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I believe every project manager and project risk manager deserves a place to learn, grow, and connect with others who share their passion. I'm here to create a community where you can find insightful articles, practical tips, and thoughtful discussions designed to enhance your skills and leadership capabilities. I also teach PMP and PMI-RMP Exam Prep Course & More! So, come join me on this journey into project management, project risk management, and project leadership!
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PMP Exam Prep Course
PMP Exam Prep Course Delivered by Russ Parker Course Dates: 30 Nov/1 Dec/7 Dec/8 Dec (10a - 6:30p EST) Get the 35 Contact Hours for Taking the PMP Exam. Receive: 35 Contact Hours for taking the PMP Exam Flexible Coaching until you Pass the Exam Practice Questions and Mock Exams PowerPoint's and Recordings of Classes Email course to accompany your 35 hour course. Want to learn more? Schedule a call! Schedule a Call Ready to Sign up? Sign up for Upcoming Cohort See you next week! 600 1st Ave,...
READ POSTtwo dates worth circling (one's in 4 weeks)
Hey, it's Russ Quick one today! First, for my US Friends.... Happy Independence Day weekend! I hope you have a safe and risk-planned out weekend! If you or any of your friends are quietly googling "how do i get my pmp" at 11pm and hasn't found what you need.... I have some information. PMI is overhauling the PMP® exam starting July 9, 2026... new exam content outline, new PMBOK® Guide information, the whole thing. Every old study guide, old practice test, and "just do what I did" tip from a...
READ POSTI passed the RMP and had never seen a Monte Carlo run
The Proactive Risk PM Weekly Issue #26 June 29, 2026 Hi , Four months after I earned my PMI-RMP®, I still had never seen a real Monte Carlo simulation actually run. I knew what it was. I could define it. I answered questions about it on the exam. Triangular distribution, three-point estimates, probability distributions.... I had all the vocabulary. But I had never watched one work. A friend of mine, someone else in the PM space, finally pulled one up and walked me through it. I sat there...
READ POSTThe deadline I knew about all year (and still almost blew)
The Proactive Risk PM Weekly Issue #25 June 22, 2026 Hi , My wife's birthday was yesterday. Yes, the same day as Fathers Day! I knew that her birthday was coming. I've known it for... well, every year. It's not exactly a surprise on the calendar. I even had the big gift handled early: a new bike she'd been wanting, so she could ride around the neighborhood with the kids. Done. Wrapped up before I could even feel good about it. So I told myself I had time. Cards, cake, prepping the kids for...
READ POSTPerson 10 went so deep I was actually impressed
The Proactive Risk PM Weekly Issue #23 June 8, 2026 Hi , Have you heard of bikeshedding? I hadn't... not until last week. But once I learned what it was, I realized we live it every single day as PMs. I got invited into a meeting. It was part of an audit of an organization's risk management process and with me in the room, they allowed the risk talk to take over the meeting. Fifteen people. One conference table. And the leader started an "around the table" analysis of their risks, one by one,...
READ POSTWhat's happening live at 44Risk PM this June
June is here, Reader! For Forty-Four Risk PM, this means I'm heading to Vegas to teach some corporate training, doing some live PMI-RMP® Exam Questions review, and teaching both a weekend PMP® Exam Prep and weekday PMI-RMP® Exam Prep Course. The FREE Community and the RMP Prep Lab Community are growing. It's a month to get excited about and a month for you to continue growing as a Project Manager and/or Project Risk Manager! ✦LIVE EVENT PMI-RMP® Practice Questions and Review: Risk Strategy...
READ POSTWhere is John?
The Proactive Risk PM Weekly Issue #22 June 1, 2026 Hi , It's June 1st. Somewhere on your team right now, there's a project schedule barreling toward Q3 deliverables. And somewhere in that same team, there are airline tickets already purchased, hotels already booked, and kids already counting down the days until school lets out. The question is.... does your risk register know about any of it? Summer is here. Are you Prepared? Now, let's get Proactive Over Reactive! "Give me six hours to chop...
READ POSTHe was right. I was wrong. He's on my bracelet.
The Proactive Risk PM Weekly Issue #21 May 25, 2026 Hi , This Monday's email is going to be a little different. I'm not going to teach you a framework today. I'm not going to break down a PMI concept or walk you through a risk response strategy. Today I just want to tell you about a man I knew, briefly, in Kabul, Afghanistan in 2015. His name was First Sergeant Peter Andrew McKenna Jr. He's one of the names on the KIA bracelet I wear everyday. And on this Memorial Day, he's on my mind. Now,...
READ POSTThe meeting that was about to end (and why I wouldn't let it)
The Proactive Risk PM Weekly Issue #20 May 18, 2026 Happy Monday, Reader, My first project in the civilian sector was a big one... It was a large financial deal with a new strategic partner. NDA's all over the place. Regulatory requirements coming shortly. It was, without a doubt, a high stakes environment. And I was the PM, still finding my footing outside the Marine Corps, still figuring out how things worked on this side of the fence. We were in a risk meeting. And honestly? It was a good...
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