More Critical Paths = More Risks, More Stakeholders

PMP Operating System, AI Corner, Community, Career

Jun 01, 2024

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Welcome to The Agie Admiral weekly newsletter where I provide actionable ideas to help you build a high-performing Project Management career

Today at a Glance:

☝️ Announcement - PMP Operating System

💡 Thinking - Question: Do you need to empty your cup?

📌 More critical paths = more risks, more stakeholder and more challenges

💼 Skills - The Essential Role of Soft Skills in the Modern Workplace

🚀 Career - Project Management: Fueling the Global Economy

🔮 Innovation - AI corner

💫 Community - Weekly CAPM & PMP Study Group Schedule

☝️ PMP Operating System

Learn How To Pass PMP Exam from filling Application, defining the 8 weeks study plan, Exam Strategy and Understand PMI Mindset.

The exact system I used to pass PMP exam in 8 weeks.

And I achieved 80% passing rate before the exam and passed.

What will you learn inside?

01 Getting started

02 Filling application. How to translate my experience to PMI way?

03 Creating Your Study Plan

04 What is the PMI mindset

05 How to reach 80% passing rate before the exam

+ Bonus item: Weekly Q&A session

Launch date will be shared next week

Question to unlock your true potential:

Do you need to empty your cup before you can grow?

There's an old Zen parable that I love:

A professor came to visit an old Zen master to seek advice.
"I have come to ask you to teach me about Zen," the professor said.
As the master began to teach, the professor repeatedly interrupted him to share his own opinions, knowledge, and stories.
The master suggested that the two should take a break to have tea.
The master poured the professor a cup. Once it was filled, he kept pouring, until the cup was overflowing hot tea all over the table, onto the floor, and onto the professor's robes.
"Stop!" cried the professor, "Can't you see the cup is already full?"

"Precisely," the Zen master replied, "You are like this cup, so full of ideas that nothing more will fit in. Come back to me with an empty cup."

The parable is a reminder that we cannot hope to embrace new information or insights if our "cup" is too full of preconceived notions, assumptions, and beliefs.

Is your cup too full to embrace new information that the world is giving you?

Do you need to empty your cup before you can grow?

More critical paths = more risks, more stakeholder and more challenges

Every Project has a Critical Path? Yes

Can a single Project have more then one Critical Path? Yes

Do I want multiple critical paths on my Project? No

Why?

More critical paths = more risks, more stakeholder and more challenges

This is Project Management Basics. Not Just for CAPM or PMP exams but for every Project you manage.

Here is the BEST Cheat Sheet created by Justin Bateh, PhD, covering the subject end-to-end.

I just saved to my favourites and shared with my team.

You should do the same :-)

The Essential Role of Soft Skills in the Modern Workplace

In today’s dynamic and ever-evolving workplace, the importance of soft skills cannot be overstated. While technical expertise and hard skills are undeniably critical for job performance, soft skills are the linchpin that ensures smooth collaboration, effective communication, and overall success within an organization. As we navigate through the complexities of the modern professional landscape, understanding and developing these interpersonal and intrapersonal skills is crucial.

What Are Soft Skills?

Soft skills refer to a combination of interpersonal skills, social skills, communication skills, character traits, attitudes, career attributes, social intelligence, and emotional intelligence. Unlike hard skills, which are specific and teachable abilities such as coding or accounting, soft skills are more abstract and relate to how individuals interact with others and manage their work. Key soft skills include communication, teamwork, problem-solving, leadership, adaptability, and time management.

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Project Management: Fueling the Global Economy

Project management skills are critical in fueling the global economy. As organizations across all sectors undertake increasingly complex projects, the demand for skilled project managers continues to grow. Here’s how project management contributes to economic growth:

Driving Innovation: Project managers lead initiatives that bring new products, services, and technologies to market, driving innovation and competitive advantage.
Enhancing Efficiency: Effective project management ensures that resources are used efficiently, reducing waste and optimizing performance across projects.
Enabling Strategic Initiatives: Project managers translate strategic plans into actionable projects, ensuring that organizational goals are met, and value is delivered.
Supporting Infrastructure Development: Large-scale infrastructure projects, such as transportation, energy, and telecommunications, rely on skilled project managers to deliver them on time and within budget, supporting economic development.
Creating Jobs: The demand for project management professionals creates employment opportunities, contributing to workforce development and economic stability.
Improving Public Services: Project managers in the public sector improve the delivery of public services by managing projects that enhance education, healthcare, and other essential services.

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AI Corner

Tip of the Week Embracing AI and Financial Automation: OpenAI's GPT-4o introduces a voice interface, enhancing productivity by enabling bots to manage tasks like customer service and shopping. Digital wallets and stablecoins ensure reliable transactions among bots, marking the start of a transformative journey in automation.

Graph of the Week A Scale AI report reveals over 60% of organisations using AI have seen enhanced process efficiency and improved customer experience. However, only about a third have noted profit and revenue improvements.

AI in Construction and Project Delivery Learn how AI is transforming back-office operations, improving geospatial mapping, quantifying construction waste, and revolutionising tunnel construction.

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