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How Becoming a PMP Can Improve One's Career
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ARE Project Management Subject: Quality Control
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ARE Project Management Subject: Developing and Maintaining a Workplan
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ARE Project Management Subject: Compliance with a Construction Budget
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AR and VR: Differences and Applications
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ARE Section: Construction and Evaluation Part 3
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ARE Section: Construction and Evaluation Part 2
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Why You Need Your Project Management Professional (PMP) Credential?
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What are the PMP Certification Requirements?
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Ultimate Guide to the Five Primary Documents of Any Project
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Why should I get a PMP?
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What to Do When You Fail a Section of the ARE 5.0 Exam?
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How to Ace the Project Management Professional (PMP) Exam
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Project Development and Documentation (PDD): Roof Design and Details
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Monitoring and Controlling the Project: Topics to Learn for the Project Management Professional...
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Project Management: Instruments of Service
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Project Management: Value Engineering
A building project has undergone a substantial design process; however, when it comes to the bidding and negotiation phase, i...
Practice Management: Direct vs. Consequential Damages
Per AIA contracts , there is a lot of verbiage regarding damages. Often, all parties agree to the waiver of claims due to dam...
Project Development and Documentation: Refrigeration Cycles
Refrigeration cycles are used in many mechanical systems and can be somewhat difficult to understand at first. There are four...
Project Management: Billing and Fees
It is often said that billing and fees for architectural services are nothing short of an art form. It is a balance between t...
Programming and Analysis: Net, Usable, Rentable Areas and Efficiencies
When designing buildings, architects are often employed by clients who are concerned about the efficiency of space. Building...
Programming and Analysis: How to Size a Building
With the construction of increasingly taller buildings, how does one determine how large a building can be? That comes down t...
Building Orientation and Energy Efficiency, Part 3
I write this blog post as a personal reflection about the additional effects of terrain and how they can affect building cons...
Building Orientation and Energy Efficiency, Part 2
Part 1 of Building Orientation and Energy Efficiency examined the role of building siting and passive strategies according to...
Building Orientation and Energy Efficiency, Part 1
Mechanical systems consume a lot of energy in buildings-approximately 35% of a building's total energy use. While HVAC equipm...
Thermal Comfort
What makes the human body thermally comfortable? It's not just temperature alone. A common misconception is that thermal comf...
IIC vs STC
When it comes to sound, there are multiple ways to determine the movement of noise through assemblies. Sound travels in many...
Gross Versus Net Square Feet with Code
There are some instances when gross and net square footage are calculated. Gross square footage generally refers to all of th...
Project Management: Change Orders
One of the most frustrating parts of a construction project can be change orders. They have given a building project a bad re...
Programming and Analysis: Owner's Responsibilities/Surveys
The roles of the parties involved in a construction project are of critical importance. Clear responsibilities contribute to...
AIA Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct
A membership in the American Institute of Architects (AIA) in any capacity brings with it an expectation for the highest stan...
ARE Practice and Business Content
When taking the Architectural Registration Exam (ARE), I often wondered why it included content that I felt was more relevant...
Practice Management: Top-Down and Bottom-Up Budgets
Budgeting and contracts are nothing short of an artform when applying them to the practice of architecture. They are always t...
How To Improve Reading Speed and Ace MCAT CARS Section
The infamous Verbal Reasoning, now known as CARS, has been difficult for most people taking the MCAT. Over a decade of Englis...
Making your way into the top league of medical schools with a perfect score
If you ask any premed which medical school they'd like to get into, a common answer is "Any school I can get in". Considering...
Getting ready for the MCAT? Flashcards may be your favorite learning tool!
Flashcards are often dismissed as a learning tool meant for children. In fact, flashcards can be used by anyone because they...
MCAT online exam course
The MCAT exam - Overview The MCAT score is a globally upheld yardstick for assessment of candidate's eligibility into a medi...
Taking the Stress Out of the PMP Exam
There are many benefits to becoming a certified Project Management Professional (PMP). However, the process of becoming certi...
Benefits of PMP Certification
Becoming a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) is not an easy task. Doing so requires thousands of hours of leadi...
The Unique Demands of Being an Anaesthesiologist
The life of a medical student starts with carefully choosing a school major and goes on to handling rigorous MCAT training in...
Is effective communication mandatory in the medical field?
The medical profession is often associated with profound knowledge, reasoning skills, analytical capabilities and team work....
MCAT Study Guide
Most educational institutes cover how to take the MCAT during undergrad. The education market is abundant with a number of...
All You Need to Know About Retaking the MCAT Exam
After weeks of waiting, when you finally get your MCAT results and you feel down because they are not what you want them to...
