PODCASTS ARE NOW UP TO DATE

We have now updated all of our free MP3s of past calls for listening or download (or for subscription via itunes)

See the following links for the details:

• PMlessonsLearned.com Audio ARCHIVE (See link on left side of website)
• PMlessonsLearned.com iTunes subscription (iTunes is a free download available from Apple at itunes.com)
  

Please note that the Project Wreck book offer in Podcast 0044 is for a limited time and only available until 10 days after the conference call on Aug. 21, 2008


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PM BOOK OFFER - Project Wreck

I am having technical issues with the podcast hosting site, so I am not able to upload the latest podcasts yet.

Since I can't post them yet, I wanted to let you all know now about the book offer extended in last night's presentation by Our speaker, John Langlois:

John's Website:
http://www.projectez.com/
John's Credentials: http://www.projectez.com/Credentials.html
John's Blog: http://projectez.com/blog/

Special Offer to PM Lessons Learned CommunityLearn more practical tips to supercharge your project and team's performance. Read Project Wreck
http://www.projectez.com/Reading_Railroad.html

Buy the downloadable eBook now and get an 33% off ($5.00).
Enter this discount code: pmlessons

Discount code will expire 10 days after the session.

PMLL Episode 0044 Are you a 97 pound PM Weakling? Exercise Your Soft Skills (PM Best Practices)

These are the notes from the PMlessonsLearned.com Conference Call:

Topic: PM Lessons Learned
Presentation Topic: "Are you a 97 pound PM Weakling? Exercise Your Soft Skills"
Host: Henry Will, PMP
Presenter: Author and Speaker, John Langlois, PMP, SCPM, Executive Project Manager, IBM Power Systems http://www.projectez.com/
Date: 21Aug2008
Podcast number: 0044
MP3 / Podcast: Download MP3 or Listen on Internet Archive or Listen on OurMedia or Join our podcast on itunes

You may want to listen to the MP3s of past conference calls. They're located in our Archive (see the link on our website).

Notes from the call:

The online presentation is located here:
http://www.slideshare.net/johnlang1/are-you-a-97-pound-pm-weakling%20

Outline:

• The power of soft skills to achieve project results
• Performing an honest self assessment of your soft skill muscle
• Defending your core values with confidence
• Providing useful counsel
• Developing a soft skill exercise routine

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Bio:
About Our speaker, John Langlois:

John's Website:
http://www.projectez.com/
John's Credentials: http://www.projectez.com/Credentials.html
John's Blog: http://projectez.com/blog/
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Book discount:
Special Offer to PM Lessons Learned Community
Learn more practical tips to supercharge your project and team's performance. Read Project Wreck

Buy the downloadable eBook now and get an 33% off ($5.00).
Enter this discount code: pmlessons

Discount code will expire 10 days after the session.
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Please join us for a future conference call (they're all free and open to all). We currently have several calls a month. See our calendar of future calls via the link on our website. Also, you may freely use the information in our Archives of past calls.

If you're looking for a PM job, we invite you to join our FREE PM JOB SHOP conference calls.
Join the Yahoo Group here: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pmjobshop

We highly recommend that you join the free PM Lessons Learned Yahoo group in order to get announcements of our calls and other information to further your PM career.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pmLessonsLearned

Join our Yahoo group for details, reminders of the calls, and information to help you in your PM Career. Visit the website for details.

PMLessonsLearned.com - Project Managers helping Project Managers. Open to all.

PMLL Episode 0043 Lean Six Sigma (PMJS)

These are the notes from the PMlessonLearned.com Conference Call:

Topic: PM JOB SHOP
Presentation Title: Lean Six Sigma
Leader: Henry Will, PMP
PM Job Shop Group Hosts: Mike Chrepta and Scott Percival
Presenter: Martin Czebotar, Six Sigma Black Belt and owner of ZEB connsulting LLC
Date: 17Aug2008
Podcast number: 0043
MP3 / Podcast: Download MP3 or Listen on Internet Archive or Listen on OurMedia or Join our podcast on itunes

Notes from the call: Thursday, Aug. 17th, 2008:

Fusion of Lean & Six Sigma Improvement Methods: Importance

- What is "Lean"
- Types of Waste

Basics of Lean
- Tools

Value Flow Key Elements

Total Production Maintenance
- Mistake Proofing
- "5S" Program/Effects
- CANDO

Six Sigma is NOT just "Improvement Methodology"
- Culture
- Problem Solving
- CDOC

Six Sigma Design

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Please join us for a future conference call (they're all free and open to all). We currently have several calls a month. See our calendar of future calls via the link on our website.

