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Diane's interview on OCTalk Radio's Critical Mass aired Tuesday, April 20th.

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Find out how project managers can better help business achieve their organizational goals and what skills you need to succeed.  Diane Altwies spoke about the strategic role project/program management can have for business owners.

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The Project Management PrepCast™ covers concepts, tools and techniques you need to be familiar with to take the PMP® Certification exam.  We cover the material from the PMBOK® Guide (4th Edition), and we include the necessary models, theories and formulas not covered in the Guide.  Our episodes are interesting and engaging.  We won’t bore you!  We help you understand these concepts instead of memorizing them.

The PrepCast gives you 121 lessons.  Each lesson averages 26 minutes length and focuses on one concept or process.  In total, our lessons are over 47 hours long. You'll get 38 hours of video lessons and 9.5 hours of audio lessons.  You can watch them as often as you like to enhance your understanding.  Each Episode has a number that allows for easy sorting in your portable player.  The episodes in which we discuss the Knowledge Areas are numbered following the Guide's chapter numbers. For instance all episodes on Project Scope Management begin with the number 05.  Here they are:

No. Episode Type Duration
1 E00.00 Welcome Video 14.55
2 E00.01 35 Contact Hours Video 3:51
3 E00.02 Episode Directory PDF --
4 E00.03 PM PrepCast Errata PDF   --  
5 E01.04 Introduction to Project Management Video 27:44:00
6 E01.05 The Role of the Project Manager Video 24:03:00
7 E01.06 The Skills of the Project Manager Video  37:33
8 E01.07 Enterprise Environmental Factors Video 45:12:00
9 E01.09.1 Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct - Part 1 Video 25:00:00
10 E01.09.2 Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct - Part 2 Video 24:43:00
11 E01.30 Business Case SOW Charter Video 19:19
12 E01.31 The Project Management Plan Video 39:51:00
13 E01.32 Activity List Video 20:52
14 E01.33 Roles and Responsibilities Video 14:55
15 E01.34 Stakeholder Analysis Video 22:20
16 E01.36 Competing Project Constraints Video 24:20:00
17 E01.37 Baselines Video 20:40
18 E02.01 Interview with Arlene Trimble MP3 Audio 27:18:00
19 E02.02 Interview with Duncan McIntyre MP3 Audio 24:53:00
20 E02.03 Interview with Ron Holohan MP3 Audio 24:56:00
21 E02.04 Interview with Renata Weir and Mercedes McShane MP3 Audio 1:03:21
22 E02.05 Interview with Bill Rouck MP3 Audio 40:53:00
23 E03.01 Questions & Answers 1 MP3 Audio 19:52
24 E03.02 Questions & Answers 2 MP3 Audio 18:56
25 E04.00 Project Integration Management Overview Video 25:53:00
26 E04.01 Develop Project Charter Video 22:06
27 E04.02 Develop Project Management Plan Video 22:42
28 E04.03 Direct and Manage Project Execution Video 31:56:00
29 E04.04 Monitor and Control Project Work Video 21:46
30 E04.05 Perform Integrated Change Control Video 29:27:00
31 E04.06 Close Project or Phase Video 26:46:00
32 E05.00 Project Scope Management Overview Video 27:55:00
33 E05.01.1 Collect Requirements Video 26:07:00
34 E05.01.2 Collect Requirements Video 30:36:00
35 E05.02.1 Define Scope Video 15:46
36 E05.02.2 Define Scope Video 18:00
37 E05.03 Create WBS Video 30:31:00
38 E05.04 Verify Scope Video 27:12:00
39 E05.05 Control Scope Video 25:36:00
40 E06.00 Project Time Management Overview Video 26:25:00
41 E06.01 Define Activities Video 28:46:00
42 E06.02 Sequence Activities Video 32:38:00
43 E06.03 Estimate Activity Resources Video 27:51:00
44 E06.04.1 Estimate Activity Durations Video 20:13
45 E06.04.2 Estimate Activity Durations Video 21:54
46 E06.05.1 Develop Schedule Video 29:58:00
47 E06.05.2 Develop Schedule Video 29:43:00
48 E06.05.3 Develop Schedule Video 25:05:00
49 E06.06 Control Schedule Video 35:21:00
50 E06.07 Network Diagram Video 42:58:00
51 E07.00 Project Cost Management Overview Video 18:02