Techniques To Improve Your MCAT CARS Scores
Critical Analysis and reasoning skills notoriously known as CARS has been treated as a dreadful subject by many medical aspir...
Project Management Office (PMO) - Responsibilities for Effective Project Management
Introduction A project management office (PMO) can be broadly defined as a management structure that standardizes project-...
The Best Tips to Gain Clinical and Research Experience for Med School
An impressive medical school application carries a good MCAT score and a high GPA. While these two factors are primarily con...
Common Experiences in the Lives of Pre-Med Students
The ultimate goal for pre-medical students is to get past the admission committees and secure a place in their desired medica...
Is Biochemistry an Ideal Major for Medical School?
Choosing an appropriate undergraduate major can be one of the biggest decisions for students who wish to pursue medicine as t...
The Saga of a Medical Student and his Financial Struggle
1. Make loan repayment a priority: The first item on the priority list must be to repay off the loan as this helps to sav...
Project Management and Time Management
Project management is classified as a set of techniques, tools, and skills that are applied to achieve a specific project goa...
Why A PMP On Demand Review Course is Recommended for Test Takers?
PMP Ondemand review courses are becoming more popular. PMP Ondemand review courses offer individuals many great features whe...
The Saga of a Medical Student and his Financial Struggle
In 2014, the Association of American Medical Colleges conducted a survey and revealed that an average medical school graduate...
The Top Industries that Have a Demand for PMP Certification
As global demand for project managers continues to grow at a rampant pace, it is essential for a candidate to know the indust...
Six Lifestyle Tips for MCAT Prep
As the famous saying goes "a sound body keeps a sound mind", it takes good health to keep the mind sound and well-functioning...
Tackling PMP with Your Coach
While we bring forth the most common answers, to the most important questions, your PMP coach has better Knowledge about ever...
Easy Steps to Crack the PMP Corporate Training
In the corporate world, growth is the only constant. Organizations are continually working towards developing their skill set...
Preparation for the RMP Exam
Risk Management is an important aspect of project management and a professional credential in this specific area arms an indi...
Professionals from Five Different Industries Who can Benefit from PMP Boot Camp Course
Enrolling for classes to train and prepare for PMP exam is a decision that requires a little rescheduling of routine. The tri...
Preparation for PMP Exam
PMI-RMP is a globally recognised credential that helps an individual become a specialist in risk management. Here are few th...
Drug Shortages: Every Physician's Worst Nightmare!
The journey to achieving excellence in the medical career is marked by lessons from multiple sources. For instance, the onlin...
Why Should Project Managers Emphasize Effective Communication?
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Physician Burnout - Key Things that Every PreMed Must Know !
The medical profession is regarded as one of the most coveted lines of work and doctors are praised for their unselfish contr...
5 Factors that will Change the Way You Approach A PMP On Demand Course
Without a doubt, PMP is a challenging exam. But in order to ease the preparation phase of PMP exam, renowned training centers...
Has the Social Media Bug Bitten the Medical Profession Too?
The use of social media for initiating customer conversations and building brand power has become commonplace in the corporat...
The Future of Project Management Amidst Technological Advancements
Project management is one of the oldest business practices that has gained significant importance despite the technological a...
Five Tips to Make your Medical Application Stand Out
A strong medical school application is essential to receive interview invitations from the most coveted medical schools. Prep...
The Future of Project Management and What You Need to Know Before Taking A PMP Course
What really happens inside project management? How do project managers spend their time at work? What kind of tools are used,...
The Significance of Physics in the Life of a Doctor
A large number of prospective doctors believe that the hard sciences like physics and chemistry do not apply to their chosen...
Staying Cool on the Day of Your MCAT Exam
Table of Contents 1. Stay Healthy 2. Review Only Key Concepts 3. Read Questions...
Convince Your Employer to Sponsor Your PMP Training
For most project managers, getting PMP certified is regarded as an asset that can enhance their credentials and take their ca...
The Unique Things You Must Know About a Medical School
Medical schools differ from other undergraduate colleges in many ways. Students immerse themselves in clinical research and t...
5 Reasons to Sign Up for an Online PMP Training Course
Effectively managing projects is an important element to the overall success of an organization. Organizations that acquire t...
Preparing for LSAT with a Full-Time Job
When you decide to go to law school (which is by the way a great decision), making time to study for the LSAT into your bu...
Everything You Must Know About the Onsite MCAT Training Course
Preparing for MCAT exam needs dedication and abundant time. The onsite MCAT training course offers a customized study plan th...
The Four Important Questions You Need To Ask Your PMP Coach
Cracking the PMP exam demands intense preparation, proactive planning and the right guidance. Students appearing for this exa...
