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Try the Prometric Test Drive

For US$30, the Prometric Test Drive provides candidates with a real world, end-to-end practice run before the date of their scheduled test. In 30 minutes, you will experience a complete run through of the testing experience including:

The scheduling and registration process
The complete check-in process
Introduction to test center staff and surroundings
A live 15-minute sample test demonstrating the testing process with dummy questions
Full preparation for the real test

For details visit the Prometric website at www.prometric.com/PMI/default.htm

Advising Upwards Published

Advising Upwards: A Framework for Understanding and Engaging Senior Management Stakeholders, edited by Dr. Lynda Bourne is now available.

The principal focus of the book is on perspectives that will contribute towards an understanding of the critical survival skill of engaging senior managers, and of ‘helping them help you’.

For more on the book visit our Books Page.

Two New Blog Series

We have agreed to delivering a series of blog posts on two new sites:

A series of posts focusing on scheduling and controls. See: http://www.projectmanagers.net

Longer articles focusing on Stakeholders, communication, and project governance & controls. See: http://projectmanager.com.au/

Free PMP & CAPM Questions

To help prospective PMP and CAPM candidates asses their readiness for the PMI exams, Mosaic has launched 2 sets of free questions and made it’s PM final on-line exam simulator available as a standalone module (PM final is the last module in all of our PMP courses). To access these resources follow the links:

PMOZ becomes a Not For Profit foundation

Starting with the 2012 PMOZ conference that will be run in Melbourne from August 14th to 16th, the profits from the conference will be invested in developing the project management profession in Australia through the PM Global Foundation.

Mosaic has been a long term support of PMOZ as an independent, cross-industry conference that allows delegates to tap into the best new thinking from all sources. We are confident this new initiative will further enhance both the independence and the value of the conference and look forward to continuing our support.

For additional information, down load the PM Global press release.

PMI's 'Voices on Project Management' Blog

Mosaic's Dr. Lynda Bourne has joined the PMI 'Voices on Project Management' team of bloggers. Over 40 people commented on her post discussing the Agile software development methodology. Lynda is also a columnist for the PM Network magazine with a regular column 3 times a year focused on the Asia Pacific region.

See Lynda's 'Voices' posts

Stakeholder Blog

Stakeholder Management Pty Ltd and Dr. Lynda Bourne have launched the Stakeholder Blog as a forum for discussing issues associated with stakeholder management, the Stakeholder Circle and the SRMM maturity model. To read the blog, visit www.stakeholder-management.com/blog

PMI PgMP Examination Update

PMI are in the process of finalising changes to the Program Management Professional (PgMP) examination with a targeted release of the new examination on 1st March 2012, last day for the current exam is 21 January 2012.

PMI have recently completed an updated Role Delineation Study (RDS) and as a consequence, the three evaluations for the PgMP credential, the panel review, the examination, and the multi-rater assessment, will be updated to reflect the very significant changes in the RDS.

Program Managers who are considering taking the exam in the near term are encouraged to complete their PgMP examination in the next few months using our current resources.

For more information on our PgMP course see: Training-PgM.html.
This course is available world wide via our PgMP One-on-One delivery.
For more information on the changes see PMI's PgMP FAQs.

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Planned Conference Papers & Presentations

Should your schedulers be certified?
Construction CPM Conference
Walt Disney World, Florida. 21st to 25th Jan. 2012
Presenter: Patrick Weaver
Differentiating between activities and work = Resource Optimization
Construction CPM Conference
Walt Disney World, Florida. 21st to 25th Jan. 2012
Presenter: Patrick Weaver
Resource optimisation - a new paradigm for project scheduling
PMI Scheduling CoP 9th Annual Conference
Brooklyn, New York. 6th to 9th May 2012
Presenter: Patrick Weaver

Papers will available from the [Resources] section of this site after presentation.

[ Full List of Papers ]

PMI Standards Repriced

Mosaic's stock of PMI standards including the PMBOK® Guide have been repriced to take account of changes in the exchange rate. Visit our Book Sales page to review the available range and prices; other PMI standards can be purchased form PMI USA but incur approximately US$25 shipping costs.

New Scheduling Courses Launched

Mosaic is offering a world-first integrated scheduling course.

Modules 1 to 5, plus Module 6 provide the education needed for the new CIOB Project Time Management Certificate (PTMC) examination.

Modules 1 to 5 plus Modules 7 to 13 provide the education needed for the PMI-SP credential.

All modules are available via Mosaic’s Mentored Email™ delivery allowing schedulers to prepare for their examinations anywhere, any time.

Additionally, Modules 1 to 4 are incorporated into Mosaic’s successful 1 Day and 2 Day scheduling workshops. The 1 Day workshop is exclusively focused on the exam prep modules, the 2 Day workshop covers a range of additional scheduling and time management topics.

Bookings for this exciting range of courses will open on the 1st March for Mentored Email™ courses. The first 1 Day workshop focused on the new courses will be held on the 12th April in Melbourne with others to follow.

For more information see our Scheduling Home Page

CAPM Exam Application Enhancements

PMI has made it easier for candidates to prepare and schedule the CAPM examination.

PMI and Prometric have expanded the network of test centres available for the CAPM exam to approximately 5000 world-wide. This will make accessing a centre much easier, in Australia the available centres have increased from 2 (Sydney and Melbourne) to over 30 centres including all capital and many regional cities. The complete list can be found at www.prometric.com.

Also, instead of having to have completed 23 hours of project management education at the time of application, candidates now have the option of submitting their application in advance with a scheduled date for the completion of the training. Upon submission of the CAPM application all candidates must agree to the PMI Code of Professional Conduct and that all 23 contact hours of education will be completed prior to their scheduled examination date. This will allow candidates to complete their booking before starting an intensive classroom course.

The number of CAPM credential holders world-wide is increasing rapidly, these changes will make booking and sitting for the exam much easier.

Theses changes only apply to the CAPM exam, there are no changes in the PMP requirements or centres.

Click here to see more on the CAPM exam

Stakeholder Management Pty Ltd

Stakeholder Management Pty Ltd (SHM) focus on the marketing the Stakeholder Circle® methodology and software tools and the associated SRMM® maturity model. To download a free version of the software, visit the SHM website at www.stakeholder-management.com

For more on the Stakeholder Circle® and SRMM® see:

Mosaic's published papers
The Stakeholder Circle® tool description
Stakeholder Circle® training & workshops

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