PMLL Feb. Confcall Topics and News update

Here's a PMLL (PMlessonsLearned.com) news update:

February Conference Calls - more free calls (they're all free, but it sounds good doesn't it?):

• Feb. 5, 2009 at 9PM Eastern- PMLL PMP Study Group confcall with Host David Radkovich, PMP - Topic: Quality Management
• Feb. 12, 2009 at 9PM Eastern - PM Job Shop with Hosts Mike Chrepta and Scott Percival - Topic: Career Transition SIG - NNJ ASTD - Dr Sally Wright
• Feb. 19, 2009 at 9pm Eastern - PMLL Lessons Learned confcall presented by Host Henry
  
• Will, PMP - Topic: Project, Program, and Portfolio Management Metrics

In other news:

• 1258 Members of our Yahoogroup.com group (to join, see the links on the left of our website)
• 398 Members of our Linkedin.com group (to join, see the links on the left of our website) - there are some good discussions going on there - we've recently opened it up to everyone to join
  
• Downloads of our podcasts are increasing - we had several recent podcasts with more than 1000 downloads per podcast
• Our podcast volunteers have learned the technique and now we're catching up on podcasts!
• We're waiting for one of our founding members to hear back from PMI about PDUs for our volunteers
• We're working on a new program for PMLL volunteers to enhance their marketablity
• We're always looking for volunteers - take a look at our volunteer opportunities at http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/pmlessonslearned/message/294
  

PMLL Episode 0052 Realistic Duration Estimating: Formulas and Factors (Lee Lambert) PM Best Practices

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

Topic: PM Lessons Learned
Presentation Topic: "Realistic Duration Estimating: Formulas and Factors"
Host: Henry Will, PMP
Presenter: Author, Trainer, and PM Speaker, Lee R. Lambert, PMP, CEO of Lambert Consulting Group (http://lambertconsultinggroup.com)
Date: 20Nov2008
Podcast number: 0052
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:
Lee covered formulas and factors to be considered for Duration Estimating

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Bio:
About Our speaker,
Lee R. Lambert, PMP, founder and CEO of Lambert Consulting Group, Inc., is an honored and distinguished member of the project management community. Having started his career in project management in 1968 with General Electric, Lee spent 15 years in the trenches working hands-on with project management techniques and tools. During a distinguished corporate career, he held several senior project management positions with major U.S. corporations, including General Electric, Lawrence Livermore Laboratory and Battelle Memorial Institute. Among his extensive client list are IBM, Prudential Insurance, Monsanto, Sprint, Motorola, AT&T, CitiGroup, Nationwide Insurance, American Electric Power, Global Commerce Services, SAP Labs, Bechtel and National City Mortgage. To-date Mr. Lambert has trained over 25,000 students, in 21 countries, on the value-added use of the project management process and its associated tools and techniques. In 1981, he was a founding member of the five person team that formulated and implemented the Project Management Institute's (PMI) Project Management Professional (PMP ) Certification Program, now recognized as the world's standard in the profession of project management.

Mr. Lambert's consulting efforts have included four successful Enterprise-wide project management process development and implementation assignments. He has long been considered one of the world's leading project management educators. His humorous, creative, and effective common-sense-based learning facilitation style has been emphatically praised by thousands of students throughout the world.

In addition to serving as the lead trainer for Lambert Consulting Group, Inc., Mr. Lambert served on the American Management Association's (AMA) Project Management Curriculum Development Council and is one of the senior instructors for George Washington University's Masters Certificate in Project Management curriculum. As an author, Mr. Lambert's publications include 26 journal articles and two books, including the most widely distributed text on the Earned Value Management System (EVMS) in the project management field, The CommonSense Approach to Project Management: Using Earned Value to Balance the Triple Constraint. He serves on the Editorial Review Board for PMNetwork and the Project Management Journal, has contributed two chapters to the AMA's critically acclaimed Project Management Handbook and has recently been cited in the Josey-Bass publication, Creating the Project Office, for his pioneering efforts in successfully developing corporate project offices. Mr. Lambert was the Master of Ceremonies for the ProjectWorld 2000 Conference in Boston and currently instructs workshops and makes technical presentations regularly at the PMI Symposia, ProjectWorld Conference, and the American Association of Cost Engineers International Symposia.

In 1995, Mr. Lambert was given the coveted Distinguished Contribution Award by PMI for his sustained dedication and contribution to the growth of the project management profession.


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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.
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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 0051 PM Opportunities and Career Strategies (PMJOBSHOP)

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

Topic: PM JOB SHOP
Presentation Title: Discussion with Sharon Horan of NJ Department of Labor
Leader: Henry Will, PMP
PM Job Shop Group Hosts: Mike Chrepta and Scott Percival
Presenter: Sharon Horan of NJ Department of Labor
Date: 13Nov2008
Podcast number: 0051
MP3 / Podcast: Download MP3 or Listen on Internet Archive or Listen on OurMedia or subscribe to our podcast on itunes

Notes from the call:

• Hard time to find a job (Buyers Market) But, Companies are hiring
• How you can market your self as the best candidate.
• Recruiters Should know the companies personality
• How to prepare yourself for the interview.
• How to avoid the job hoppers resume
• Resume gaps
• Flexibility in accepting a position
• Changing careers
• Value of PMP certification
• Job seeking over the holiday.
• How to prepare for the New Year

Bio:
Laura has emerged as a driving force behind a lot of Daversa Partners' premier work in Information Technology. She possesses an
uncanny ability to identify and get the attention of some of the world's most sought after technology executives. Her work and
commitment on behalf of her clients stands as a clear differentiator for Daversa Partners

Laura has served as the go-to partner for global leaders (GE, NBC, Toys R Us) as well as newly emerging companies alike (Yodle,
Webloyalty, Sterling Testing Systems). Her ability to deliver the same high-bar results for Fortune 500 companies as well as early and nascent startups, serves as a testament to her ability to deliver a compelling value proposition at any level.

