PMLessonLearned.com News

Here's some of the latest news in our PMLessonsLearned group!

• Our conference call number has changed as of June 1, 2007 - the new dial-in is on the left side of the screen
• You can listen in to the last call if you missed it (see info on the left of the screen)
• We've posted information on our free yahoo group regarding the schedule for future calls
• We also have polls on our yahoo group asking what you'd like for future topics and the best time to have our conference calls - join the yahoo group and vote!

So, join our Free yahoo group and be a member of PMLessonsLearned.com - it's all about PMs helping PMs

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PMLL Episode 0006 Three Day/Five Day Rule: Conflict Management and Keeping Your Project on Schedule

The MP3 Podcast of the PMLessonLearned.com conference call from 21Sep2006 is now available. The conference call was on the subject of "Stakeholder Management"

Here are the notes from the Conference Call:

Panelists:

• Henry Will, PMP - Host, Inventor, PM
• Barbary Fuller, PMP - president of ProcessandProjectsolutions ( processandprojectsolutions.com)
• Mara Burns - PMO developer
• Steve Blais, PMP - Founder of Parkson International and PM since 1969

Guest Panelist: Jim Blaylock, PMP

Lessons Learned Topic - "Three Day/Five Day Rule: conflict management and keeping your project on schedule"

Also discussed: the value of being a PMP.

Free Book offer: "Project Management Best Practices: A to Z" Authors: Jim Blaylock, PMP and Dr. Rudd McGary, PMP ISBN 0-9719121-0-6
Published by PM Best Practices, Inc, Columbus, Ohio, May 2002
Cover Price: $29.95 The publisher noted above is no longer in business, and author has most, if not all, the available stock of the book.
The cost of the book is $15+ $3.50 Shipping and Handling (S&H) - This is a special price for PM Lessons Learned members (membership is free - signup at yahoogroup via link at pmlessonslearned.com). Jim has graciously decided to give the proceeds to the late co-author's widow. To purchase the book, contact Jim Blaylock at 513-489-1752

Jim mentioned the following webpage on his chapter's website for templates:
http://www.pmi-swohio-chapter.org/best-pract.shtml

Career segment (Rod Colon - etpnetwork.com): Networking Followup: Followup, chart your contacts, one-on-one or phone is prefered over email. Record their Wants, Needs, and Desires (WND) on your chart of contacts (spreadsheet). Update the chart with info from conversations and contact people who you haven't contacted in a while. Set up a plan to contact a certain number of people per week.

Jim Blaylock, PMP Senior Consultant SummitQwest
Project Manager for over 30 years. (Distribution, Materials Handling, Manufacturing, Financial, Operations Control, IT – Both Federal Gov't and Commercial); Commander, USN, Retired; PMI member since 1992 – Southwest Ohio Chapter, PMI –Served as VP Professional Development & Education, Presently Director, Best Practices; PMP since 1993; Presently Senior Consultant for SummitQwest in Dayton, OH; Adjunct Professor at Xavier University, Cincinnati - MBA program. BS Chemistry – University of Texas; MS Computer Systems Management – NPS Monterey

Download or Listen to the MP3 of PMLessonsLearned.com Episode 0006

(if your computer doesn't support that link, this link may work)

PMLessonsLearned.com is all about PMs helping PMs and is open to all. Visit the website for details.

Join our Yahoo group for details and reminders of the call and information to help you in your PM Career. Details at PMLessonsLearned.com

Free PMLessonsLearned.com conference call this Thursday May 17, 2007

Free PMLessonsLearned.com conference call this Thursday May 17, 2007 at 9pm Eastern - "Topic: The Other PM: The real-life story of integrating Process Management with Project Management . Doing More with Less" as presented by Barbara Fuller, PMP

Conference Dial-in: (319) 632-1100 Access Code: 867 116#

We hope you'll join us!

PMLessonsLearned.com - Real Answers to Real Questions in Real Time!

To convert 9pm Eastern to other timezones, we suggest using timeanddate.com (PMLessonsLearned.com is not affiliated with timeanddate.com in any way)

PMLessonsLearned.com - Project Managers helping Project Managers

Episode 0005 Stakeholder Management - From the 21Sep2006 Conference Call

The MP3 Podcast of the PMLessonLearned.com conference call from 21Sep2006 is now available. The conference call was on the subject of "Stakeholder Management"

Here are the notes from the Conference Call:

Panelists:

• Henry Will, PMP - Host, Inventor, PM
• Barbara Fuller, PMP - president of ProcessandProjectsolutions ()
• Mara Burns - PMO developer
• Steve Blais, PMP - Founder of Parkson International and PM since 1969
• Guest Panelist: Debbie Neuscheler-Fritsch, Senior Vice President, Harleysville Insurance

Topic: Stakeholder Management: Ignore at Your Project's Peril!

