The demand for professionals with IT security and project management certifications has never grown faster. Off Peak Training has expanded its ownership and its course offerings. This month Chris Talmont and Chris Schulz, were added as principals to the business.

Official Press Release:

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Additional Courses:

Additional PMP Certification courses and CISSP Certification courses.
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According to the PMI website, “this premier educational conference gathers thought leaders in project management to share new research findings and shape future directions for the profession. Participation in the event is limited to 500 scholars, senior practitioners and students of project management. It will feature upwards of 60 sessions and, in addition to traditional paper presentations, will include new interactive session formats, symposia and student poster sessions. Attendees will also use the latest in social media networking to further their participation and enhance their experience.”

PMI is the world’s leading professional membership organization for project managers and is the only project management association with an established academic research program. In order to become a Registered Education Provider, Off Peak Training’s course materials went through a rigorous review by PMI education experts to ensure that our course material is of high quality and in-line with PMI standards.

Sign up today for PMP Certification training in Tyson’s Corner Virginia August 23-27th, 2010. Full schedule available at www.offpeaktraining.com/pmp

Read testimonials at: http://www.offpeaktraining.com/category/testimonials/

Off Peak Training, a Reston, VA based company, offers public and private classes to help prepare business professionals for the PMP®, CAPM®, PMI-SP®, CISSP®, CAPM®, CISA®, and is a Registered Education Provider for the Project Management Institute.

Sign up today for PMP Certification training in Tyson’s Corner Virginia August 23-27th, 2010. Full schedule available at www.offpeaktraining.com/pmp

Read more testimonials at: http://www.offpeaktraining.com/category/testimonials/

Off Peak Training, a Reston, VA based company, offers public and private classes to help prepare business professionals for the PMP®, CAPM®, PMI-SP®, CISSP®, CAPM®, CISA®, and is a Registered Education Provider for the Project Management Institute.

Off Peak Training is excited to announce our participation in this year’s DC Urban Dare! Urban Dare is like a one-day Amazing Race with teams of two racing around the city using a list of clues to lead them to various locations. At each location, the teams must complete a “dare” (a challenge) in order to proceed to the next area. Off Peak Training has assembled a series of teams that will be competing on April 17 for the chance to proceed to the Super Dare and compete in a 3-day race on a cruise ship for a $5,000 prize.

The proceeds from this year’s Urban Dare will be going towards the fight against breast cancer. Off Peak Training understands that breast cancer awareness and research is vital to women everywhere and is thrilled to be a part of an event that will not only raise money and spread awareness, but is an opportunity to have fun while doing it. We care deeply for our friends, family, and followers and encourage everyone to help support the cause.

Off Peak Training would especially like to thank the IT Security and Project Management Professional community for their support. Please be sure to check out photos from Urban Dare following the event on our Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/offpeaktraining

AEC Software describes the feature – “For tasks that can be completed faster by adding more resources, use effort-driven scheduling for simple schedule compression. Automatically adjust task durations as resources are added or subtracted, while keeping the total work for a task constant.”

Here is a video about effort driven scheduling:

Here is a video about the Mac Version:

Gurdial Saini, PMP
Emergent BioSolutions

Read more testimonials at: http://www.offpeaktraining.com/category/testimonials/

Off Peak Training, a Reston, VA based company, offers public and private classes to help prepare business professionals for the PMP®, CAPM®, PMI-SP®, CISSP®, CAPM®, CISA®, and is a Registered Education Provider for the Project Management Institute.

Thank you!

Manohar Kumar, PMP
eMentum Inc.

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Off Peak Training, a Reston, VA based company, offers public and private classes to help prepare business professionals for the PMP®, CAPM®, PMI-SP®, CISSP®, CAPM®, CISA®, and is a Registered Education Provider for the Project Management Institute.

There are some best practices to handling this scenario. It’s not a guarantee that no one will become upset or that it will save your project, but at the very least, these are a series of actions that you may take to get the best results out of a bad situation.

1. Get the facts together. Never walk into a situation without knowing the lay of the land and all the available information. This will help to keep you in a position of expertise and help to alleviate some stress.
2. Gather solutions. The best thing you can offer your client contact after delivering bad news is some actionable items to rectify the problem. It shows that you are aware of the issue and on top of solving it.
3. Be proactive. The more time that passes between discovery of the problem and informing your client, the worse the results will be. Do not ever wait for your clients to discover the issue on their own.
4. Be objective and pragmatic. The client sometimes gets upset; it is inevitable. Your job is not to battle them, but to work through the situation and get to a solution as quickly as possible.
5. Don’t get emotional. This may be the most difficult rule to abide. When problems arise, tensions mount, stress rises, and sometimes hurtful things are said. You must always remind yourself that this is a business situation—not a personal one and that to persevere, you have to push whatever feelings you have aside and get the job done.
6. Blame can wait. You may want to blame someone on your team or even on the client’s team. The client will probably want to do this even more than you do, but this is not the time. Finding fault before the problem is solved only wastes time and further complicates the issue. There is always time during performance reports, debriefs and meetings to worry about post-resolution responsibility.

You may encounter situations that require different approaches, but following the above tactics will help you to brave what can be a very difficult task during a project. Never forget to be proactive and to act as an expert and you will experience success, despite unavoidable problems.

Harris Eisenberg, MBA
Harris has worked in a project management role within both the marketing and music industries. Most recently, as Strategy and Business Lead for a small marketing agency in Virginia, Harris managed dozens of projects from individual brochure development to enterprise software development for the Federal government. If you wish to contact Harris, you may email him at harris.eisenberg@gmail.com.

Off Peak Training, a Reston, VA based company, offers public and private training classes to help prepare business professionals for professional certifications like the PMP®, CAPM®, PMI-SP®, CISSP®, CAPM®, CISA®, and is a Registered Education Provider for the Project Management Institute.