PMLL Episode 0035 Don't Go It Alone...Lessons Learned From PM Community Building

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

Topic: PM Lessons Learned
Presentation Topic: "Don't Go It Alone...Lessons Learned From PM Community Building"
Host: Henry Will, PMP
Presenter: Timothy D. Bidlack Enterprise Program Management Office (EPMO) Manager, First Vice President- The Bank of New York Mellon
Date: 15May2008
Podcast number: 0035
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:

Goal of PM Community Building:
* Set the Agenda for Project Management
* Increase Project Management Professionalism
* Bridge the gaps between various Project Management communities
* Gain consensus on Project Management practices

The Business Case…
* Fostering a work environment to attract and retain quality project managers
* Ensuring IT has the right numbers of skilled project managers to support business partners
* Minimizing execution risk associated with IT projects

7 Key Success Factors:

1. Link to Business Strategy
2. Obtain Buy-in ensure Sponsorship
3. Keep focused on this that matter
4. Have a Quick wins strategy, Demonstrate value
5. Consider your organizations culture
6. Marketing and communications is important
7. Stay the course. Treat community building as an ongoing campaign

Bio: Timothy Bidlack:

As Manager of the Enterprise Program Management Office (EPMO) for The Bank of New York Mellon, Tim Bidlack is responsible for the oversight of major projects across the organization. In this role, he oversees a group of senior project manager responsible for objective project oversight as well as the project management tool team. Mr. Bidlack is a member of the Technology Operating Committee.

Mr. Bidlack joined Mellon Financial Corporation in May, 1998. Since then he has held the positions of Project Manager, Program Manager, and Project Office Manager. Prior to joining Mellon, Mr. Bidlack held business and operation positions in the Airline Industry including experience in Yield Management.

A Pittsburgh native, Mr. Bidlack received a bachelor’s degree from Indiana University of Pennsylvania and a master’s degree from Colorado Technical University. He is a Certified Project Management Professional (Project Management Institute). Mr. Bidlack is also a decorated United States Army Veteran.

Mr. Bidlack is active with a number of community and industry organizations and is a local and national speaker on project management topics. He is a member of the Pittsburgh Chapter of the Project Management Institute having served on the Education Committee.

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PM Lessons Learned Best Practices Call Thursday May 15, 2008

NOTE: THE RECORDING OF THIS CALL IS NOW AVAILABLE TO LISTEN TO VIA PHONE (See info on left of website). We will be posting it as a podcast soon.


What: PM Lessons Learned Best Practice conference call
Topic: "Don't Go It Alone...Lessons Learned From PM Community Building"
Who: Timothy D. Bidlack Enterprise Program Management Office (EPMO) Manager, First Vice President- The Bank of New York Mellon
When: May 15, 2008 9pm Eastern Daylight Savings time
Where: Conference Dial-in: (641) 715-3200 Access Code: 675 748#

Our calls are open to anyone with interest.


Timothy Bidlack:
As Manager of the Enterprise Program Management Office (EPMO) for The Bank of New York Mellon, Tim Bidlack is responsible for the oversight of major projects across the organization. In this role, he oversees a group of senior project manager responsible for objective project oversight as well as the project management tool team. Mr. Bidlack is a member of the Technology Operating Committee.

Mr. Bidlack joined Mellon Financial Corporation in May, 1998. Since then he has held the positions of Project Manager, Program Manager, and Project Office Manager. Prior to joining Mellon, Mr. Bidlack held business and operation positions in the Airline Industry including experience in Yield Management.

A Pittsburgh native, Mr. Bidlack received a bachelor’s degree from Indiana University of Pennsylvania and a master’s degree from Colorado Technical University. He is a Certified Project Management Professional (Project Management Institute). Mr. Bidlack is also a decorated United States Army Veteran.

Mr. Bidlack is active with a number of community and industry organizations and is a local and national speaker on project management topics. He is a member of the Pittsburgh Chapter of the Project Management Institute having served on the Education Committee.

