Amer Ali

Dubai meet-up tomorrow!

One of the things that I love is that we are not just moving towards the goal of doing the PMP!

We are also building a community of certified PMPs who can help each other towards their goal.

I arrived in Dubai last night and asked my students if they were available for a meet-up. Every one of them has a busy schedule, a busy life, and already commits, but this is the power of a beautiful community, a supportive community


They immediately said, "Yes, sir, we want to meet, and tomorrow we are going to have our dinner together. This event is going to be the most amazing ever, one of the best of its kind."


And this is only reserved for my certified #PMP and current students.

This gives these students access, which is worth thousands of dollars.

Junior engineers meet senior managers up to director and CEO level.

I see this community becoming one of the most proactive and supportive in the future, as I have no personal gain. By the way, to help my students become better professionals!

If you are my student and I forget to message you, and you are seeing this, inbox me so I can send you a personal invitation for tomorrow.

This is not just for Dubai. We are also going to do one on a Saturday in Abu Dhabi.


This is going to be amazing!


P.S. this picture is of last year and this one will be better than the last year.

13 hours ago | [YT] | 10

Amer Ali

During execution phase a new stakeholder has been identfied, You have analzyed him.
He is very important for the project. You have added him stakeholder register what will
you do next?

16 hours ago | [YT] | 0

Amer Ali

You are the project manager, your team has done their best to complete all user stories.
When they showed it to the customer. 3 user stories have been rejected. In which document
you will document the accepted user stories

1 day ago | [YT] | 2

Amer Ali

I love flying!

I still can't believe how life changes, how fast it moves, and how much it rewards you!

What you have to do is take a leap of faith and courage, and never stop!

I still remember that I never dreamt I would travel to so many countries while I was back in Pakistan, studying in my dorm room and doing three tuitions to make sure I could make both ends meet.

As I traveled to Dubai for two days

I'm still thinking about the first time I traveled to Bahrain.

I was confused, lost, and did not know what to do


Not only that, when I was traveling, I paid for about 1 kg extra, and it was like 5 BD. I have never paid that much since then because I learned the craft of traveling.

When I was coming back from Bahrain after one year, I had 15 kg extra, but I paid zero. How life changes!

After that, I have been to Saudi Arabia, Oman, Qatar, Malaysia, Mauritius, Sri Lanka, Canada, and, of course, multiple states in the US.

UAE has always been my home.

One thing I love most about traveling is that you meet so many different kinds of people you never would have known otherwise, with all the ups and downs.

Still, whenever my spouse and I walk in the evening, it is one of our habits.

When I look up at the plane, she knows I want to travel again.

I still remember when I was working in Bahrain; commissioning engineers used to come from different countries. I used to think, "What a life." Many people, when they start living that life, start complaining, but every day I consider it a blessing.

What do you consider blessings in life?

2 days ago | [YT] | 6

Amer Ali

You are the project manager working in a large petroleum company. You are in the process of identifying stakeholders You have one stakeholder who is very important to the project. Not managing him can make or break your project. You
have found out he is resistant to the project, as this may cause the removal of his team members. What will be the
strategy to engage that stakeholder?

2 days ago | [YT] | 0

Amer Ali

You ure working in IT Project. Your company provide services to large organization. One of the team member is having challengs in doing a task the reason why he is having challenge is due to
IOS update. He is unable to understand it.No one in the organization knows how to do that, What will you do?

3 days ago | [YT] | 3

Amer Ali

Today I had a call with a student. He has failed the PMP exam 5 times.


When I spoke with him, he told me he had studied almost every single book.

Then I asked him, "Is reading a book your learning style?"

And he shared with me, "No, I do not even enjoy reading books whatsoever." So I asked him, "Why are you reading the book?" And what he said actually shocked me!


He took training from three trainers. All of them recommended the same book, and most of the time he could not even understand a single thing!


This is a very big problem we need to understand: learning styles vary from person to person.

Let me ask you:
- When was the last time you actually enjoyed reading a book?
- When was the time when you said, "Okay, let me read this book"?
- When was the last time you read a complete book cover to cover?


Not everyone's learning style is reading a book. Some people enjoy reading books, and some don't. This is important for you and for any trainer who is reading this:
- If someone's listening style is good, give them audio.
- If someone is a visual reader, give them mind maps and videos.
- If someone is a book reader only, then we should give a book to them.

If we judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, we will always keep thinking that the fish is not small. That's not the right way.


The right way is to determine the learning style and customize things accordingly.

So let me ask you, what is your learning style? My learning style is multiple ways.

I read books, watch videos, and listen to audio, but my preferred learning style is reading.

Whereas 90% of my students never have to read any book to pass the PMP.

Even my wife, Madiha Mukhtar, PMI-PgMP, PMP, PMI-ACP, CSM. never read any books, and I'm an author of seven books. She passed PMP, PGMP, and ASAP without reading books. If she can do it, why can't you?


So


What's your learning style?

How do you prefer to consume knowledge? Put it in the comment box.


Would love to know!

3 days ago | [YT] | 9

Amer Ali

PMP exam starts with a case study.

You get a case study, and then you need to solve five questions.

Then you get a second case study, another five questions


Those case studies can also come in the second portion as well as in the third portion.


These case study need a different type of mindset to solve them.

What I recommend to my student is this.


1. Read the case study quickly, which I like to say "skim it" so that you can get the context of the case study.


2. Read it a second time with highlighting keywords.


3. Now read it slowly so that you can understand the entire case study.

This should not take more than five minutes, but now you understand the entire case study. When you solve the next five questions, you can solve them easily in less than a minute.

Of course, this will take practice, so I do recommend, before you go to the real exam, at least doing 20 case studies. I am consistently updating those case studies on my YouTube channel, so keep following that so that you learn about them.

3 days ago | [YT] | 10

Amer Ali

A land developer is planning to construct a single-unit rental home. Before construction begins, a new zoning regulation allows multiple-unit rental homes on the same parcel.
Which set of risk response strategies is most appropriate for addressing this risk?

5 days ago | [YT] | 2

Amer Ali

A construction project has a baseline budget of USD 500,000. During risk analysis, the team identifies:
- A 65% probability of a cost overrun of USD 100,000
- A confirmed opportunity that will result in cost savings of USD 50,000
What is the expected project cost after considering these risks?

6 days ago | [YT] | 1