Few Info about Rita Mulcahy

Rita Mulcahy, PMP, M.B.A.
President, RMC Project Management, Inc.

Rita Mulcahy (Mul-kay-he), PMP, is the President and founder of RMC Project Management, Inc., and a world-renowned project management author, trainer and speaker. She presents the following workshops: PMP® Exam Prep Training Tricks of the Trade® for: Project Management Fundamentals Risk Management Determining Customer Requirements Planning Contracting Negotiation Estimating Program and Senior Management's Role on Projects What Makes A Project Manager Successful? Why Do Projects Fail? Ways to Improve your Project Management Abilities All PMI® PMBOK® Guide Subjects PM for Team Members, Senior Management and Sales Executives Any customized training

Recent Awards: A reviewer for PMI's WBS standard Winner of the PMI® Professional Development Product of the Year 2004 Asked to present encore presentations at PMI's annual conference for four years in a row Rita is famous for delivering workshops that are full of content, fun and information, and use accelerated adult learning theory. Her speeches always draw record attendance! Rita's philosophy is to provide the very best-in-the-world project management training, consulting and speaking. She gives 200% to everything she does as evidenced by the rave reviews from previous clients. Rita has particular expertise in: Root cause analysis to solve consulting problems effectively The process of real-world project management The PMP® Exam Contract and procurement management Risk Management – A founding member of PMI® Risk Special Interest Group and a researcher on international risk management

A sample of the organizations from which people have attended her seminars and workshops are included in RMC's client list.

Rita is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) and a long-time member of PMI and ASTD. She has taught courses for George Washington University, Rensselaer Polytechnic and University of Wisconsin and has been associated with large, international, project management training firms.

Rita has taught thousands of project managers, senior managers and team members and is one of the trainers PMI uses for worldwide training. She has been invited to speak at major international project management conferences including PMI and ProjectWorld.

Member of Project Management Institute (PMI) from 1990-present, past chapter President and Vice President 1990-1999.

During her project management career Rita has worked on over $2.5 billion dollars worth of the following types of projects:

Information Systems/ Information Technology (IS/IT) Engineering New Product Development High-Tech

Manufacturing Construction New Service Development Government

Publications Record

Rita Mucahy, PMP

I. Professional Books and Publications

• CAPM® Exam Prep, 2006, the complete guide to getting ready to take the CAPM® exam including review material, games, exercises and sample exams
• Risk Management, Tricks of the Trade® for Project Managers, 2003, this book is a must as the primary text for risk management courses and for those people who want a clear and effective way to apply risk management to their projects
• PMP® Exam Prep, 1999, 2001, and 2003, the complete guide to getting ready to take the PMP® exam including review material, games, exercises and sample exams
• PM FASTrack®, 2003, A PMP® Simulation computer software program designed to test one's knowledge of the PMP® exam and the PMBOK Guide®
• Hot Topics, 2002 and 2003, a book of flashcards to get ready for the PMP® and CAPM® exams
• Situational and Professional Responsibility Q&A, 2002, A book of 150 questions to get ready for the PMP® exam
• Project Management for the Business Professional, 2000, John Wiley and Sons (contracts chapter)
• Provided assistance for a number of chapters in the book Information Technology Project Management, 1999, by Kathy Schwalbe
• A reviewer for PMI's WBS standard (2002)
• Reviewer and contributor to the PMBOK® Guide (3rd Edition)

II. Papers and Articles Presented and Written

• What Every PM Needs to Know - Presented at PMI® 2003, including a much-coveted encore presentation
• What Makes a Project Manager Successful? – 2003 – Denver, Loveland and Colorado Springs, Colorado. Bloomington, IL
• What Makes a Project Manager Successful? – Part 2, 2002 – Presented at PMI® '02 to standing room only crowds and a coveted encore presentation
• Five Ways Sales Can Make Projects Successful?, 2000, to be presented at PMI® '00
• More Creative Training Techniques, 1999, presented at PMI® '99 including a second much coveted encore presentation
• What Makes Projects Fail?, 1999, presented at PMI® '99
• 10 Ways to Improve Your Ability to Manage Projects, 1999, Minnesota Technology Magazine
• What Makes A Project Manager Successful?, 1998, presented at PMI® '98 including a much-coveted encore presentation
• Creative Training Techniques, 1998, presented at PMI® '98
• Tricks for Handling Contracts, 1998, presented at PMI® '98
• Numerous other articles on the topic of project management