FREE PM JOB SHOP call May 8, 2008

Facts:

Who: PMs and people with PM job openingsWhat: PM Job Shop call:
connecting PMs to People with PM jobs
When: Thursday May 8, 2008 9pm (US Eastern time)
Where: Free* Conf call (641) 715-3200 Access Code: 675 748#
How: You can subscribe to our additional FREE email list just for PM
JOB SHOP by following this link: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PMJOBSHOP

(*=long distance charges may apply, check with your carrier)

Dear Project Manager,

Are you looking for your next assignment, better paid projects?

Yes you are! I know many of you wondering how long this recession will
last and how it affects your near future. There are a growing number
of people whom I have in the networking groups, who are getting
nervous thinking when their project will be gone!!!

I think we can help each other! " PMLESSONSLEARNED.COM" and
PMJOBSHOP.COM are both career networking groups whose has a common
goal which is to empower PMs, and people studying to be PMs.

PMLESSONSLEARNED.COM is a group that strives to promote and support
project mangers to Increase their PM Knowledge, Build Business
Relationships and Gain Professional Support

PMJOBSHOP.COM is a group that shares Project Management JOB OPENINGS
with Project Managers when they're looking for work.

What we need from you is your participation and your ideas to make PM
JOBSHOP conference call better and valuable to you. We need to hear
from you about your needs, here are some suggested topics, we need
more from you:

* Interview with Recruiters – market trends, open jobs, help PM
jobseekers
* Questions typically asked by Recruiters and how to handle them
* Discussion on selected PMP topics to help you
* Would you like to role play an Interview with Actual Recruiter?
* Help you prepare Elevator speeches
* Help with Identifications of skill sets in demand and Trends in
the Industry.
* Help with negotiating your next job and or salary
* Summary Letters
* Etc

What we can do for you is provide you with search for your next job or
current search, help you with resume, handling interview questions,
Negotiating Job and or Salary among others.

Your ideas are welcome to develop this forum that delivers value to you

I would like to invite you to join our FREE project management
networking group to connect with enthusiastic project mangers and PM
Recruiters.

Just join our group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PMJOBSHOP and you can
begin searching for your next open project management position
immediately.

PMlessonsLearned.com was started by a group of project managers. The
goal of this group is to empower and support Project Managers, and
people who are studying to be Project managers. For more information,
visit our website at http://www.pmlessonslearned.com

It's that really that simple!

NEXT CALL May 8, 2008

Call in! FREE Interactive call; just listen or join in the sharing!
Second Thursday of each Month 9:00pm
Conference Call Telephone Number: (641) 715-3200 Access Code: 675 748#
Career Tidbits, PM Tidbits, and more

PMLL Episode 0034 Scope Management (PMlessonsLearned.com PMP Exam Study Group)

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

Topic: PMP Exam Study Group
Presentation Title: Scope Management
PM Lessons Learned Leader: Henry Will, PMP
PMP Study Group Host: David Radkovich, PMP.
Date: 01May2008
Podcast number: 0034
MP3 / Podcast: Download 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:
The file of the presentation is stored in the files/materials for conference calls area of our FREE yahoo group (FREE yahoo group membership required). Login to the Yahoo group, then follow the links on the left side of our website at PMlessonsLearned.com


Other Notes:

Project Management Cruises!

Note: Members of PMlessonsLearned.com are going on the Seminar At Sea cruise to Bermuda!

• Southern New England Chapter - Aug. 2008 - New York to Nova Scotia (http://www.snec-pmi.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=category&sectionid=10&id=77&Itemid=123)

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.

