Andy Crowe

This post was updated on 5/6/2021 to reflect changes PMI made to the CAPM certification. In the land of all things project management, the significance of the PMP® certification is highly recognized. Obtaining the PMP letters at the end of your name ha…

Last weekend I was in the Dominican Republic to speak at the PMI Congress there. I had never been to the D.R. before this trip, and the whole experience was wonderful. The all-inclusive Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Punta Cana was the best conference v…

This week I am in Costa Rica in an area just outside of San Jose for the APCON conference. As you can see from the photo from my hotel room, it isn’t a bad place to be. This is a large Latin American congress on project management that is always …

Earlier this week I received an email from a colleague complaining about the meeting culture at his organization. He said, “I am tired of everyone stealing my workdays!” It reminded me of the esteemed economist, Thomas Sowell, who once remarked that &#…

Serendipity literally means “happy accident,” but my favorite definition is “looking for a needle in the haystack and finding a farmer’s daughter.” On Friday of last week, I gave a talk to an energy company headquartered close to Velociteach. I told a …

As the new school year kicks off in earnest, PMI has given some managers new reason to hit the books again. That’s right a – new credential is in the works. The Portfolio Management Credential (PfMP – I secretly fantasized about it being named PoMP), i…

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I have some good news. The new and fully-updated 5th Edition of The PMP Exam: How To Pass On Your First Try is hitting the streets right now! In addition to being updated to the new PMBOK Guide, this book contains: – Every process, input, tool, a…

Today I was honored to give the keynote address at the PMI Westchester Professional Development Day in New York. I always enjoy speaking at PDDs and similar events, but the highlight of my day was to spend  time with PMI founder Jim Snyder, who talked …

Velociteach was honored today by the the US Chamber of Commerce as one of the top 100 small businesses in the USA for 2013. The criteria were revenue growth, job creation, and a record of overcoming adversity. We will be attending the US Small Business…

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I recently began managing a project for an Atlanta-based charity, 21st Century Leaders. Actually, the team is made up of very smart, very talented volunteers, so “coordinating” would be more accurate than “managing” in this case. Most…

This week, Velociteach was honored with Georgia Trend’s and the Cobb Chamber of Commerce’s Business Community Service Award. The award is given each year to one large business and one small business for service to the non-profit community. This year’s …

Frederick Taylor gets a bad rap these days. As you’ll remember, he started the whole Scientific Management movement. Unfortunately, his conclusions are also credited with the onset of sweatshops and inhumane working conditions. Recently I was in a meet…

Velociteach was named Provider of the Year within the project-management industry, taking home the coveted 2012 PMI Continuing Professional Education Provider of the Year Award – Individual/Business Category. The award was presented Saturday night, Oct…

This week (technically September 30) marks Velociteach’s 10th birthday. It was on a Monday morning ten years ago that I began working on a business model and pro forma for a new kind management training and services company. When I founded Velociteach,…

I will admit something: I was a big fan of the ill-fated Google Wave. It was a great way for teams to collaborate on documents and deliverables. It kept track of the evolving conversation right alongside of the deliverable. If someone came into the pro…

During my last two years of college, I worked as a co-op with IBM. My boss, a straightforward and serious individual, cut straight out of a bolt of IBM-blue cloth, used to tell those of us in his department “bad news does not get better with age.” It t…

The more I manage and work with organizations, the more the subject of leadership becomes interesting to me. There is only so much an individual can accomplish, but leading a team or an organization multiplies that ability greatly. More than that, it f…

This morning, Velociteach was recognized with the 2012 Small Business of the Year by the Cobb County Chamber of Commerce. We are truly humbled by this honor. This is our 10th year in business, and that makes it all the sweeter for us. Missing from this…