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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 0050 PMBOK Scope Managment (PMP Exam Study Subgroup)

Notes and Podcast from the PMlessonLearned.com Conference Call:
Topic: PMP Exam Study Group
Presentation Title: PMBOK Scope Management
PM Lessons Learned Leader: Henry Will, PMP
PMP Exam Study Subgroup Host: David Radkovich, PMP

Date: 06Nov2008
Podcast number: 0050
MP3 / Podcast: MP3 or Listen on Internet Archive or Listen on OurMedia or subscribe to 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:
In this conference call hosted by David Radkovich, PMP, EVP we discuss the Scope Management chapter of the PMBOK. Topics discussed include:

* Scope Management
* PMBOK Version 4 (Starts about 45 minutes into call)
* How Version 4 relates to the PMP Exam
* Timeframes for testing for PMBOK Version 3 and Version 4
* Grading the Exam
* Taking practice tests

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

Note: Presentation material for this call and past topics are available in the files section of the PMLL yahoo group. The links to join the yahoo group and the link to the files section (you must first login to the yahoo group) are located on the left side of our website.

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.

Please provide your input for our Feb. 19 Confcall on Metrics

I (Henry Will) am presenting on Feb.19,2009 at 9pm Eastern on PMLessonsLearned.com confcall on the Topic: Project, Program, and Portfolio Management Metrics - I'd like your input and answers to following questions

Please give your input on the following:
1. What would you like me to cover in this presentation?
2. If you are a PM, what areas would you like to see improved on your project?
3. What items do you track on your project?
4. Do you use metrics in your organization? If so, what items are reported in your metrics? How often?
5. Are metrics useful?
6. What metrics are important? What metrics are a waste of time?
7. Have you ever seen a good result of using metrics? Please explain?
8. Are there any questions you can suggest around the subject of metrics?

Just reply to this message via our linkedin.com group discussion on this topic, or email us using the "contact us" link on the website

Free Confcall Thurs. Jan 15 "Managing Global Projects From My Home Office"

What: FREE PM Lessons Learned PM Best Practice conference call
Topic: "Managing Global Projects From My Home Office"
Who: presented by Drenda Theriault, PMP, IBM Project Manager
When: Thursday Jan. 15, 2009 at 9 P.M. (Eastern time zone)
Where: 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.

To convert timezones we can suggest this website:
http://timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html
(use United States - New York for Eastern Time zone)

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

Files and Presentations

Here's how to find the Presentation or File you are looking for!

Before going any further, be aware that if you are attending a conference call via a LIVE call, you have two options for following along with the presentation.

1. You can follow by viewing the presenter's screen by clicking on this link. http://www.freesee.com/meetings/418-251-588

2. You can download the presentation materials and follow along on your own screen by following the instructions below.

If you are not on a live call, then you only have the option of downloading the presentation to your pc and following it while listening to the podcast or replay.

The Presentations and other files are found on our yahoo group pages.

To get to the files:

1. Sign in to http://www.yahoogroups.com/ (note: free membership is required).
2. Go to the appropriate yahoo group.
   PMlessonsLearned group (For PM Best Practices, or PMP Exam Study Group calls)
   PMJobShop group (For PM Job Shop calls)
   (note: if you're not already a member, you'll need to join, just follow the directions there, membership is free and open to all)
3. On the left, click on "Files" link
4. Look in the appropriate folders there for the presentation or file you desire (presentations are usually filed with the topic or presentation date)

Free Conference Call Jan 8 2009: Advance usage of Linked In and how to grow your network

January 8, 2009 (9:00 -10:15) EST
Conference Dial-in: (269) 320-8300 Access Code: 767 616#

This meeting is FREE! Registration is NOT required
Power Point Presentation for this call can be downloaded from the file section of PMJOBSHOP in the presentation folder.

http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/pmjobshop/files/Presentation%20Materials/

January 8th Program: Advance usage of Linked In and how to grow your network

Feeling "stuck" in your job search? Finding it hard to move on from the job you had to the job you want?

Your professional relationships are key to your professional success.

Linked In's mission is to help you be more effective in your daily work and open doors to opportunities using the professional relationships you already have. This isn't networking—it's what networking should be. Forget exchanging business cards with acquaintances that don't know your work, or trying to renew professional ties when you need a favor. Through your network you can:
• Find potential clients, service providers, subject experts, and partners who come recommended
• Be found for business opportunities
• Search for great jobs
• Discover inside connections that can help you land jobs and close deals
• Post and distribute job listings
• Find high-quality passive candidates
• Get introduced to other professionals through the people you know

About our speaker:
Martin Czebotar areas of expertise is in designing production processes and optimizing the work process through Six Sigma techniques, project management, product design, production
capabilities and team communications.

Marty is a networking guru who also volunteers his time to speak to several local career networking groups. He understands the value of building and maintaining a strong network.

Do you think you know how to use LinkedIn? Are you comfortable with networking? Learn how to get more from Linked In with Marty Czebotar. Learn what you need to know to be a successful networker – when you're job hunting – and after you've landed your next position.

We're excited to have Marty on the call with us, and look forward to your participation!
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.

PM JobShop and PMlessonsLearned.com is all about Project Managers helping Project Managers.