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Oscartawn,
Procepts should be ok because give or take, the training should expose you to the 44 prcesses involved in using the PMI methodology. It should not be risky because no matter where you train, you will still need to study very extensively before you close the knowledge gap required for you to take the exam. PMP credential is rigorous and MUST be understood properly. Even if you train at PMI and sit for the exam the following day, you are sure to fail!

The most important thing is for you to make sure you understand the process; not necessarily being expected to regurgitate acronyms and inputs/outputs. During your training, please make sure you know in which process (Initiating, Planning, Execution, Monitoring & Control, and Closing) you are. Get these and your problems are half solved!

I will advise you to have a mentor (a PMP) to provide you guidance and coaching while you prepare. It is best to have your trainer stand in here so you can have a relationship and open communication. Dont rush to take the exam please because many failed because when they thought they were ready, they were really not. Dont use cheap simulations/sample questions as they create false confidence.

I will be available to render you assistance in any way I can.

@Sunnyp, Project Management has nothing to do with softwares. Look at it like this - you must know what to write before you start looking for paper and pen. MS Project does not plan your project for you; it only helps you to sequence, track tasks and resources. It does not do quality, risk, procurement, cost, and all the analysis and management for you! You should be able to plan and manage your project on paper before you can move some of them to the software application. The truth is that you can be an authority in PM without any knowledge of PM software. I hope this helps in clearing things.

Regards to all.

@oscartawn,

I think I saw a thread like that but if you start a new one, I am almost certain many prospective professionals will be interested. Have you attended the preparatory training? 

echelon:
Nnunnu isi akaghi aka anaghi aga akwa atu mkpokpororo


I can't translate this last one, I need help LOL

I bird without a strong skull must not attend a festival/celebration/show where the skull is subjected to immense pecking/beaking. Atu mkpokpororo should be the wood pecker. So, when a wood pecker dies, its species gather and show what they are made of - industrial pecking! So if you must attend, go with a crash helmet!

Nna, nke a kakwara aka o! Obu nna gi muru gi. Umu nna, olu ji m n'olu.

abbyode:
Kahif, please how do i hook up wt u in order to get a copy of those materials. Please holla me on abiodunode@yahoo.com. Thanks.

I have not received the materials. I would let you know as soon as I have.

@Ivvie and all, I am very grateful.

I am eagerly waiting for any materials/addresses that could help.

Thanks once more.

goldboy:
tnx Chyzoo

but what does it cost to write the exam

let me know any and every other detail about it because i am really interested and want to do it ASAP.

God bless

Ciao

Check www.pmi.org for all the details you might need for the PMP exam. Goodluck.

falase:
I am into Project Management, and from experience, PRINCE2 is the most recognised Project Management standard recognised in the world in opposite of PMP. PRINCE2 which stands for Project In Controlled Environment is defacto project management standard in the UK. It is much more process based compared to PMI.

PRINCE2 most recognised in the world If you say UK, then you are right but the world, not right

What does PRINCE2 say about Qualily control, Activity Sequencing, Critical Path Method, etc? It is better to say that PRINCE2 practitioner is easier to grasp than PMP. PRINCE2 references PMI so, that should give you an insight.

Peace!

Ify, ndewo. Umu ibe, unu anwuchula.

Nkita si na ihe mere oji eso onye afo ukwu bu na o nyughi anyu, o gboo agbo
The dog follows a pot bellied man because if he does not purge, he will surely regurgitate

Nkita si ka atupuru ya okpukpu n'ezi, hapuru ya ogu ya na ndi mmuo
Toss a bone to the dog outside and forget about how he wrestles the spirits

Egwu nkita bu onye daara onye, onye a daara ibe ya
When dogs play, they take turn to submit to each other

Ihe tagburu nkita na-ata ajo aru
Any animal that kills a dog must be a fierce/ferocious biter/devourer

Nkita nwanyi zuru n'ata akwa okuko
Any dog trained by a woman eats egg

Onye rere nkita zuta enwe, ihe ntukwu ka nokwa be ya
He who sells a dog and buys a monkey should be aware that an animal that sits is still in his house

Ona abu ana anwuputa nkita akpiri, ana-egosi a ya
If you are pulling parasites from a dog's body, you must be showing it to it

Nkita adighi ata okpukpu anyawara ya n'olu
A dog does not eat the bone it wears on its neck

Adighi eti nkita ihe ubochi o wufuru mmanu, kama obu ubochi o wufuru ogiri
A dog is not beaten the day it spills the palm oil but on the day it spills the by product

Nkita richaa, eze ere ewu
The dog eats filt, but it is the goat's teeth/dentition that tarns.