52 E07.01 Estimate Costs Video 28:01:00
53 E07.02 Determine Budget Video 28:46:00
54 E07.03 Control Costs Video 20:00
55 E07.04.1 Introduction to Earned Value Management Video 27:46:00
56 E07.04.2 Advanced Earned Value Management Video 32:02:00
57 E07.05 Advanced Cost Theory Video 22:27
58 E08.00 Project Quality Management Overview Video 29:41:00
59 E08.01.1 Plan Quality Video 16:14
60 E08.01.2 Plan Quality Video 23:45
61 E08.02 Perform Quality Assurance Video 25:34:00
62 E08.03.1 Perform Quality Control Video 15:22
63 E08.03.2 Perform Quality Control Video 16:01
64 E08.04 Advanced Quality Management Tools Video 31:17:00
65 E09.00 Human Resources Overview Video 26:38:00
66 E09.01 Develop Human Resource Plan Video 32:13:00
67 E09.02 Acquire Project Team Video 24:33:00
68 E09.03.1 Develop Project Team Video 23:26
69 E09.03.2 Develop Project Team Video 19:49
70 E09.04.1 Manage Project Team Video 17:23
71 E09.04.2 Manage Project Team Video 19:10
72 E09.05.1 Advanced HR Theory 1 Video 20:04
73 E09.05.2 Advanced HR Theory 2 Video 18:02
74 E09.06 Delegation Video 27:15:00
75 E10.00 Project Communications Management Video 30:18:00
76 E10.01 Identify Stakeholders Video 39:53:00
77 E10.02 Plan Communications Video 34:48:00
78 E10.03 Distribute Information Video 24:32:00
79 E10.04 Manage Stakeholder Expectations Video 27:52:00
80 E10.05 Report Performance Video 31:41:00
81 E11.00 Project Risk Management Overview Video 35:34:00
82 E11.01 Plan Risk Management Video 31:02:00
83 E11.02.1 Identify Risks Video 18:50
84 E11.02.2 Identify Risks Video 27:04:00
85 E11.03 Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis Video 30:20:00
86 E11.04 Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis Video 31:39:00
87 E11.05 Plan Risk Responses Video 42:52:00
88 E11.06 Monitor and Control Risks Video 33:37:00
89 E11.07 Decision Tree and Expected Monetary Value Video 23:25
90 E12.00 Project Procurement Management Video 24:44:00
91 E12.01.1 Plan Procurements Video 15:59
92 E12.01.2 Plan Procurements Video 36:28:00
93 E12.02.1 Conduct Procurements Video 22:44
94 E12.02.2 Conduct Procurements Video 25:44:00
95 E12.03.1 Administer Procurements Video 19:19
96 E12.03.2 Administer Procurements Video 19:28
97 E12.04 Close Procurements Video 28:03:00
98 E80.01 Applied Concepts - Authority MP3 Audio 52:28:00
99 E80.02 Applied Concepts - Project Monitoring MP3 Audio 28:52:00
100 E80.03 Applied Concepts - Risk Attitudes MP3 Audio 28:45:00
101 E80.04 Applied Concepts - Team Development MP3 Audio 32:29:00
102 E80.05 Applied Concepts - The Communications Plan MP3 Audio 35:52:00
103 E80.06 Applied Concepts - The Value of Quality MP3 Audio 29:59:00
104 E80.07 Applied Concepts - Earned Value MP3 Audio 37:00:00
105 E80.08 Applied Concepts - Critical Chain MP3 Audio 55:54:00
106 E80.09 Applied Concepts - Virtual Team Management MP3 Audio 31:43:00
107 E80.10 Applied Concepts - Requirements Gathering MP3 Audio 22:44
108 E80.11 Applied Concepts - Culture Shock MP3 Audio 19:41
109 E90.00 PMP Exam Overview Video 31:52:00
110 E90.03 What if you get audited Video 9:00
111 E90.05 Understanding your Score Report Video 14:11
112 E90.06 The Day of the PMP Exam Video 12:25
113 E90.07 Fifteen Sample Questions Video 27:11:00
114 E90.08 Finding the Best Answer to Sample Questions Video 8:15
115 E90.09 PMIs PDU Secrets Video 11:42
116 E90.10 Key Exam Activities Video 21:40
117 E98.00 Sample Exam Questions PDF --
118 E99.00 How to take your Final Exam PDF --
119 E99.02 What to write on your Exam Application PDF --
120 E99.03 In case you get audited PDF --
121 E99.99 Goodbye Video 11:24

The total file size of all episodes is approximately 2.5 Gigabytes.  A high-speed internet connection is strongly recommended. Many companies have corporate firewalls in place and you many not be able to download the lesson videos on your work computer.

Note: Neither a transcript nor the presentation slides are part of the PrepCast package. They are also not available for purchase.
 


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