bpadraic

I read an article recently citing a survey that shows that nearly 60% of businesses have absolutely no plans to upgrade to Windows 7. Of the 40% who plan to, only about 5% plan to do so by the end of 2009. When the survey was done, Windows 7 had a September release date, so that meant within 4 months. The other 34% said they planned to upgrade by the end of next year. But what I don’t get is that 60% of businesses don’t have any plans to upgrade to Windows 7, the OS that’s been getting rave reviews ...

There’s, like, three stages to earning a Project Management Professional certification and you’ve got to do a ton of work before you even start training for the exam. First, you have to have 7,500 hours of project management experience before you’re even eligible to take the exam. Fortunately, I’ve got a Bachelor’s Degree, so I’m eligible for the exam with only 4,500 hours. But still, this is a pretty hardcore certification. Once you have those hours, or concurrently while you’re building those ...

I've been wondering whether it's a good idea to try a career change during a recession? All my previous training has been in marketing, but much of my experience is in project management. Should the national/global economy and the growing unemployment rate have an effect on how I manage my career? On one hand, you could say that you should ignore the big picture and just focus on your own prospects. Like a shark, if you're not moving forward you're dying. There may be very stiff competition in the ...

I've worked in marketing and product development for a biotech startup for about three years. I have no formal training in project management and it hasn't been mentioned in my job description, but I've been working in a project management capacity for most of my time here. Shortly after I came on board, we were forced to do a major overhaul of our flagship product. Suddenly I went from writing copy and placing ads to sourcing vendors, developing prototypes and creating entire new product development ...