A Project Manager's Guide to Stress Management
In any line of work you are prone to get stressed with your job. Stress is a reality for project managers. From meeting proje...
The Significance of Project Management in the Government Sector
Project Management practices have a very high success rate when implemented in Government sectors. And the reasons are?...
Preparing for PMP with a Night Job
Night jobs can be stressful. Pursuing PMP training while working as a full-time professional with night shifts will demand ad...
Five Common Misconceptions About MCAT Cleared!
Succeeding on the MCAT with outstanding scores is the dream of every pre-med. The right way to start conquering this exam is...
Best Tips to Choose the Right Area of Law Specialization
The decision to pursue a career in law can transform the life trajectory of an individual significantly. The life of students...
How to Convince Your Employer to Sponsor Your PMP Training?
For most project managers, getting PMP certified is regarded as an asset that can enhance their credentials and take their ca...
Should You Join A Pre-Med Club?
There are countless individuals who dream of getting into a good medical school and becoming a doctor. Right from MCAT exam r...
The Principles of Project Risk Management
Identifying, anticipating and evaluating risks in a project in all its future stages, planning, and putting in place an effec...
Benefits of Online PMP Exam Prep Course
EduMind's online PMP Exam Prep course is designed to offer busy professionals the flexibility to pursue their professional ce...
4 Usual Mistakes that can Get Your Medical School Application Rejected
Table of Contents 1. Applicants misjudge their deserving to a medical school 2. Failing to prov...
Debunking the Top Five Myths Surrounding the LSAT
With law school admissions just around the corner, innumerable students are gripped with the LSAT fever. Considered to be one...
Observe Everyday Life To Fine Tune Your MCAT Skills
Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) is a difficult exam. A student preparing for MCAT has to surpass his/her high school le...
Five Best Industry Sectors to Showcase Project Management Skills
While beating the conundrum of Project Management Triangle remains one of the way points to succeed as a Project Manager, PMP...
How Successful Medical School Aspirants Differentiate Themselves From The Crowd
Medical professionals are individuals who originate from diverse backgrounds of the society. Some of them have an upper hand...
The Need for Project Management Professionals (PMP) in NGO
Table of Contents 1. What is NGO? 2. Make it Possib...
Staying Cool on the Day of Your MCAT Exam
Table of Contents 1. Stay Healthy 2. Revise Only Key Concepts 3. Read Questions...
Developing confidence as a project manager
Confidence is extremely important in every sphere of life. Countless individuals are caught up in the struggle to find it and...
Five Reasons for Failing the MCAT
Perhaps the most dreaded word in the dictionary of pre-meds is the MCAT. With the power to decide the future of medical aspir...
The Outstanding Benefits of One-on-One MCAT Training
Nurturing the medical career ambitions of a student starts with choosing the right MCAT prep course. While a long list of fac...
5 Effective Tips to Prepare For PMP Exam as a New Mum
As a new mom the chances of losing out on any lucrative opportunity is relatively higher. While going back to the routine of...
The Feel Good Factors of PMP Boot Camp Courses
Project Management Professional certification (PMP) provided by PMI is your key to a globally recognized professional career...
How to Deliver Quality On-Time and On-Budget
In today's rapid ever-changing world, businesses want more for less and fast. Projects are expected to be turned around in th...
How To Improve Reading Speed and Ace MCAT CARS Section?
The infamous Verbal Reasoning, now known as CARS, has been difficult for most people taking the MCAT. The reason is that the...
Proven tips to improve your self-study habits
If studying during your high school or college years was troubling for you then PMP training will be more challenging compara...
Key Factors of MCAT Training - Practice and Study Online
There are many options for a prep course but what sets EduMind apart is the online study option. There are several factors th...
Top 5 Lessons Learned from Successful Candidates Who Aced the PMP Exam
Candidates who have taken the Project Management Professional certification (PMP) and have successfully passed it, hold a wea...
Importance of Communication in Project Management
Communication plays an important role in any kind of project management. Failure to communicate in a timely manner will wreak...
How To Create The Perfect MCAT Study Schedule?
Achieving success doesn't come easily. No matter how great or trivial a task maybe, planning ahead shoots up your chances of...
How to find out your PMP exam eligibility?
In the modern business setup, the entire functionality is divided into different project models. These are handled by skilled...
Looking Beyond Getting a PMP Certification
Obtaining PMP Certification demands dedication. From attending PMP training courses to passing the PMP tests a lot goes into...
All you need to know about the new PMP Exam
As a project manager, if you want to take your career development to the next level, there's only one way to do so - acquire...
5 Tips To Make Preparation for The MCAT Exam Effective
Table of Contents 1. Give Yourself Enough Time 2. Take Measured Breaks to Keep Yourself Refresh...