• Stakeholders: Who are they? Why are they important?
• Stakeholder Analysis: A Tool for Assessing Where Stakeholders Stand
• Turning Analysis into Action: Key to Successful Change

Career Segment: Henry Will, PMP shared practical information about how to network: what to do with business cards from others, what if someone doesn't give you their card, Project Managing your network, What to talk about: F.O.R.M.G. (Family, Occupation, Recreation, Money, Goals). And, the now famous "Salad Bowl Story"

Many PM resources were presented as well.

A more detailed recap of the call can be found on our yahoo group site at:
http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/pmlessonslearned/message/31

Download or Listen to the MP3 of PMLessonsLearned Episode 5
(if your computer doesn't support that link, this link may work)

PMLessonsLearned.com is all about PMs helping PMs and is open to all. Visit the website for details.

Join our Yahoo group for details and reminders of the call and other information to help you in your PM Career.

Materials available for PMP Study Group Conference Call tomorrow

The presentation material is now available for the May 3rd call on the pmlessonslearned yahoo group.

If you have not yet joined the group, we recommend you do join and review the presentation before the conference call.

We will be referring to the examples in the presentation a lot during the call. The presentation is located in the files section under the directory "Materials for Conference Calls" . We look forward to hearing you on the call.

PM Lessons Learned

Free PMP Study Group Conference Call

Earned Value Management

The goal of this call is to empower Project Managers, and people studying for the PMP test.

Thursday, May 3rd 2007

9:00 P.M. – 10:15 P.M. (EST)

Conference Call Telephone Number: (319) 632-1100 Access Code: 867 116#

Topic: Earned Value Management & what you need to know for the PMP test

Join us on this free interactive conference call. There will be a 40 minute presentation, followed by an open forum where 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.

• What is Earned Value Management
• Basic calculation examples
• The best approach to studying for the exam
• Great resources to help you Study (Recommended Internet resources - web sites)
• Lessons Learned from a recent test taker who PASSED

Additional topics will be presented on the 1^st Thursday on each month. We would like your input for the June 7th topic.

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

Upcoming Conference calls

Upcoming PMLessonsLearned.com Conference calls

• May 3,2007 at 9pm Eastern - PMLL PMP Study Group confcall - Topic: Earned Value Management (EVM) presented by David Radkovich, PMP
• May 17, 2007 at 9pm Eastern - PMLL Lessons learned confcall - Topic: The Other PM: The real-life story of integrating Process Management with Project Management . Doing More with Less
• June 7,2007 at 9pm Eastern - PMLL PMP Study Group confcall - Topic: TBD
• June 21, 2007 at 9pm Eastern - PMLL Lessons learned confcall - Topic: Managing Virtual Project Teams presented by Tom Matus of Successful Strategies International,Inc. www.ssi-learn.com
• July 5,2007 at 9pm Eastern - PMLL PMP Study Group confcall - Topic: TBD
• July 19, 2007 at 9pm Eastern - PMLL Lessons learned confcall - Topic: Tentative: Risk Management

Conference Dial-in: (319) 632-1100 Access Code: 867116#

And don't forget to join our yahoo group for reminders - it's FREE! You'll receive reminders of the calls, information on Project Management, and career information.

And please vote in our current poll (accessible on the Yahoo site for members) to cast your vote for your preferences for topics of future conference calls

Episode #0004 Scope Control - From the 17Aug2006 Conference Call

The Conference Call from 17Aug 2006 was on the subject of "Scope Control - Handling The Scope Creep That Plagues Us All" as presented by Steven Blais, PMP

Here are the notes from the Conference Call:

Topic: "Scope Control - Handling The Scope Creep That Plagues Us All"

PM Resources

• SdB+PM Forum - www.sdbpluspm.com
• Projectsatwork.com
• Ways to get PDUs
• Ways to study for the PMP
• Job seekers: www.jhacareers.com

Career Segment: The Four Steps of Career Management as presented by Rod Colon of the ETP Network (ETPNetwork.com)

Download or Listen to the MP3 of PMLessonsLearned Episode #0004 (if your computer doesn't support that link, this one may work)

Join our Yahoo group for details and reminders of the call and other information to help you.

PMLessonsLearned.com is all about PMs helping PMs and is open to all.
Visit us at pmlessonslearned.com

News: April 19th PMLL Confcall will feature the PMI Person of the Year speaking on "Leadership Lessons Learned"

The PMLessonsLearned.com FREE interactive conference call on Thursday April 19th will feature Frank Saladis, PMP speaking on the subject of "Project Management Leadership Lessons Learned."

