Author: Jeff Sicard, MBA, PMP, DML

Process improvements, project management and leading teams are passions of mine. Done well, these lead to successful organizations.

Properly Valuing Your Military Projects

Whether you are looking to accurately capture your military projects for your Project Management Professional (PMP) certificate application or for your annual eval (NCOER or OER), properly valuing your project worth can be challenging for military project managers. Most military project managers think in terms of cost savings for the military. This is correct since we are a “not for profit” organization like corporations but it leads military project managers to overlook a key line item when it comes to determining the value of our projects – LABOR!… Read More Properly Valuing Your Military Projects

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Learning Not to Fear the PMP Application Audit

As an instructor at the U.S. Army Warrant Officer Career College, I often talk to students that intend to apply for their Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification through the Project Management Institute (PMI). Many of them express concerns over the application itself and how PMI counts their relevant project management experience gained through their military duties. I’ve seen many great articles written on how to properly fill out the application but I wanted to share my own experience of going through the audit process of the PMP application so that readers know they do not need to fear this process if selected for an audit.… Read More Learning Not to Fear the PMP Application Audit

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