MPA member
Mood:  caffeinated
Topic: MSProject
As part of my research into MSProject, I found there was professional user group called MPA (formerly MPUG-Global). MPA is the "Official International Association for Microsoft? Office Project."

Thanks to the course at Chisholm, I could join as a student for the first year.

Project Learning has teamed up with MPA to invite you to join the global Microsoft Project community. For only $99 US dollars, you will gain access to the following:

* Peer Learning/Networking/Technical Knowledge
* Professional Development
* Latest Product News/Resources

Membership in MPA is a great value because of the opportunities to knowledge-share with peers, learn time-saving tips from the publications you receive and have the latest product news at your fingertips!

To find out how to join (together with the different membership options available, please click here. For more information

As a measure of my progress, I took their online quiz on MSProject. I scored in the 86th percentile. I have to admit I was pleased with the score.
At one point I had considered becoming a professional project manager, but the course through PMI was too expensive.
A few of the Project Management links from this page are below:

http://www.pmi.org/info/default.asp
Project Management Institute (PMI) - the world's largest project management association.


PMI - USA
http://www.apm.org.uk/
Association for Project Management - the UK project management association.


APM - UK
http://www.mympa.org/
MPA - The Official International Association for Microsoft Office Project.


MPA - USA
http://www.gantthead.com/
An online community for IT Project Managers.


Gantthead - USA
http://www.projectified.com/
Microsoft Project MVP Brian Kennemer's blog “endlessly obsessing about Project Server so that you don’t have to.”