Frank is President of Project Imaginers Inc., a PM consulting firm. He is an author and national speaker on the subject of project management (having spoken at numerous PMI events and chapters). Last year (2006), The Project Management Institute (PMI) awarded Frank with the Linn Stuckenbruck Person of the Year Award!

He is the originator of the International Project Management Day and past president of the New York City chapter of PMI. His numerous credentials also include his his being co-publisher of the internationally distributed newsletter for allPM.com, a contributor to the allPM.com website, and a masters certificate in Commercial Project Management from George Washington University.

The call will occur at 9pm Eastern time (we suggest using timeanddate.com to convert time zones) on Thursday April 19th.

For more details, join the yahoo group

PMLessonsLearned.com is FREE and open to everyone interested in the PM Profession.

PMLessonsLearned.com - it's about Project Managers helping Project Managers.

Next PMLessonsLearned.com conference scheduled for Thurs. April 19th

We are currently working on a very special guest for our next FREE Monthly PM Lessons Learned conference call on Thursday April 19th at 9PM Eastern time.

Please join our yahoo group for updates, reminders and other important information.

Dial-in information for the call is located on our home page on the left side.

PMLessonsLearned.com - project managers helping project managers!

Episode #0003 Getting Approvals and Decisions on Your Project from the 13July2006 Conference Call

The MP3 (aka podcast or netcast) is now posted with a the Conference Call from 13July 2006 on the subject of "Getting Approvals and Decisions on Your Project" as presented by Alex Brown, PMP (alexsbrown.com).


Here are the notes from the Conference Call:
Topic: Getting Approvals and Decisions on Your Project - Helping Execs with project decisions and approvals.

Other topics: Local PMI chapters and a study book for PMP Exam Preparation.

Career Segment: Handling your resume like a proposal to an RFP. The value of having a PMP and doing Project Management in different disciplines.

Download or Listen to the MP3 of PMLessonsLearned Episode #0003 (if your computer doesn't support that link, this one may work)


Join our Yahoo group for details and reminders of the call and other information to help you.

PMLessonsLearned.com is all about PMs helping PMs and is open to all.
Visit us at pmlessonslearned.com

Episode #0002 NEW FREE monthly PMP Exam Study Conference call

The MP3 (aka podcast or netcast) is now posted with a special announcement of the information below about our NEW FREE monthly PMP Exam Study Group!

Download or Listen to the MP3 of PMLessonsLearned Episode #0002 (if your computer doesn't support that link, this one may work)

NEWS!

PMLessonsLearned.com announces that one of our members is starting a new
PMP Exam Study Group Monthly Conference Call.

This will be an additional NEW FREE Monthly Conference Call especially for those considering PMP certification and those studying for the PMP Exam.

The first call will be on Thursday April 5, 2007 at 9pm Eastern.

Details in our recently posted message to our yahoo group.


Join our Yahoo group for details and reminders of the call.


Please visit pmlessonslearned.com and join our yahoo group via the link there to be notified of future conference calls and other information to help you.

PMLessonsLearned.com is all about PMs helping PMs and is open to all.

NEWS: New PMLessons Learned Monthly PMP Exam Study Group Conference Call

NEWS!

PMLessonsLearned.com announces that one of our members is starting a new
PMP Exam Study Group Monthly Conference Call.

This will be an additional NEW FREE Monthly Conference Call especially for those considering PMP certification and those studying for the PMP Exam.

The first call will be on Thursday April 5, 2007 at 9pm Eastern.

Details in our recently posted message to our yahoo group.

Join our Yahoo group for details and reminders of the call.

Recording of 22Mar2007 Conference Call now available by phone

Hello everyone!

We had a great call this past Thursday night 22Mar2007
our Theme: "Managing Expectations" and we covered some other very interesting topics too!

You can listen to the recording by phone right now! It will be available until we record our next call (in a few weeks). We are also working to put all past calls on our website as MP3/podcasts!

Topics:

* Managing Expectations
* The "Soft Skills" side of Project Management
* Special Announcement of our new calls starting 5April2007 9pm Eastern: PMP Study Group! (We'll be sending out an email to the group soon about this)
* Other PM Resources

Details at our Yahoo Group

Episode #0001 (Reposted) Project Management Teamwork and Career Backup Plan from 18May2006 pmlessonslearned.com Conference call

The MP3 (aka podcast or netcast) is now reposted with better audio for the first PM Lessons Learned (pmlessonslearned.com) conference call from 18May2006 !

