I had attended the 4 day PMP 35PDU training, conducted from AstroWix starting from 23rd to 26th in Chennai, we had nearly 23 participants, The blog is all about them.
On the first day, we were natural and relectuant to learn, what we had known, most of them were related to the genral knowedge we possed, We meet different people everytime, and no two people have the same thoughts, that was discovered during the training, when a situation was given, 70% of the solutions vary, from people.
Should be call them now the intellectuals, Yeah, think so,, We should call them the future PMP, I was all ready for two things in life.
1. To take the risk of appearing for the training and obtaining the certification.2. To make a definite change in my life.
About the trainer:
Trainer is, Upendra Giri, The google search would end up in PMP, he is an PMBOK by himself, without practical experience, and a full fledged process oriented guy, he comes from a small village in UP, and raised to the greatest level of setting is home and office at NCal US.Have a reading on this profile below:
Upendra Giri (PMP®), Founder and CEO of AstroWix Corporation, is an entrepreneur, consultant,mentor, trainer, and adviser on project management practices to some of America's leadingcompanies. He is a Certified Project Management Professional (PMP®), ensuring quality projectmanagement and controls for research, design, development, and implementation of systems andprograms in defense, financial, healthcare, IT, civil, industrial, and related industries for more than adecade.Upendra has extensive knowledge in the implementation of various Project ManagementMethodologies including Methodology based on the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK®)of the Project Management Institute (PMI®).
Upendra had been contributing to the Project Management community across the globe. Mr. Giri is amost sought after keynote speaker internationally and had been panelist on various Enterprise ProjectManagement Conferences. He was recently invited to give the keynote address in September 2002 byMicrosoft Philippines at First National Project management Conference in Philippines. He was alsokeynote speaker on project Management in PRAVASI BHATIYA MEET organized by Govt. of India inDelhi. He is a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering and Master of Science in Civil Engineering fromLehigh University, Pennsylvania.In October 1999, Upendra was awarded PMP® certification from PMI®.
A member of PMI USA(www.pmi.org), Upendra Giri has been appointed President of the PMI® North-India Chapter(www.pminorthindia.org) by PMI® headquarters in the USA.Dataquest – Premier IT journal, recently interviewed Microsoft-recognized project expertUpendra Giri for a hands-on perspective on new methodologies of meeting corporate goals,particularly delivering IT solutions.
So, It was a real Honor for us to learn the concepts from the legend, an intellectual by himself who can deliver the whole process, We learned the games of pmp, and the real fun is we gamed on the start to remember all the participants names, I had mine sa Sathya Sexy, karthikeyan King, Arrgoant, and all kinds of those. Its not going to be too long, to forget our peer names, but the 4 day training gave a full fledge learning curve to be more and it helped me to get new friends, not sure, these friends are going to be long, very long, but it just started, somedays later, i might blog on the other side of our friendship.
Our Team,
Total compramising of 23, let me put out my experience with them.
The first person whome i would like to blog is about SK, I had 2 SK's in my life, the first was Shiv Kumar of CSS who made me what im today, even though he shouted at me, each day, and we departed sad, He still is my boss. The second SK was my peer and a leader still working in SQL* Nunbgambakkam, Chennai, Srikanth is an excellent person by himself, spreading peace and love and knowledge on Oracle to everyone around him.
This SK is totally different, Santhana Krishnan, is a true leader and a knowledge base of running teams, Should be a great leader in rulling more teams of S/w projects around the globe. A true man of delight.
The second person is Ram in short for Ramachandran, the SC guy who works on his own routines, aged like my father to be and a real inspiration on all sides.
and...
We have this Jai, short in sight, literally sleeping in class, understanding few of the things and getting to think, how i have worked on this, This guy with RS. Mani are enterpiees, who grow the AXE Networks in KP Gardens in Chennai. Jai is a classic child of smile
RS Mani, my next seat guy who grows the AXE Networks, there were not really intrested in the certification, but to learn the concepts of manangment, they were in the WRONG place. RS Mani is a classic child of mannerism.
