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Benefits of Cloud Computing

Cloud Computing provides a simple way to access servers, storage, databases and a broad set of application services over the internet. Services are offered via a subscription instead of via a purchase or lease. Here’s why you would be wise

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Monthly Meeting

The Breakfast Club NJ Presents : “You the Product” – The 2016 Update !! presented by George Pace Saturday January 9th at 8:00am ET Synopsis: “You the Product – The 2016 Update !!” George explains: In a recent Forrester Research

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Why PMs should be involved in writing an SOW?

I know a certain Project Manager (PM) who we’ll refer to as “Bob.” Bob has been with a number of service organizations that use the Professional Service Organization (PSO) model, where resources are used as a service to clients to

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Turn Your Expertise into Your Brand

Whether you are self-employed, employed by an organization, or a freelance contractor, developing a reputation as an expert can lead to new assignments and it can open up professional opportunities. Your reputation will help to build your brand. Your brand

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Are you just looking for a job?

Are you just looking? No one needs to reiterate that today’s is a difficult job market that is unprecedented in recent times or that regrettably, many people are looking for jobs for extended amounts of time—sometimes for years! As a

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Interviewing is Emotional and Logical

Interviewing is a combination of art and science thus it has a part which is emotional yet another part which is logical. It very much reminds me a game of Chess. While the interview is typically amicable the “players” are

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Being Fired Is Like a Divorce . . .

Just fired so what now? . . . And based on today’s statistics, that doesn’t sound good. So many articles cover the fact that 50% of all marriages in America end in divorce. Interestingly enough, other articles say 50% of

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In a PSO, should PMs be vocal regarding the projects they receive?

As project managers (PMs), we strive to be the best PMs we can be. In that vein, we also have projects or clients that we would like to avoid for various reasons. The project does not have the correct resources.The

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What Cloud “…aaS” Could Mean to You

Are you confused about what technology is in “The Cloud”? If so, you might also be confused by “aaS”. Simply, “aaS” is the acronym for “as a Service”. Delivering information technology “as a service” is a licensing model where the

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Debrief at the End of Each Project

Making mistakes during a project, although sometimes painful, can be valuable as long as we learn from them. The same can be said for the project successes. More than a casual conversation about what did and didn’t work, a debriefing

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