Listen to the MP3 of PMLessonsLearned Episode #0001 (Reposted)


Here are the notes from that conference call:
Topics: Teams: Teamwork, respect and fairness, large teams, diverse teams, and global teams. Career Segment: Career Backup Plan (CBP)


We hope to make subsequent conference calls available soon now that we have learned the technical aspects of podcasting.


Please visit pmlessonslearned.com and join our yahoo group via the link there to be notified of future conference calls and other information to help you. PMLessonsLearned.com is all about PMs helping PMs and is open to all.

Topic for this Thursdays Conference call: Managing Expectations

FREE conference call THIS THURSDAY 9PM

Subject: Managing Expectations

• Could this topic help you in your Project Management? If so, join the call this Thursday.
• Could you contribute a Lessons Learned story on this topic to help other PMs? If so, join the call this Thursday.
• Could this topic help someone you know in their Project Management? If so, forward this to them.

Our next FREE PMLessonsLearned.com Conference call will be held this Thursday , March 22th, 2007 at 9PM Eastern

PMLessonsLearned.com is a group of PMs who share to help each other.

Membership is free and open to all.

Call in! Interactive call; just listen or join in the sharing! Conference Call Telephone Number: (319) 632-1100 Access Code: 867116#

Ask questions or share something about Project Management that you've learned!

Get information on:

• How to apply project management
• Studying for the PMP
• Obtaining recertification, how to obtain PDUs
• PM Career update

Join our FREE Yahoo group (via the link at PMLessonsLearned.com) for relevant information: Schedule, Reminders, and topics of the conference calls, PM lessons learned, ways to study for PMP test, ways to gain PDUs, PM career information, and more.

If you can’t make the conference call, you can still be a part of the group by:

• Listening in to the recording of the call – for details, join the yahoo group
• Listening in to our podcasts – for details, join the yahoo group

Details at PMLessonsLearned.com

Next PMLessonsLearned.com Conference call

All of our Conference Calls are open to all Project Managers and those wanting to find out more about Project Management.

The next Call will be on March 22, 2007 at 9PM Eastern time.

For those of you wanting to convert to other time zones, you may want to use
http://timeanddate.com

Episode 0000 - Introduction Podcast

This Episode is an Introduction to the PMLessonsLearned.com group.

Listen to the MP3 of The PMLessonsLearned.com Introduction Podcast

Topics covered are:

• How the group got started
• The goals of the group
• What it means to you!

You'll hear about how the goal of this group is to Empower Project Managers, and people studying for the PMP test to

• Increase your PM Knowledge
• Build Business Relationships
• Increase your effectiveness
• Increase your marketability
• Gain Professional Support

Thank you to the many who have helped with PMLessonsLearned.com including Rod Colón (etpnetwork.com), Barbara Fuller, PMP (processandprojectsolutions.com), Mara Burns, Steve Blais, PMP, Dina Scott, PMP (controllingchaos.com) , Cornelius Fichtner, PMP (thepmpodcast.com) and many others.

New BBS + exciting news about PM LessonsLearned.com

Lot's of great news for PM Lessons Learned!

Our call this Past Thursday was the best yet. If you want to listen in, you can! The recording is available right now via phone (and will soon be available by podcast). Read the archive of recent messages for details on how to listen to the recording.

Also, the notes from the call will soon be available at the Yahoo group.

We suggest you join our Yahoo group for updates and reminders of future calls. Membership in PM Lessons Learned is Free!

Also...
Thanks to Michael, one of our members, we now have a bulletin board!
See the link to the bbs on the left of our homepage. We encourage you to register (also free) and join in the conversations!

PMLessonsLearned.com conference call - this Thursday at 9PM eastern

The next PMLessonsLearned.com conference call will be held this Thursday at 9PM Eastern.

The topic will be: "What We Love About Project Management" in honor of Valentines day.

If you have any comments on this topic that you would like to share with the group, please voice them on the call or send them to us ahead of time using the "contact us" link on our pmlessonslearned.com website.


A member did research and we have decided on the following conference call provider:
freeconferencecall.com

The access information has changed to:
Dial-in Number: (319) 632-1100
Access Code: 867116

As usual, we will follow the recorded portion of the call with a Networking session, please join us.

For those not in the Eastern U.S.A. timezone, you may convert your time using the tools at the following website:
http://timeanddate.com

Next PMLessonsLearned.com conference call will be Thursday Feb. 15, 9PM Eastern

The next PMLessonsLearned.com conference call will be Thursday Feb. 15, 9PM Eastern.

We hope to be adding a new "Career Minute" that will be hosted by a recruiter in our group.

The session will end at 10PM Eastern followed by a networking session on the conference call.

Stay tuned, or join our yahoo group, for the dial-in information