes a lot more sense to someone of my "attune-ment"... I am feeling good about it so far. But the reality surely kicks in each time you open a practice test and fail to go past 10 questions because of the shattering effect it has on your newly found confidence! So I have decided not to open a free online test until I have successfully completed the entire course from at least the Head First PMP.

A registered PMI member and approved PMP candidate....soon to become a certified PMP...

For this particular Project, I am both the Project Sponsor and Manager, and so i didn't have the liberty of having a ready Project Charter which would have supposedly been handed to me in the ideal world as PMBOK guides...never the less here's a quick summary based Project Charter I created-

Project Name:	Certified PMP
Project Manager:	Aditi Jain
Project Sponsor:	Aditi Jain
Date:	04/13/2015

           

Project Description:  To be a certified PMP by June 2015 in order to close a killer opportunity and become an infallible Project Manager. Period.

Project Background: Moving continents across the globe with a family in a period of 2 weeks with a holiday preplanned in the middle already boasts of stunning management skills. Could I have done it better? …Possibly. A desire to return into the full time workspace after a period of consulting and running projects for Small Businesses in Design, Social Media and Content Creation.

Project Objective: 1.     Pass PMP 2.     Complete by xxxxxx 3.     Job >xxxxxx

Critical Success Factors: 1.     Successfully Pass Exam 2.     Obtain a job opportunity 3.     Job Opportunity value > xxxxxx

Required Resources: 1.     PMI membership 2.     PMBOK5 3.     Head First 3 4.     Sample Tests 5.     Brain Dump Templates 6.     HRS x DAYS x WEEKS = xxxxxxHRS TOTAL Study

Constraints:  1.     Time available 9am-11am everyday (Resources) 2.     Passing Mark is min 70% in each Process Group (Quality) 3.     Household/ Family dependencies (Risk) 4.    $100 Membership Fee & $405 for Exam (Cost) 5.   xx May 2015 (Time) 6.     to secure certification & later Job (Scope)

Project Authority: Aditi Jain sole authority

So thats That! Do stay tuned for my progress. I hope that through this blog I will practically engage in the processes and knowledge areas of the PMBOK5 so as to strengthen and embody them into my project management habits and in turn become great at what I do and hopefully there's something in it for you.