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PMP Study Group: Free confcall 9PM May 1st on Scope Management

PM Lessons Learned

Free PMP Study Group Conference Call

Scope Management

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

Thursday, May 1^st, 2008

9:00 P.M. – 10:15 P.M. (EST)

Conference Call Telephone Number: (641) 715-3200 Access Code: 675748#

Topic: Scope Management

Hosted by David Radkovich, PMP

Join us on this free interactive conference call hosted by David Radkovich, PMP. This call will be 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. Some of the topics to be discussed include:

¨ Scope Management Processes

¨ WBS creation

¨ Control Accounts

¨ Change Management and Configuration Management

Additional topics will be presented on the 1^st Thursday of each month. The topic for June 5^th , 2008 is TBD. We would like your input for future topics. If you are interested in presenting please let us know.

Presentation material for this call and past topics are available in the files section of the PMLL yahoo group. Please download prior to the call.

PMLL Episode 0033 Project Management Humor (PMlessonsLearned.com)

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

Topic: PM Lessons Learned
Presentation Title: PM Humor
Host: Henry Will, PMP
Presenter: Arthur Hedge – President of Castle Ventures LLC
Date: 17Apr2008
Podcast number: 0033
MP3 / Podcast: Download 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).

See the files section of our PMlessonslearned Yahoo group for the presentation


Links from the Call and other great PM Humor sites:
http://www.projectcartoon.com/

www.project-training-uk.freeserve.co.uk/index.htm - Create your own "What the customer wanted cartoon"

www.dilbert.com
www.savagechickens.com
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Project_management
http://asapm.org/asapmag/a_humor.asp
http://cvr-it.com/PM_Jokes.htm
http://asapm.org/asapmag/m_millstones.asp
www.visitor-tracking.com/pm-jokes.php
http://www.pmthink.com/2005/12/project-management-useful-analogies-or_12.htm
http://kalsey.com/simplelinks/project_management/

Douglas Adams - "I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by."

"I don't know the key to success but the key to failure is trying to please everybody." - Bill Cosby

Other Notes:

Project Management Cruises!

• Southern New England Chapter - Aug. 2008 - New York to Nova Scotia (http://www.snec-pmi.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=category&sectionid=10&id=77&Itemid=123)

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.

Project Management Humor - on our next Confcall on Thur. April 17, 2008!

Who: You and our presenter: Arthur Hedge – President of Castle Ventures LLC
What: Next Thursday's PM Lessons Learned conference call on Project Management Humor
When: April 17, 2008 9pm Eastern Daylight Savings time
Where: Conference Dial-in: (641) 715-3200 Access Code: 675 748#
How: your phone or cell phone

BONUS! Until this call on PM Humor, you can listen into the recording of the great PM JOB SHOP call held on 4/10/08 using the information on the left of our home page:
Listen to last confcall recording: (641) 715-3413 Access Code: 675 748#

PMLL Episode 0032 Open Discussion (PMlessonsLearned.com PMP Exam Study Group)

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

Topic: PMP Exam Study Group
Presentation Title: An Open Discussion on PMP Exam Study
Host: Henry Will, PMP
Moderator: David Radkovich, PMP.
Date: 03Apr2008
Podcast number: 0032
MP3 Podcast: Download 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:

A great PM website:
http://www.pmhub.net

A few yahoo groups that are helpful:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PMP_study

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pmpbest


Other Notes:

Project Management Cruises!

Note: Members of PMlessonsLearned.com are going on the Seminar At Sea cruise to Bermuda!

• Southern New England Chapter - Aug. 2008 - New York to Nova Scotia (http://www.snec-pmi.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=category&sectionid=10&id=77&Itemid=123)

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.

A conference call to help you as a PM: this Thursday!

Dear Project Manager,

Are you looking for your next assignment, better paid projects?

Yes you are! I know many of you wondering how long this recession will last and how it affects your near future. There are a growing number of people whom I have in the networking groups, who are getting nervous thinking when their project will be gone!!!

I think we can help each other! ” PMLESSONSLEARNED.COM” and PMJOBSHOP.COM are both career networking groups whose has a common goal which is to empower PMs, and people studying to be PMs.

PMLESSONSLEARNED.COM is a group that strives to promote and support project mangers to Increase their PM Knowledge, Build Business Relationships and Gain Professional Support

PMJOBSHOP.COM is a group that shares Project Management JOB OPENINGS with Project Managers when they're looking for work.

