Certification

In today’s workplace, lots of us are project managers, even if we don’t have that specific title. Our jobs often include balancing budgets and schedules with work that has to be done to achieve a specific outcome. That’s more or less the definition of project management. A natural question to...Read More >

Submitted by: Anita Marshall, P.E., PMP ® , Principal Civil Engineer, Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) I currently work at the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) in the Materials section. I formerly worked in the Highway Design section at RIDOT and have been a...Read More >

'Twas the night before Christmas and way across town, The overworked project manager's face had a frown, "I'm scared, and I'm lonely, and all out of time, my sponsor won't help me, won't send me a dime. I need so much help and I need it so fast,  but I have no mentor, no mentor, alas."   He...Read More >

UPDATE: PMI has postponed the implementation of these changes until January 2, 2021 If you have been considering getting your Project Management Professional (PMP)® certification but have been putting it off, now is the time to reconsider waiting … and Solarity is committed to helping! The...Read More >

“You gave me exactly what I asked for, but it’s not what I wanted.” In the world of project management, getting a quote like this from an executive is kind of like scoring the game-winning shot and then getting called for an offensive foul on the play. On the one hand, it’s a compliment:...Read More >

Submitted by Amanda White, PMP® Maybe you’ve heard that what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. If you haven’t, read my story. I have been a project manager for a government-contracted, non-profit for more than seven years. At the end of 2015, our program manager accepted another position...Read More >