If you're looking for a PM job, we invite you to join our FREE PM JOB SHOP conference calls.
Join the Yahoo Group here: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pmjobshop

We highly recommend that you join the free PM Lessons Learned Yahoo group in order to get announcements of our calls and other information to further your PM career.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pmLessonsLearned

PMLessonsLearned.com - Project Managers helping Project Managers. Open to all.

PMLL Episode 0042 Quick Reference Material Review Part 2 (PMlessonsLearned.com PMP Exam Study Group)

These are the notes from the PMlessonLearned.com Conference Call:

Topic: PMP Exam Study Group
Presentation Title: Review of Quick Reference Material - Part 2
PM Lessons Learned Leader: Henry Will, PMP
PMP Exam Study Group Host: David Radkovich, PMP
Date: 07Aug2008
Podcast number: 0042
MP3 / Podcast: Download MP3 or Listen on Internet Archive or Listen on OurMedia or Join our podcast on itunes

If you're studying for the PMP Exam, you may want to listen to the MP3s of past PMP Exam Study Group conference calls. They're located in our Archive (see the link on our website).

Notes from the call:
On this call we will review the quick reference material provided by Robert Perrine, PMP, ITIL-SM, MBB, CISA on his web site http://www.robertperrine.biz/Perrine2004/Perrine_PM_Notes.html
Some of the topics discussed include:

• WBS Structure
• Critical Path method
• Earned Value quick reference
• Quality quick reference
• HR quick reference
• Finance quick reference

Please join us for a future conference call (they're all free and open to all). We currently have several calls a month. See our calendar of future calls via the link on our website.

If you're looking for a PM job, we invite you to join our FREE PM JOB SHOP conference calls.
Join the Yahoo Group here: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pmjobshop

We highly recommend that you join the free PM Lessons Learned Yahoo group in order to get announcements of our calls and other information to further your PM career.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pmLessonsLearned

Join our Yahoo group for details, reminders of the calls, and information to help you in your PM Career. Visit the website for details.

PMLessonsLearned.com - Project Managers helping Project Managers. Open to all.

About PMlessonsLearned.com

Here's some information about us.


PMlessonsLearned.com is a grassroots organization of Project Managers helping Project Managers. It's been in existence since 2006 and has more than 1000 members located around the globe. The group mostly works through 3 separate subgroups: one for PMP Exam Study, another for networking, career, and job searching (called PM Job Shop), and the third being the PM Best Practices group with PMs sharing Lessons Learned.

• How it all started
• Henry C. Will IV, PMP is the founder and leader of this group
• He had wanted to start a column in a PM publication where PMs could share their Lessons Learned
• In 2005, Henry met Rod Colon (etpnetwork.com) and participated in Rod's weekly conference calls on Networking
• Later Henry used Rod as a Career Coach. At their first meeting, Henry mentioned sharing Lessons Learned and expressed the idea of using the same conference call format as Rod for the call
• Rod encouraged Henry and connected Henry with several other Project Managers in the New Jersey and New York area
• Our founding members were Barbara Fuller, Mara Burns, and Steve Blaise.
• PMLessonsLearned.com was formed in April of 2006 by Henry and a bunch of Project Managers - all as volunteers
• The domain name, website and podcasting was set up by Henry and he started putting together calls
• Through networking with several other PM Podcasters, Cornelius Fichtner, PMP (thepmpodcast.com) and Dina Henry-Scott, PMP (controllingchaos.com), Henry obtained valuable guidance on how to podcast the conference calls
• Henry used the basic networking premise of "reciprocity" to request speakers for the monthly calls
• PMP Exam Study Group
• Early in the history of PM Lessons learned (2006), David Radkovich was a regular participating caller on many of the conference calls
• David soon started a local PMP Exam Study Group (held at a library). As a PMP, Henry was asked to speak to the group
• In 2007 (about May), Henry had asked David to prepare a backup presentation in case a presenter could not make a PMLL call at the last minute. The backup presentation was not needed, so Henry asked David if he would like to take one of the other weeks of the month to present his material about PMP Exam Study.
• David agreed and continued - and thus (in April 2007) was begun a monthly call that David hosted called PMP Exam Study Group
• PM JOB SHOP
• Several Members (one in Kuwait who was moving to Oaklahoma) inquired about PM jobs
• Henry busily created networking relationships with PMs and recruiters
• In 2007 the group had a get together after the NJ PMI Chapter symposium. After that meeting Henry asked one of the members if they would like to start a monthly PM JOB SHOP call. Linda Wortman stepped up and had the call twice a month, inviting recruiters and others to present and share job openings, career advice, and job hunting tips. On the very first call, a placement was made. Several other placements were made as well.
• Late in 2007 Linda was no longer able to host this call. Satnam Bansal hosted the call for a few months, but due to work committments could not continue
• In 2008, Mike Chrepta and Scott Percival took over this call and it began to be added to the list of podcasts

PMlessonsLearned.com PM Best Practices Subgroup

The PM Best Practices group is one of the sub-groups of PMlessonsLearned.com

This sub-group holds one of our free monthly conference calls currently scheduled on the third Thursday each month at 9pm Eastern time.