Umu Igbo kachaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa nu! Udo diri unu. Unu ma na ebule laa azu, o bia ogu. A na m abiakwa.

Ivvie:
If you want to service cars without knowing control systems, then I submit to you that you will limit yourself significantly. The rest is easy (mechanics) but the control systems is the aspect you need to delve seriously into. When you have the fundamentals (which should be a breeze to you) then you'll know where to invest and where not to invest. There are service manuals that you will have to purchase individually. Yeter-years background will not help you with tomorrows cars if you leave out control systems.

For Toyota's, the engines are basically the same but different engine control management and minor improvements. Lexus vary as years go by and more control systems implemented. Knowing one means knowing all, basically. I don't know anything about the hybrid because I am not into diesel technology.

I have some books if you want (some require calculus and linear and others don't). There is a service manual if you want (one has all the cars you can think about). I will see what else I can get. Give me an address and I will have it mailed out to you (if it sounds good to you).

@Ivvie, please give me your email address so that I can drop my address. My email address is kashimanjero@yahoo.com, if it is ok by you. Thanks a lot.

Umu Igbo!

Dike ana akpa ogwu n'anya!
Ofu onye ana asi 'unu abiala?'!
Nkanka egbe n'ebu nnekwu okuko!
Obu afo ime asuru ora nri!
Ogba aka achu agwo!
Ji abara aba n'epu ome!
Azu eru ala!
Nkanka akpa n'esi anu anu!
Akwa okuko ekwe eriri! (you cannot knot a rope round an egg!)

Biko, unu atupulara ha onu maka na obu ihe onye n'eme k'ekwe n'akpo ya! Jidenu ka unu ji! Onweghi ihe oke puru ime ite ola. Onye mekaria, ohu ihe oku ji nti oke eme. Egbe bere ugo bere O ,

Udo diri umu Igbo!

@Echelon, I kpara ihe ewu n'eri.

@Ify, obughi n'akwukwo ka msi eweputa ilu. Ilu nile mturu ebea si m n'isi. Oke supiri supiri emela ka m daa mba n'ilu nihi na oburu mgbe m bu afo ime asuru oha nri, aka m eji ilu wee tujuo ebea. K'osina di, kama egbe ama efe chacha, ya fee dika udele!

Lekwa akuko ilu echelon chetara m site n'ilu ikpe azu O turu:

Mbe jere ori na be ogo ya. Ogo ya wee jide ya kee ya agbu, were ya togbo na mbara ebe onye obula n'agafe ga ahu ya. Ka chi boro, ndi mmadu n'agafe ije ahia wee hu mbe wee juo "omere gini?". Ewee za si na "o jere ori na be ogo ya". Mmadu dum wee tie mkpu si mbe "I mere aru! Olee otu Isi wee chochaa ebe I ga ezu ori, owee buru be ogo gi?. Ntaramahuhu a ana enye gi bu ihe kwesiri gi"

Orue na uhuru chi mgbe ndi jere ahia lotawara, ha hukwa mbe ebe ahu ekere ya agbu. Ha wee juo "obu gini ka mbe mekwara ozo eji wee kekwaa ya agbu?" Ewee zakwa ha si "obukwa ori abu ozuru na be ogo ya". Ora jere ahia wee tie mkpu si ogo mbe "afo joro gi njo! Obu maka na ogo gi zuru ori na be gi ka iji wee kee ya agbu ka mgbe ututu wee rue kita? Oburu na ozughi ori na be gi, kedu onye i choro ka ozuo na be ya? Biko topu ya maka na obughi ya bu mbu zuru ohi!"

The tortoise went to steal in his inlaw's house and was caught by his inlaw. He was bound hand and feet and kept at the road where passers-by will see him. In the morning when people were leaving to the market, they saw the tortoise and asked "what did he do?". When they were told what he did, they all blamed him for the seeming abomination and told him he deserved all he got.

In the evening however, when the traders were going back from the market, they saw the tortoise once more and enquired what his offence was this time. They were told he has been there since that morning regarding the theft at his inlaw's house. This time, they condemned his inlaw, saying he was heartless. "Is it because of the theft? Now tell us, if he does not steal from your house, where will he still? Set him free and let him go!"

Moral: Justice could be reversed if overdone!

@Abbihh,

Abeg o, browsing the internet is not a project, neither is renting a flat a project in the strict sense of it. Many things we call 'projects' colloquially are not projects.

