This week we have a favor to ask. We are currently developing a presentation about social media in project management.

As part of this presentation, we would like to include some examples and stories of how social media was used successfully (or not) on projects around the world.

We would also like to hear from you even if you have not used social media on your projects. Would you mind telling us your experience?

If yes, then please click on the following link to answer our one-page survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/LRMBZVT

We appreciate your time and look forward to hearing your experience in using social media on your own projects.

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This PMP exam sample question is taken from Free PMP Exam Simulator. Go ahead and answer this question. Do you think you will get it right?

You are currently involved in the pre-sales of a telecommunications project. You are an employee of a telecommunications equipment vendor company that also provides telecom site selection, construction, equipment installation, site integration, and post-implementation support services. Your customer is negotiating a very aggressive project deadline. However, you know that the equipment ordering needs to be done at least a couple of months in advance. This means that you need to place the equipment order at least a couple of months before your planned project roll out. This dependency is an example of which of the following?

A) Preferred Logic    
B) Preferential Logic    
C) Hard Logic    
D) Soft Logic

Hint: The scenario refers to a dependency that is inherent in the nature of the work.

This week's featured lessons learned comes to us courtesy of Christian Bisson. Learn from his experience and how he prepared himself to this exam.

It actually all started with The PM PrepCast since I needed my 35 contact hours before applying. It was also a great way to go through all the material before going into the PMBOK...

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The Project Management Professional Exam is a 'closed' book exam. That means the only reference material you are allowed to carry into the testing facility has to be contained in your brain.

A Brain Dump is a proven and effective way to bring reference material into the testing facility and it will help you to think clearer while you're taking the PMP exam. 

But there's another secret to it, too...

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