The Host of this sub-group is Henry Will IV, PMP

The goals of this group are to empower Project Managers to learn and apply more about Project Management

The archives of past calls can be found here:
http://pmll-archive.blogspot.com/2008/05/archive-of-past-calls.html

Information about where to find presentations and files can be found here:
http://pmlessonslearned.blogspot.com/2009/01/presentations-and-files.html

The Schedule for future calls is located here:
http://pmlessonslearned.blogspot.com/2007/07/topics-of-upcoming-confcalls-and-how-to.html

PMlessonsLearned.com Monthly PMP Exam Study Sub-group

The Monthly PMP Exam Study group is one of the sub-groups of PMlessonsLearned.com

This sub-group conducts one of our free monthly conference calls currently scheduled on the first Thursday each month at 9 PM Eastern US (normally GMT-5) time.

The Host of this sub-group is Dana Safford, Complex Problem Manager, PMP, MCSE, Global Solutions Engineering, Hewlett Packard Company.

The goal of this group is to empower people studying for PMI’s PMP Exam (Project Management Institute's Project Management Professional certification examination).

Dana Safford, PMP, will provide insight and practical examples of everything you need to know that builds the critical mass of project management knowledge and exam taking techniques that help the applicant pass the exam on the first attempt.

Monthly sub-group participants can download the material, actively participate on conference calls, ask questions (live or via email), or listen to the recordings of past calls. PMLL provides all materials (toll-based conference line, presentation materials, and audio files). Unless a participant wants to, there is no expectation that the participants will deliver presentations or other material. All that is required is a willingness to join the monthly conference calls.

The audio archives of past calls can be found here:
http://pmll-archive.blogspot.com/2008/05/archive-of-past-calls.html

Information about where to locatepast presentations and files can be found here:
http://pmlessonslearned.blogspot.com/2009/01/presentations-and-files.html

The Schedule for future calls is located here:
http://pmlessonslearned.blogspot.com/2007/07/topics-of-upcoming-confcalls-and-how-to.html

PMlessonsLearned.com PMJOBSHOP sub-group

The PM JOB SHOP group is one of the sub-groups of PMlessonsLearned.com

The Goals of this sub-group are to allow Project Managers (and those wanting to become Project Managers) to network and to find jobs.

This sub-group holds one of our free monthly conference calls currently scheduled on the second Thursday each month at 9pm Eastern time.

The host of the PM Job Shop conference call is Scott Percival

Please sign up for the PMJOBSHOP Yahoo Group (or invite someone) using this link:
http://groups.yahoo.com/subscribe/pmjobshop

View our group here (or join if you're already a yahoo member)
http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/pmjobshop/

Information about where to find presentations and files can be found here:
http://pmlessonslearned.blogspot.com/2009/01/presentations-and-files.html

The archives of past calls can be found here:
http://pmll-archive.blogspot.com/2008/05/archive-of-past-calls.html

The Schedule for future calls is located here:
http://pmlessonslearned.blogspot.com/2007/07/topics-of-upcoming-confcalls-and-how-to.html

Free Confcall 8/21/08 Are you a 97 pound PM Weakling? Exercise Your Soft Skills

What: FREE PM Lessons Learned PM Best Practice conference call
Topic: "Are you a 97 pound PM Weakling? Exercise Your Soft Skills"
Who: Author and Speaker John Langlois, PMP, SCPM, Executive Project Manager, IBM Power
Systems
When: Thursday Aug. 21, 2008 at 9pm Eastern Daylight Savings time
Where: Conference Dial-in: (269) 320-8300 Access Code: 767 616#

Are you a 97 pound PM Weakling?
Exercise Your Soft Skills

John Langlois, PMP, SCPM, Executive Project Manager, IBM Power
Systems

How much time do you spend exercising your Soft Skills? You may as well
answer honestly since nobody can see or hear you. Got your answer? Is it
any wonder that your company is crawling with dysfunctional teams? Don’t
permit bad behaviors to become institutionalized on your watch. This
session will provide practical tips for building a high performance team.
It will show you how to redirect team members who exhibit self-oriented
behaviors. No theory. Just real life instruction that works.