In the professional realm, those unique, start and stop engagements we pursue might only pass for a project when it lasts at least, for about 3 months. There must be a plan which should be approved/authorised and resources committed.

Cheers.

Huawei Technology does not train outsiders. I also learnt from one of their members of staff that their training centre is in Abuja, not Lagos.

Agadi nwanyi kaa nka, o di ka ejighi ego luta ya
If a woman gets old, it appears dowry was not paid on her

Agadi nwanyi daa ada nda n'abo, aguo ihe obu n'ukpa onu
If an old woman falls twice, the content of her basket will be checked

Agadi nwanyi adighi aka nka n'egwu o mara agba
A woman does not grow old in her characteristic dance step

Ugwu muta mgbaji ukwu, agadi nwanyi amuta agakata, a kwuru
If a hill starts aching the waist, the old woman will learn to rest intermitently.

Onwa tiwe, ije aguwa agadi
When the moon is up in the sky, the old wants to take a walk

Akam bukwa Kashif, nwa afo Igbo. Ndewonu.

Unu makwa na onwere ihe di iche na ntapi na nkowa mana k'osina di, atapiala m ilu m na bekee.

Nkapi na mbe (not tortoise, it is a very small animal; smaller than a rat) na enwe mkparita ububo:

Nkapi: nwa nna, ebe I bu okenye wee di ntakiri otua, kedu ka umu ntakiri unu hazi?
you are an adult and this small, what is the size of kids in your place then?

Mbe: Ebe I di ndu wee n'esi udi isia, kedu ka ndi nwuru anwu na be unu si esi?
You are alive and stench like this, how do corpses in your place smell?

Moral: Action begets reaction

A na m abiakwa. Nkwucha abughi ujo.

Enwela m ntughari uche maka ihe a ndi bekee n'akpo table mana okweghi m chewaputa. Biko, onye obula g'atapiri anyi okwu a g'enweta nzere mmuta asusu Igbo.

Ndi Igbo kachaa nu!

Igbo bu Igbo, mma mma nu o!

Ihe mere mji tuo ilu banyere okuko nani bu maka na ilu jurum onu. M wee si ka mtuo ya na ngalaba na ngalaba (domain by domain)

Ngwa, ka m tuo banyere nwata:

1 Nwata akwo n'azu amaghi na ije di anya
A child being carried on the back does not know that the journey is far

2 Ebe nwata n'ebe akwa n'atu aka, nne ya anoghi ya, nna ya anoro ya
Where a child is laying emphasis on has something that interests him

3 Nwata bulie nna ya elu, ogodo ayochie ya anya
If a child lifts his father up, his 'boxers' blindfolds the child

4 Nwata nna ya dunyere ori n'eji ukwu agbawa uzo
A child thief who has his father's backing forces the door open with his foot

5 Onye dunyere nwata jee jide nkapi, kunyekwe ya mmiri oga eji kwoo aka
Anybody who sends a child to go and catch a mouse should provide him water to wash his hands

6 Nwata n'asa ahu n'afo n'afo
When a child baths, he only concentrates on the belly

7 Ihe okenye no n'ala hu, nwata rigoro elu oji, ogaghi ahu ya
What an elder sees sitting down, a child does not see it even if he climbs the Iroko tree

8 Oku agunyere nwata n'aka adighi anyunahu ya.
Fire entrusted with a child does not extinguish

9 Onye ji ihe nwata welie aka ya elu, aka jiwe ya, owetuo ya
If you hold a child's belonging and raise your hand, you will surely bring it down when the hand aches

10 Ona-abu enye nwata ihe kariri ya ojuo e nyere ya k'onye onye?
If you give a child what is beyond his imagination, he will ask you who the recepient is

Udo diri umu ibe. K'odi.

Obu gini ka onye a nekwu? Oburu na o mataghikwa ebe ono, ya juo ase. Odighi ihe iwe di na ya.

Udo diri umu igbo!

Ka m jiri ya nno nwayo. Ka ndi nze ibe m tinyetu okwu onu

Umu Igbo Kachaanu!

1) Okuko adighi aga ogu eji isi alu

2) Okuko egbe bu si na ihe mere oji eti mkpu abughi ka ihe ji ya hapu ya kama ka uwa nuru olu ya

3) Ihe mere okuko ji anu mmiri eweli isi ya elu bu maka na ihe n'egbu ya n'esi n'elu.

4) Ikuku kuo, ahu ike okuko

5)Okuko adighi echefu onye foro ya odu n'udu mmiri

6) Akwa okuko tie aki, ihere emee nkume.

