Why take PMP?

This is not a tough question, but a very fair one. Here are some of the benefits that I think will get:

1. Earn more money
2. Able to runs projects more successfully
3. People will respect me for putting the extra efforts to get myself certified
4. Standardized the way I managed projects.

I have been think on how to put what I studies into more easy to understand explanation of PMBOK, so I decided to use pictures as one picture tells a thousand word. Why am i doing this? Because by teaching or coaching means I understand the topic. Should you notice any mistake in my part, do let me know.

This will be the last casual blog on PMP. The following PMP blogs will be on the following format:

1. Start with some Introduction
2. Follow by the product life cycle and organization
3. Then the project management processes for a project (that’s the 5 process groups, 9 knowledge areas and 44 processes (of course not all in m\one blog, I will follow the PMBOK methods, that is each processes will be one work package or blog)

Someone did asked me about this WebCEO. I was trying to perform SEO (search engine optimizing) on my company website and found this “FREE” software extremely easy to use and better then Google Analytics. So why not give it a try.

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PMP Credential

Before you start entering your credential in into www.pmi.org, I suggest that you update your resume and try to prepare it based on the following format:

 

I have made a template to help calculate the required hours and months as per the website, anyone need help or assistance or you need a copy of the Excel file can contact me at gainxs@hotmail.com

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Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification

After years of project management and now finally one of my customer insists that I must be PMP certified before I can continue with the project.

After reading and checking with friends, I decided to venture into PMP. To be PMP certified, you must have:

a. Minimum 3 years of unique non-overlapping project management or about 4,500 hours for bachelor’s degree or 7,500 hours for diploma holder.

b. You also need 35 contact hours of formal education (more on this later)

c. Apply online to obtain the PMP Credential at www.pmi.org

d. Once you have the credential, then you can attend the exam, which is multiple choice of 200 questions in 4 hours.

Back to the 35 contact hours, this is where I you have to attend classes on understanding the PMBOK (Project Management Body of Knowledge). After gone thru various schools, I finally decided to attend the 35 hours at ERC institute (www.erci.edu.sg) in Singapore.

Is it weekend (Saturday) classes and takes about 5 Saturdays to complete all the lessons. I will try to summarize the PMBOK and my class materials, and publish it here for the benefits of those who wanted to take PMP.

I plan to take and “hopefully” can pass the exam before middle of April, 2009 and that is my target. Currently I have 3 study partners that also plan to take the exam almost the same time as me. Anyone else wishes to join our group can email me at gainxs@hotmail.com. 

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SEO with WEBCEO

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Today Online

You can access to Today paper online via your Omnia:

The URL is http://www.todayonline/mobile

What a way to safe the environment and no more missing on news :D

Omnia Protection Software

The new protection solution that comes with the new Samsung Omnia (purchased from 10 Jan, 2009) is call FNSuite which consists of FNSuite and Rei (Lite).

FNSuite allows user to remotely lock and wipe out critical data on your phone.

Rei (Lite) allows user to hide incoming and outgoing SMSes

For those wanted to by the software, can visit http://www.fabernitor.net/samsung/pages/buy#buy_button_3

 

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EHP 606 Review

For specifications, please refer to http://gainxs.blogspot.com/2009/01/ehp-full-hg-networked-media-player.html

From what I understood, my model is based on a older version of Popcorn Hour A-110 which is also based on the same Networked Media Tank (NMT) platform.

Opening the package

I got mine with a 1TB WD hard disk. In the package:
- Elektron EHP-606
- Remote Control  (2 AAA Batteries)
- AC Adapter, USB Cable, A/V Cable (Video with stereo audio) and one HDMI cable.
- User Manual

Front view

Back view

The connectors: VGA, Component, etc, etc..
 
More connectors: HDMI, USB, Network

The remote control

The built quality is bad, after installing the HDD, I have “forced” the screws in to closed the cover

 
Before installing the HDD

I connect it to my Panasonic 37” LCD with the provide HDMI. On first power on, the set was trying searching/loading the system and after a couple of minutes, I call the support and was told that I need to press “TV Source” and “0” to set it to auto detect, else I need to connect it to a VGA.

Once on, I when to the setup to configure it to auto-detect.

I was happy with the quality of the software and ease of use. I so far only tested watching some HD movies and used the podcasts.

More review as I start using the device.

EHP Full HD Networked Media Player

Bought on the 30th Jan, 2009 with one year warranty from Low Yat.

Media files supported

Video containers: MPEG1/2/4 Elementary (M1V, M2V, M4V), MPEG1/2 PS (M2P, MPG), MPEG2 Transport Stream (TS, TP, TRP, M2T, M2TS, MTS), VOB, AVI, ASF, WMV,  Matroska (MKV), MOV (H.264), MP4, RMP4

Video Codecs: XVID SD/HD, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MP@HL,  MPEG-4.2,  ASP@L5, 720p, 1-point GMC, WMV9

Audio containers: AAC, M4A, MPEG audio (MP1, MP2, MP3, MPA), WAV, WMA, FLAC, OGG

Audio codecs: AC3, DTS WMA, WMA Pro, AAC, MP1, MP2, MP3, LPCM, FLAC, Vorbis

Audio pass through : DTS, AC3, DTS-HD MA, DTS-HD HR, Dolby True HD, Dolby Digital Plus

Photo formats : JPEG, BMP, PNG, GIF

Other formats:  ISO, IFO

Subtitle formats : SRT, SMI, SUB, SSA

Chipset  - Sigma Designs SMP8635

Memory - 256MB DDR SDRAM, 32MB Flash

Audio/Video outputs - HDMI v1.3a (up to 1080p), Component Video (up to 1080p), Composite Video, Stereo Analog Audio, VGA

Interface - 1x USB 2.0 slave, 2x USB 2.0 host (on the side of the unit), SATA

Network - Ethernet 10/100

Power - 12V DC, 3A

Dimension - Width 268mm x Depth 155mm x Height 38mm

Weight - 2.2 Kg 

Connectivity – Bonjour, UPnP SSDP, DLNA, Windows Media Connect, Windows Media Player NSS, SMB, NFS, HTTP servers (myiHome, WizD, SwissCenter, MSP Portal, Llink, GB-PVR), BitTorrent P2P, NAS access (SMB, NFS, FTP)

Web Services 
Video : YouTube, Metacafe. Veoh, Videocast, DLTV, Cranky Geeks, Bliptv, PodfinderUK, Vuze, Break Podcast

Audio : Live365 Radio, iPodcast, Radiobox, ABC News, BBC Podcast, CNN News

Photo : Flickr, Picasaweb

RSS feed : Bloglines, Yahoo! Weather, Yahoo Traffic Alerts, Traffic Condition, Cinecast, Yahoo! News, MSNBC News.

Internet Radio : Shoutcast

Package Content:
- EHP-606 Media Player 
- 100~240V Power Adapter and US Power Cord 
- HDMI Cable 
- A/V Cable 
- USB Cable 
- Remote Control 
- Batteries 
- User's Guide

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