What we need from you is your participation and your ideas to make PM JOBSHOP conference call better and valuable to you. We need to hear from you about your needs, here are some suggested topics, we need more from you:

• Interview with Recruiters – market trends, open jobs, help PM jobseekers
• Questions typically asked by Recruiters and how to handle them
• Discussion on selected PMP topics to help you
• Would you like to role play an Interview with Actual Recruiter?
• Help you prepare Elevator speeches
• Help with Identifications of skill sets in demand and Trends in the Industry.
• Help with negotiating your next job and or salary
• Summary Letters
• Etc

What we can do for you is provide you with search for your next job or current search, help you with resume, handling interview questions, Negotiating Job and or Salary among others.

Your ideas are welcome to develop this forum that delivers value to you

I would like to invite you to join our FREE project management networking group to connect with enthusiastic project mangers and PM Recruiters.

Just send and email to pmjobshop-subscribe@yahoogroups.com and you can begin searching for your next open project management position immediately.

PMlessonsLearned.com was started by a group of project managers. The goal of this group is to empower and support Project Managers, and people who are studying to be Project managers. For more information, visit our website at http://www.pmlessonslearned.com

It's that really that simple!

NEXT CALL April 7, 2008

Call in! FREE Interactive call; just listen or join in the sharing!

Second Thursday of each Month 9:00pm
Conference Call Telephone Number: (641) 715-3200 Access Code: 675 748# Career Tidbits, PM Tidbits, and more

PMLL Episode 0031 Project Management is a Dead-End Job. Is There Life After Project Management?

This is the MP3 Podcast of the PMlessonLearned.com PM Best Practices presentation topic of "Project Management is a Dead-End Job. Is There Life After Project Management?" as presented by Steve Blais, PMP on 20Mar2008.

Steve Blais, PMP shared with us some of the many options available to Project Managers for the "next step" in their careers.

Steve Blais is the founder of Parkson International and PM since 1969

Download or Listen to the MP3 of PMLessonsLearned.com Episode 0031
(if your computer doesn't support that link, then this Internet Archive link or this OurMedia link may work)

Notes are below, but first this...

A Project Management Cruise - vacation with other PMLL members and learn PM info at the same time! We're traveling with the New Jersey PMI Chapter - May 17, 2008 - New Jersey to Bermuda on RCL (http://pminj.org/08-sea/085smp.htm). Deadline for registration: 2/29/2008

PM Best Practice Session:

Where can we move from Project Management? Is it really a dead end job?

Steve referred to the book "What Color is Your Parachute" (see links below)

Steve also mentioned about Alpha Project Managers - the Alpha's love what they do - they're successful! (see links below)

Well, as PMs, we can move: Up, Over, or Out.

Here are some of the options that Steve discussed with us:

* Process management - keep with the product your project produced
* Business Manager - start or join a company
* Move into the aspect of Project Management you like (customer interaction, administrative)
* Business Analyst
* If you love doing Project Management, then you can stay as a PM - there's options there too:
* You can move up as a PM doing Portfolio Management or working as a Program Manager in a PMO
* You can move out: you can work as a contract Project Manager. You can travel and get into places you might not get otherwise (you may also be restricted from some assignments)
* You can move over: teaching, training, and other options

After the call recording was stopped we talked with someone who asked about how to find a specific type of project management. She was referred to a few members of the group, the local PMI chapter (see pmi.org for links to the local chapters) and the various SIGs (Special Interest Groups) that exist in a myriad of specialties including IT, Marketing, Pharmaceutical, PMO, etc. (see pmi.org for information on SIGs). Another person who was in transition asked about how to continue to learn.

References from the call:

A few links that you might find helpful:

http://www.amazon.com/What-Color-Your-Parachute-2008/dp/1580088678/

http://www.amazon.com/Alpha-Project-Managers-What-Everyone/dp/0972967338

http://www.pmstudent.com/2007/02/traits-of-alpha-project-managers.html

www.pittsburghpmi.org/documents/meetings/presentations/Alpha_Managers_2.0.ppt


About PMlessonsLearned:

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.