View presentation on slideshare

This session will cover:

• The power of soft skills to achieve project
  results
• Performing an honest self assessment of your soft skill
  muscle
• Defending your core values with confidence
• Providing
  useful counsel
• Developing a soft skill exercise
  routine

About Our speaker, John Langlois:

John's Website:
http://www.projectez.com/John's Credentials: http://www.projectez.com/Credentials.html
John's Blog: http://projectez.com/blog/

Special Offer to PM Lessons Learned CommunityLearn more practical tips to supercharge your project and team's performance. Read Project Wreck

Buy the downloadable eBook now and get an 33% off ($5.00).
Enter this discount code: pmlessons

Discount code will expire 10 days after the session.


Conference Dial-in: (269) 320-8300 Access Code: 767 616#

Conference call participation is free and questions are encouraged. Long distance charges may apply depending on your carrier - some cell phone companies allow free long distance after certain times in evenings.

PMlessonsLearned.com is all about Project Managers helping Project Managers and open to all.

FREE CONFCALL Thur 8/14/08: PM JOB Shop on Lean Six Sigma Methodology

PM Job Shop Thursday 8/14

Free PM-Job shop Interactive Group Conference Call

Thursday, August 14, 2008

9:00 P.M. – 10:15 P.M. (EST)

Conference Call Telephone Number: (269) 320-8300 Access Code: 767616#

Please Note: New Phone Number

Topic: Lean Six Sigma

Hosted by Mike Chrepta, PMP and Scott Percival

On this conference call we will discuss "Lean Six Sigma Methodology"

Presentation Material will be posted on the PMLL Yahoo group prior to the conference call (http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/pmjobshop/ ).

Six Sigma is a business management strategy and is a proven disciplined approach for improving measurable results for any organization. Six Sigma project success stories exist from organizations including manufacturing, service, nonprofit, government, research and health care.

Lean Six Sigma goes by many names, including Lean Enterprise, lean manufacturing, Lean Sigma, and Lean Service. These concepts are a natural complement to Six Sigma and can be applied to every type of business and process. The common thread is to identify and eliminate sources of waste and activities that do not add value, in order to create flow with maximum productivity, capacity, and throughput.

Martin Czebotar is the owner of ZEB connsulting LLC and is a Six Sigma Black Belt. His expertise is in designing production processes and optimizing the work process through Six Sigma techniques, project management, product design, production capabilities and team communications.

Join us on this free interactive conference call where you can share your experience, tips and ask questions. Our goal is to make this as interactive as possible so your participation is very important:

We would like your input for future topics. If you are interested or know of someone who might be interested in presenting please let us know.

Visit our Web site at: http://www.pmlessonslearned.com/

Please join our PM Job Shop website to share Project Management JOB OPENINGS http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/pmjobshop/

Visit us at http://pmlessonslearned.com
We now have 3 calls per month:
* 1st Thursday@9pm (Eastern): PMP Exam Study Group call
* 2nd Thursday@9PM (Eastern): PM JOB SHOP call
* 3rd Thursday@9PM (Eastern): PM Lessons Learned Best Practices call

(269) 320-8300 Access Code: 767616#
Join our PMLessonslearned.com Low-volume-email Yahoo group at http://groups.yahoo.com/subscribe/pmlessonslearned

Spread the word!

PMP Study Group: Free confcall 9PM Aug 7 on Quick Reference Material

PM Lessons Learned

Free PMP Study Group Conference Call

Quick Reference Material Review

The goal of this call is to empower Project Managers, and people studying for the PMP test.
Thursday, Aug 7th^, 2008 9:00 P.M. – 10:15 P.M. (EST)

Conference Call Telephone Number: (269) 320-8300 Access Code: 767616#

Please Note: New Phone Number

Topic: Review of Quick Reference Material - Hosted by David Radkovich, PMP

Join us on this free interactive conference call hosted by David Radkovich, PMP. On this call we will continue our review of the quick reference material provided by Robert Perrine, PMP, ITIL-SM, MBB, CISA on his web site http://www.robertperrine.biz/Perrine2004/Perrine_PM_Notes.html You can provide your experience, tips or ask questions. Our goal is to make this as interactive as possible so your participation is very important. Some of the topics to be discussed include:

¨ WBS Structure
¨ Critical Path method
¨ Earned Value quick reference
¨ Quality quick reference
¨ HR quick reference
¨ Finance quick reference

Additional topics will be presented on the 1^st Thursday of each month. The topic for our September 4^th call is how to start a local or online PMP Study group. We would like your input for future topics. If you are interested in presenting please let us know.

Visit our Web site at: http://www.pmlessonslearned.com/

Note: There is no presentation material for this call as we will be reviewing the material on this web site:

http://www.robertperrine.biz/Perrine2004/Perrine_PM_Notes.html