2014 Project Management Slides and Reference [PDF]
PM Basics Takeisha’s Slide Deck [PDF]
Highly recommended:
NYS Management’s Guide to Project Success [website]
NYS MGtPS – full guide [PDF]
NYS MGtPS – diagrams only [PDF]
NYS Project Management Guidebook
Another good overview:
ProjectMinds’ Quick Guide to Project Management
This information may also be useful for the topic Writing Skills for Managers.
2014 Preparing Written Material Worksheet [PDF]
2014 Preparing Written Material Slides [PDF]
Please be aware that these slides contain the answers to the practice questions on the worksheet.
The purpose of this post is to familiarize you with some ground rules regarding this website. Please read it in its entirety and let me know if you have any questions or concerns.
I’ve had a few questions about where to find the CSEA booklets.
The books are (and always were) supposed to only be free for CSEA members.
NEW INFORMATION AS OF SUMMER 2018:
Unfortunately, CSEA materials are now only available to CSEA members.
OLD INFORMATION (PRIOR TO JUNE 2018):
PEF members are supposed to purchase the books from CSEA.
If you visit http://csealearningcenter.org, hard copies can be ordered on the online store or digital downloads are available if you sign up for online courses. Subscribing to the online courses is the ONLY legitimate way for PEF members to obtain digital copies of these booklets.
A few people have emailed me with links they found by searching on the internet. Some CSEA locals apparently make the booklets available on their websites without requiring member signin.
I obviously can’t control what you search or which links you visit, but I’m not doing anything to enable people to break copyright. Therefore, I will not condone sharing those links on this site or any sites I control.
Relevant booklet numbers for the 2017 exams:
Logical reasoning using flowcharts – Booklet 25 (first half only – Flowcharting)
Understanding and interpreting a manual – no booklet available
Preparing written material – Booklet 17
Systems analysis – no booklet available
Understanding and interpreting tabular material – Booklet 3 (Tabular Reasoning), Booklet 15 (Quantitative Analysis)
Supervising a project – no booklet available
Supervision – Booklet 6
Project management fundamentals – no booklet available
Administration – no booklet available
Writing skills for managers – Booklet 17 (Preparing Written Material) and Booklet 5 (Grammar, Usage, and Punctuation)
Project management – no booklet available
Administrative supervision – Booklet 18
Strategic planning, fiscal analysis, management of budgets and contracts – no booklet available
Thanks, and happy studying!
See Also: 2017 ITS Subjects of Examination
Question:
I’m IT2 Specialist and I’m going to take the test for IT3, some friends told me to take the test for IT4, too. Is that possible?
Answer:
As an ITS2, you won’t be eligible to take the ITS4 promotional exam.
You could possibly take the open-competitive version of the exam (same exam, different list). Continue reading “FAQ – can a current ITS2 take the ITS4 exam?”
Here is a summary of the subjects of examination for the 2017 holding of the ITS exams.
I have compared the latest announcements against 2014’s announcements and noted any changes.
THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL DOCUMENT FROM CIVIL SERVICE.
THE ANNOUNCEMENTS AT CS.NY.GOV ARE THE ONLY OFFICIAL SOURCE OF INFORMATION.
Welcome, NYSITS visitors! It’s exam season again, and that means I’m ramping up to help you prepare for the test. Please excuse the new site; the old one was overrun with spammers.
As I work on getting this site up and running, you can make sure you receive notifications by subscribing to the email list at the bottom of this page.
In the meantime, here is a link to the 2010 and 2014 videos to keep you busy.
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Sarah