Balaji, due to numeral he has Balajee, is one of the key stakeholders of the show, Listing carefully to what ever he wanted, vouched for what he thought was true and pronouced correctly on his ability to move forward. Hey guys, he is the TOP Scorer of the event with 85% on his score card, allready ready for the PMP.
Charles, is a fun boy, in his mids, a quiet handsome looking guys, with a teenager look on his eyes, a charming personality who learned on the class.
Arun, the guy never spoke to anyone around him, i was poking him on this and he says thatz the way he lived, and the others were saying, Keeping quiet is an art, ah, it should be with your wife, not with others down the road.
Ramaswami, is a wonderful gentleman, from the civil industry, who laughed for every joke and sillest joke on the class, A learner who ages more than my father and a great inspiration to learn on things.
SenthilVel, remember me my best friend Senthil Velu in US now, I and Senthil have been growing to gether from the 8th standard at St.Bedes, But this Senthil Velu is from EDS, who cared as equal to a peer. He volutered most activites with his knowledge and caringness.
Gopan, the guy slept the whole 4 days, never wanted to attend a class as much as dry as this. He said, these things i have done it for the past 7 years, and what is the big deal in learning this. Upendra should have provided examples of where to use, how to use and the rest, but this guy never did or even when asked was able to give a understaning Example. In short Upendra never listen to us,
Rama Raju, the last row guy, he said, he is 54 years old, but looks damm challenging than most of us on the exam point of view, A guy who flew from dubai and stays at hydrabed and flew down to chennai to attend this class. A guy who made lots of C's during his carrer and wanted to settle down on some money earning business. Look out at this guy to join Astro as a Director.
Rahul Metha, Just like the Rahul Gandhi, had a face look and damm a good smile, is the first one to poll for things from his side with options, he is a good manager, most of his meetings, he is the one who speaks, he is highly knowledge and confused most times on this understanding, But a guy who would brainstrom with lots and lots of ideas that others cannot provide.
Sethu, The only bache, in our group, that is one of the reason he smiles big in the photos, you can see a lean guy with a great laughter with upendra, and that is him, he has a word of thought for everything discussed on the class. A great friend to be..
Chandra BL, not a law guy but this guy is a grown manager, a beer B, on his side and has a definition list of most things on the PMP, once upendra comes out with a what is the meaning of this, there comes a custom meaning from Chandra, such a wonderful guy who knows and practised most of the things around us related to PMP.
Yakgna, never forget his guy, its not an english name or a chinese nameor a japanese game to get twised, but a sanskrit name to get twisted, a real good peer who could share the great things on the training.
Saif, Ah Saif, its long to be late, he was much a sorry figure, a high tech guy with nearly 4 years manangment experience, manages a lot of difficulties all the time, has a wonderful voice and voices up to his point, mostly critics and mostly other thoughts that i havent experience, but Giri was even more softer to him. Ha ha the fights that were never answered. Safi joined the class on the 3rd day.
Karthikeyan, The King, is still remembering the words and the discussions of the class, a quiet observer with his own comments on the class and learned a big deal on the class.
Jai, a remarkable noted person at all ends of the class, who jotted down the most and the mere of the class notes, can see his mostly concentrating on the Giri and his speaches outside the class.
Anuop, changed according to the numerals, a look like malayali, but denies so, has a good expereince in the knowledge and mostly concentrated to how to pass the PMP than the others in line, even the subject.
Benny, dont worry if i called you the smoker, a smoker who loves to be outside most times, for a small puff, who loves to spend his time lisiting to people around him and discussing the most of lifes and class.
Manickam, a learner with a sense of certification, another peer who questions to peers on all the douts he has in class and outside the class.
Ramu the rediff guy, who works in and out of the office with a lot of phone calls and not answering them.
and me, came in for a purpose like most peers did.
the 35 PDU's the concept of getting certified and learned what to train and what not to train on a PMP Class.
Yours Sathya in blogging......
The pricipal facilitator, was Gopi, The coordinator was Ram, and the Guide and book creations were from Ritu.
The pricipal facilitator, was Gopi, The coordinator was Ram, and the Guide and book creations were from Ritu.
psychometrics and practice exercises that have become a part of many training programs across companies. 