We highly recommend that you join the free yahoo group in order to get announcements of our calls and other information to further your PM career.

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

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Join the FREE Confcall: "Project Management is a Dead-End Job" 3/20/08

Steve Blaise just informed me that the topic of the discussion on the 3/20/08 PM Lessons Learned call will be "Project Management is a Dead-End Job" subtitled "Is There Life After Project Management?"

Doesn't that just peak your interest?

Here are the details:


What: This month's PM Lessons Learned (PM Best Practices) Confcall presentation - This month our speaker is Steve Blais, PMP

Who: Everyone who wants to participate - invite people you know

When: Thurs. March 20, 2008 9pm Eastern Time (U.S.)

How: Conference Dial-in: (641) 715-3200 Access Code: 675 748#

We will also take a few minutes to discuss how we can better our calls
and our group!

If you can't join us, join our yahoo group at PMLessonslearned.com and get info after the call to listen to the recording!

FREE Project Management Lessons Learned call this Thurs. 3/20

Join us this Thursday March 20, 2008 for a FREE Project Management Lessons Learned call

Who: Everyone who wants to participate
When: Thurs. March 20, 2008 9pm Eastern Time (U.S.)
How: Conference Dial-in: (641) 715-3200 Access Code: 675 748#
What: A PM Lessons Learned (PM Best Practices) presentation by Steve Blais, PMP on the topic below that is decided by our yahoo group members (free to join - use this link)


Those who are current members of our free yahoo group have 24 more hours to vote on the topic. The current voting shows the topics to be placed in the following order of preference:


Current vote counts are:

1. "Is there life after being a PM?" - the different choices a PM has after successful and unsuccessful projects in terms of upward or outward mobility.
2. "Motivating teams, not individuals" - the subject of an article to be published soon by allPM.com
3. "Managing Projects Agilely" - the subject of a recent (January) article that was published

And a tie for 4th place:
4. "Managing inter-team conflict on large projects" (lessons from a consulting assignment just finished) also known as "Managing multiple teams on large projects"

4. "Managing Team Eco-systems" - managing the environment in which teams work, such as co-location, diversity, distraction, communication channels, etc.

FREE PM JOB SHOP this Thursday 3/14

PM Lessons Learned

Free PM JOB SHOP Conference Call

Get Connected

The goal of this call is to Connect Project Managers in Transition, and the Recruiters in need of Project Managers.

Thursday, March 14^th, 2008

9:00 P.M. – 10:00 P.M. (EST)

Conference Call Telephone Number: (641) 715-3200 Access Code: 675748#

Topic: Get Connected

Presented by Satnam S. Bansal, PMP

Join us on this free interactive conference call presented by Satnam S. Bansal, PMP. This forum where we encourage you the Project Manager to talk about yourself so that we (PMs, and Recruiters get to know you individually in the absence of face to face meetings. Intent here is to create as many warm contacts as you need where you can provide your experience, tips, and referrals 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:

1. Introductions

2. PM – Elevator Speech

3. Recruiters – Introduction, Job Title, Location, Brief Requirements and travel if any.

4. Question and Answer Session

Presentation material for this call and past topics are available in the files section of the PMLL yahoo group. Please download prior to the call.

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

PMLL Episode 0030 Quality Management (PMlessonsLearned.com PMP Exam Study Group)

These are the notes from the PMlessonLearned.com PMP Exam Study Group presentation on the PMBOK topic of Quality Management as presented by host David Radkovich, PMP.

The MP3 Podcast of the PMLessonLearned.com PMP Exam Study Group conference call from 06Mar2008 is now available.

The study topic was "Quality Management" - Presented by David Radkovich, PMP (our Host).

There is a contest as part of this conference call! You can enter!