7)Onye ji uriom okuko adighi achugbu onye ji nnekwu okuko n'aja (sacrifice)

Okuko hapuru onye gburu ya o ga ariogoro olu, riogowara ya ite olu
the hen left her killer and is bending her neck for the pot

9) Okuko hapu kwom, ejiri gini zuo umu?

10) Adighi ere okuko ojugo n'ulo
You don't sell bad commodity to your neighbour

On the mobile phone 'jammer', readers should know that you must produce frequencies in the 900MHz and 1800MHz range in a 'destructive' interferrence mode to jam the GSM frequencies.  Doing that DOES NOT SOLVE ANY PROBLEM! Instead, you create more because you send even more signals to the cluster.

Nairalanders, please take a little time to go through threads before posting.

It has been pointed out that GSM frequecies have very negligible effect on the aviation navigation signals. Those are one of the extreme safety measures in the avaiation industry. One of the posters mentioned that a pilot friend of his does not switch off - because he is in the system. Please note that I am not an advocate of using phones during flights but dont jeopardise your flight by fighting a passenger who uses his/her phone!

nightnurse:
Aziza: Nchi (grasscutter)

Emere m keeeeeeeeee?

I dara ya! Aziza ya bu idee mmiri (erosion).

Gwam ihe obu gi nwe, mana mmadu dum ndi ozo n'eji ya karia gi?

nightnurse:
Kashif chefuru cheftency title ya na Onitsha

Mbanu! I makwa na a karirimu ihe ana etu m? Abukwanu m dike ana abo ogwu n'anya. Nkanka egbe n'ebu nnekwu okuko. Nurse uchichi, akpakwana nwa agu aka n'odu o

Udo diri umu ibe ndi nile neme ka ogbako a n'ekpo oku. Ojurum afo.

ifyalways:
echelon dalu sooo.
you are just too much.

biko kedu ihe ilu a putara "akpi gba eze,obodo a kwuru aguru"
o bughi ihe o putara literally but the real meaning buko.

E cherem na nkowa ya bu na oburu na onye isi nwee mmekpa ahu, ndi o n'achi ga enweta kwa ikuku ya (when Germany sneezes, Europe catches a cold).

Unu ma na agadi nwanyi adighi aka nka n'egwu o mara agba

@Echelon, I bu dimkpa! jide k'iji nwa afo!

ify na presido ewerela ogbo a n'ikem, n'ikem (in ernest)!

mmmmmm, abughi m ochie na nkea. ya biawa o!

hmmmm. Ihe m huru ebea jurum afo mana odi ka anyi apuwago na ihe eji maka ya wee guzobe ntukorita uche a. E chere m na obu gwam gwam gwam? N'ezie, anyi dum no n'ebea bu umu afo igbo (obughi ibo dika ndi asusu ndi ozo si akpo anyi). Ya mere, eji m naka na ihe di woro ogori azuola nahia, ka anyi gbalisie ike tukorita uche na gwam gwam gwam.

N'iji tunye nkem, ka m bido na ndi di mfe - gwam ihe ahu gba aka suo ohia?

Udo diri umu ibe.

Assuming that cell phones actually interfere with the aviation navigational equipment (poofs are begining to emerge that they dont) and the plane is already airborne when you discover that a fellow passenger is having a live conversation with his phone; the crew is have some challenges stopping him (I have my reasons for restricting this behaviour to men), what will you do?

Dont you think you should either overpower him or crash? The guy who faught the caller was simply trying to avoid a disaster - I mean, he stepped in when the caller refused to obey the crew. I agree he should have waited for the superior crew member (this time, the pilot) to make the last move but if they were already flying then, I would do worse if I was on that plane!

Candid.

this ogepam is begining to assume something else. Everywhere you go, you see this post. I hope Seun is seeing the space consumption

There is nothing wrong with writing in red especially, if it is inhouse memos or acknowledgements. I am almost certain he did not single you out to be addressing you with red biro.

I believe you work in a corporate environment so rid yourself of those medieval presumed connection between death and red.

follyg gave you a candid opinion but you are more inclined to getting support to bear grudges with this officer. Sorry to disappoint you. My head of admin uses red too; there is nothing to it. Simply see it that way, and you will be fine.

Rgds

pharuq:
Why do u like raising the same issues all the time.There different people wid varying opinion.You just av to know where you R really going to before doing any exam.Do you still intend trvelling abroad?Then take d ACCA.
If no,ICAN is the best ,& most highly recognised indigenous exam we av in Nigeria,so avin it is also a plus to u.My guy,You don't av to get confused,get yourself together & get busy instead of surfing the Net unnecessarily