Sunday, November 8, 2009

Online PMP Preparation

Chat Transcript of the Simplilearn Virtual Class II on PMP Exam

Here is the chat transcript of the second session on PMP Certification.

Krishna was the instructor for the session.

Beverly Wilson has joined the meeting.

me: Hi, This is your Instructor Krishna

Beverly Wilson: Hi

me: Hi Veberly the class would start from 30 minutes from now

me: sorry, Beverly

Beverly Wilson: I know. I signed in early to make sure I could get in.

Beverly Wilson: Do you want me to log out and come back or can I hang out until class starts?

me: Hi Beverly, You can be loggedin

me: Now, its another 15 Minutes, let the other participants also join

Beverly Wilson: ok

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GLENDA: WHEN DOES THIS START?

Beverly Wilson: 9:00 EST

GLENDA: should i stay or come back then?

me: u can stay back

GLENDA: hm

GLENDA: so, how was dinner?

me: I am loggedin from India and its 7.30 AM Saturday!

Beverly Wilson: dinner was good. Where are you located Glenda? I am in Falls Church, VA

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Beverly Wilson: It is 9:00 PM and it is Friday.

GLENDA: I am in Cary, NC and same time. I love NOVA.

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Felicia: hello everyone

Beverly Wilson: Hello

GLENDA: hi Felicia

GLENDA: will this be recorded to access later?

Felicia: Good question, Krishna could you answer that please

Felicia: … or someone who is hosting this session

Felicia: yes

GLENDA: yes

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Felicia: yes

Felicia: I went through 4 chapters

karen bauer: is anyone talking

Felicia: and anticipate to take the exam Janauary

Beverly Wilson: I have gone through 7 chapters

GLENDA: I took the boot camp on 19 Oct for upcoming Exam in two weeks

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GLENDA: Karen can you hear the audio?

GLENDA: I’m using Foxfire and it is working perfectly

me: if any one has Problem listening the audio, logout and login again

me: Use IE

me: I think Google Chrome has some issues

Steve Gileno: Sorry I am a little late. This is Steve Gileno. I am hearing the audio fine and seeing the PowerPoint fine as well.

Beverly Wilson: I told her what to do.

GLENDA: ok

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Beverly Wilson: Karen is going to log in again.

Beverly Wilson: How long will this class be and are we meeting on Fridays from now on?

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GLENDA: 70?

GLENDA: 70 minutes?

GLENDA: ok

Felicia: Question: how different is the PMBOK version 4 from version 3

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Felicia: ok, thanks

Glenda Jaswal: will you be covering any formulas?

Glenda Jaswal: im ready

Felicia: me too

Beverly Wilson: Go ahead I will call Karen.

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me: karen, can u hear me?

me: ok

karen bauer: yes

Attendee8: sequence

Steve Gileno: Activities are sequenced

Beverly Wilson: the dates that they will occur

Attendee8: coordination

Steve Gileno: yes

Beverly Wilson: yes

Felicia: y

Michael Bartels: yes

Attendee8: yes

karen bauer: yes

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Beverly Wilson: wash the walls before you can paint

karen bauer: rake ground before planting

Felicia: both activites can start at the same time

Attendee10: Parallel tasks.

Attendee10: time savings?

Attendee8: they are time dependent

Attendee10: If you schedule resources, will this be taken into account or will it create a conflict?

Attendee10: thanks.

Steve Gileno: The PMBOK processes,”Develop Project Management Plan” and “Collect Requirements” have a start to start relationship.

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Felicia: sorry cant think of any

Steve Gileno: Clear

Felicia: yes

Attendee10: eg, contracts and info transfer

Attendee8: to minimize the time

Attendee8: no

Felicia: yes, one more example please

Steve Gileno: No

Attendee10: okay.

Beverly Wilson: no

Glenda Jaswal: no because i wanted to use that example you just confirmed my thoughts

Glenda Jaswal: your example is a thought I had..

Glenda Jaswal: yes it is

Felicia: so basically it’s 2 activities finishing at the same time?

Glenda Jaswal: completion of requirements and then sign off. Exactly!

Felicia: ok

Glenda Jaswal: still designated as finish to finish, correct?

Attendee10: to clarify theother comments, there is a dependency upon the order of the finshing.

karen bauer: thanksgiving dinner all done at same time

Felicia: clear, go ahead

Attendee8: yes

Attendee8: making some one busy

Attendee8: to justify to cost

Attendee8: you may call it is not a dependency

Attendee10: What about airport ops- flight safety check and flight deck pulling away?

Attendee10: Safety check starts and doesn’t finish until after plane has lifted off … okay … ops v. project – agree.

Felicia: yes

Attendee8: When is in the next class

Felicia: yes

Felicia: i can see

Michael Bartels: yes

Beverly Wilson: yes

Steve Gileno: I can hear

Michael Bartels: yes

Beverly Wilson: yes

Steve Gileno: ok

Attendee9: clear – thx

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Attendee10: Clear.

Attendee8: Can you please summarize the 5 steps….

Felicia: 1.Breakdown the project into activities 2. Identify the effort/how many hours required 3. Identify resources, the people, 4. Sequence the activity, what are the different dependencies 5. Identify the start date

Attendee8: breakdown the activities, identify the activites, time required for each activity, resources/efforts required, sequencing the activites, input the start date…

Beverly Wilson: Can you have back up resources if someone gets sick and use those back up resources when necessary?

Felicia: Is there ano ther program to create the project schedule other than MS Project? Can this be done in excel and create a gantt chart with the info provided?

Attendee10: agreeed re excel …

Attendee10: mS Project is uniformly avaiolable.

Beverly Wilson: A good book is Microsoft Project Step by Step. It is really good to learn how to use it.

Felicia: yeah, but my company does not want to invest in it

Attendee8: I didn’t received the link, as promised. Please make sure I get the email with the link for the next class. sghasnain@yahoo.com
Felicia: ok, thanks – that’s great cause i

Felicia: work for a non profit

Attendee8: Thanks for the great class

Attendee10: Yes, good class – thank you.

Michael Bartels: thank you very much

Felicia: Yes, thanks for doing this. I appreciate it and highly recommend!!!!!

Attendee10: excellent!

Beverly Wilson: Great, thank you!

Attendee9: thanks for the class, and for offering to share the templates.

Attendee8: Can we have your name…?

Steve Gileno: Thanks

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Beverly Wilson: Thank you!

Attendee10: You as well, Krishna.

Felicia: Goodnight, keep me posted on the next class!!!!!!!!!!!

Attendee8: Krishna – great job

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me: Bye All and see you in the next class

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Attendee8: Please don’t forget to email me for the next class….Thanks

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