Wow, I found this amazing reference site for PMs as I was doing some research today.  It is thorough, detailed, provides templates and is easy to read.  As I was filtering through it, I noticed so many things that I learned formally as a PM, but never put to practice.  Good food for thought!
Check it out:  http://www.pmhut.com/project-management-process

And so, after making this post “Be careful of your Children in Hong Kong“, I ended up generating 800+ hits on one day with people searching with keywords such as “Hong Kong, kidnapping, urban myth” etc…

I have received both positive and negative comments from this post. And I’m even surprised to see myself in today’s Apple Daily (found courtesy of my husband) regarding this. A few things that I’d like to clarify:
1. This is a blog. It’s free space for publication of opinion, thoughts and things of this matter.
2. There …

Update March 26, 2010:  “I Renewed My PMP Certification!”
I was pretty thrilled when I obtained my PMP status.  I deserved it.  After working so many years and hours on projects after projects, it was time to get some official designation that represented my contribution to the working world.  That was in early 2006 and my designation is up for renewal come early 2010.   So now the great question - Should I renew my PMP designation?
Having a PMP designation is great for numerous reasons:

Many jobs actually REQUIRE or PREFER a PMP …

Vanessa brought home the CUTEST experiment for a 3-year old child.  They were growing beans in Nursery school the past few days.  BEANS!  I didn’t grow beans until I was in grade 2, at the age of 7.  Vanessa explained to me that this was her plant and that she grew it.  She then proceeded to pick off parts of the plant, in which I explained to her that growing a plant is a big responsibility.  I explained that the plant was like a baby.  It needs food (water and …

As a mother of 2, a working career woman, a wife, a sister, a daughter (and daughter-in-law) and friend - you can see how limited my time is.  Therefore, it’s critical that everything I do in my approach to working (whether for myself or for an organization) is “smart” and “hard”.  Although I usually try to approach it a smart way first.  Here is my approach to working smart:

Plan Plan Plan
Balance
Get Organized
Focus
Clear & Concise Communication

Plan Plan Plan
Part of my time is actually spent planning.  I plan in the shower, while drifting …

I’ve recently gotten a iPhone - this was really to congratulate myself on getting a new job and my old Palm Centro Desktop for Vista was simply horrendous looking.  Call it a splurge and maybe an unnecessary one, but I’m 100% happy with my purchase and loving it!
And of course being the techies that we are at home, the iPhone is crackable (so you can install any apps on it - and oops did I say that out loud?).  Well for those who want to “try” a variety of applications, …