Tips to Ace the PMP Examination
There are various strategies that you can adopt to excel on a PMP test. However, most strategies have a few tips in common. T...
Top reasons for failing the PMP Exam and ways to avoid them
The PMP certification can boost your career and pave the way for better, high-paying jobs. Businesses are recognizing the nee...
Techniques To Improve Your MCAT CARS Scores
Critical Analysis and Reasoning Skills notoriously known as CARS has been treated as a dreadful subject by many medical aspir...
Most Common MCAT Prep Mistakes
Figuring out an effective way to prep for the MCAT exam may seem like a challenge to med-school aspirants. While different st...
Busting the myths surrounding the PMP Certification Exam
PMI's infamous PMP certification is every project manager's dream come true. The credential holds immense value in the eyes o...
Continuing Education and Custom Project Management Courses
Project Management courses caters to the professional needs of aspiring learners seeking to work as project managers in eithe...
Everything you want to know about PMP Boot Camp
A PMP boot camp will increase your chances of passing the PMP test significantly. It will impart, in-depth understanding of d...
How Online MCAT Prep Can Make a Difference To Your Scores
Getting admission into a medical school is not an easy task. You will need to equip yourself with all skills to tackle the d...
MCAT Testing Intuition and What It Means To a Test Taker
Online MCAT Classes help hone your exam skills. But what happens during those eight hours are solely based upon the student...
Warning signs that you are in need of Project Management Training
Project Managers often have to work in an environment where he or she has inadequate resources to achieve the project's goals...
Easy way to obtain PMP Certifications
Before you consider appearing for a PMP Certification exam, ask yourself what you intend to gain from it. Getting a certifica...
Fixed or Flexible Project Plan - The Project Managers' Critical Choice
"Plans are nothing; planning is everything."- Dwight D. Eisenhower "It is always wise to look ahead, but difficult to look f...
Leadership Style Changes over the Centuries for Project Managers
"The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one that gets the people to do the gr...
Interpersonal Skills Necessary for a Project Manager
A project manager in-charge of executing a project works in unison with a set of team members. The project manager does not a...
Project Human Resource Management - Colocation for Better Project Outputs
Colocation is the concept of placing all the resources of a project team in a single physical location, so that the project c...
Effectively Strategize Advertising for Procurement Managers
"The more informative your advertising, the more persuasive it will be."- David Ogilvy Creativity without strategy is cal...
Ways to Improve Efficiency - Time and Motion Study
"The first rule of any technology used in a business is that automation applied to an efficient operation will magnify the ef...
Procurement Management - Make or Buy Analysis for Project Managers
"Only buy something that you'd be perfectly happy to hold if the market shut down for 10 years."- Warren Buffett "All mod...
Pick Wisely Your Project Management Methodologies
"Project Success is in the delivery of a Project Output that meets Clients expectation with Maximized Efforts" "Victory i...
Managing Conflict in a Project Team
"Peace is not absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means" "Be quick to resolve conflicts...
Is Managing a Project a Natural Talent or Acquired Skill?
"The separation of talent and skill is one of the greatest misunderstood concepts for people who are trying to excel, who hav...
Eight Strategic Project Management Skillset for Construction Project Managers
"A man builds a fine house; and now he has a master, and a task for life; he is to furnish, watch, show it, and keep it in re...
How to Guide for on Waterfall Project Management
"All things are created twice; first mentally; then physically. The key to creativity is to begin with the end in mind, with...
Green Management Will Make Complex Projects Easy
"Green fingers are the extension of a Verdant heart." Russell Page "The goal isn't to live forever, the goal is to create...
Make the Best Use of Our Corporate PMP Exam Training Classes
"Nothing is softer or more flexible than water, yet nothing can resist it" Lao Tzu quotes "Try our flexible Corporate Tr...
What Kind of PMP Aspirant Are You? - Carrot, Egg or Tea Leaf
"Increase the probability and impact of positive events, and decrease the probability and impact of negative events" ? PMBOK...
Project Management Ethics - the cornerstone of a project's success
"Almost 88% of professionals across 34 countries would like to work for companies that are committed to strong ethical values...
Learn To Be a Leader Rather Than a Manager
"Richard Branson, founder of Virgin Group says, "Oh screw it. Let's do it!". That's the real attitude of a leader." "Stay...
With PMP, women are marking their foot prints in Project Management
"In the US, 39% of Project Management Professionals are women, which is way better when compared to other countries." "Wo...
Pass PMP Exam the Day after the PMP Review Course!
"Take Project Management Training with EduMind and Pass PMP Exam the Day after the Review Course" "Reserve your PMP Exam...