There is an announcement of a chance to win a copy of the PMP® PMBOK® Guide Study Plan. ( http://www.premiumcast.com/PMP-Study-Plan) by writing to study ..at. pmprepcast.com (change the ..at. to the "at" sign first) before 03/31/08 and after you have listened to the podcast.

Download or Listen to the MP3 of PMLessonsLearned.com Episode 0030
(if your computer doesn't support that link, then this Internet Archive link or this OurMedia link may work)

David Radkovich, PMP, supplied a presentation file for the call. It is located in the conference call folder of the files section of our Yahoo Group (join the group for free access - details on our website: PMLessonsLearned.com).

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).

Other Notes:

Project Management Cruises - vacation and learn at the same time!

Note: Members of PMlessonsLearned.com are going to the Seminar At Sea cruise to Bermuda!

• New Jersey Chapter - May 2008 - New Jersey to Bermuda on RCL (http://pminj.org/08-sea/085smp.htm) - Registration Deadline HAS BEEN EXTENDED! - PMlessonsLearned.com members will be on this cruise
  
• Southern New England Chapter - Aug. 2008 - New York to Nova Scotia (http://www.snec-pmi.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=category&sectionid=10&id=77&Itemid=123)
• Texas Chapters - March 2008 - Galveston to Cozumel Mexico (http://www.pmiclg.org/index.phtml?menu=other_page&menu2=111)

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.

We highly recommend that you join the free yahoo group in order to get announcements of our calls and other information to further your PM career.

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.

PMP Exam Study Group: Free confcall this Thursday 3/6 Quality Management

PM Lessons Learned

Free PMP Study Group Conference Call

Quality Management

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

Thursday, March 6^th, 2008

9:00 P.M. – 10:15 P.M. (EST)

Conference Call Telephone Number: (641) 715-3200 Access Code: 675748#

Topic: Quality Management

Presented by David Radkovich, PMP

Join us on this free interactive conference call presented by David Radkovich, PMP. 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. Some of the topics to be discussed include:

¨ What is Quality

¨ The three quality processes

¨ Examples of Quality Charts and tools

¨ Key Concepts such as Total Cost of Quality

¨ Helpful Web sites

Additional topics will be presented on the 1^st Thursday of each month. The topic for April 3^rd, 2008 is TBD. We would like your input for future topics. If you are interested in presenting please let us know.

Presentation material for this call and past topics are available in the files section of the PMLL yahoo group. Please download prior to the call.

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

PM JOB Openings! The phone recording is now available of PM JOB SHOP

There are PM jobs available
There are PMs looking for jobs

If you want to hear about it, listen in to the recording of last week's PM JOB SHOP call:

Listen to last confcall recording: (641) 715-3413 Access Code: 675 748#

PMP Exam Study Group: Free conference call Thursday 3/6 Quality Management

PM Lessons Learned

Free PMP Study Group Conference Call

Quality Management

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

Thursday, March 6^th, 2008

9:00 P.M. – 10:15 P.M. (EST)

Conference Call Telephone Number: (641) 715-3200 Access Code: 675748#

Topic: Quality Management

Presented by David Radkovich, PMP

Join us on this free interactive conference call presented by David Radkovich, PMP. 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. Some of the topics to be discussed include:

¨ What is Quality

¨ The three quality processes

¨ Examples of Quality Charts and tools

¨ Key Concepts such as Total Cost of Quality

¨ Helpful Web sites

Additional topics will be presented on the 1^st Thursday of each month. The topic for April 3^rd, 2008 is TBD. We would like your input for future topics. If you are interested in presenting please let us know.

Presentation material for this call and past topics are available in the files section of the PMLL yahoo group. Please download prior to the call (you must be a member of our FREE yahoo group to download the presentation - see the link to join on the left side of our website).

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PM JOB SHOP CALL - FREE - This Thur 2/28/08

What: PM JOB SHOP CALL
Why: To connect people with PM Job Openings to people looking for PM job openings
When: Thur. 2/28/08 9pm eastern
Who: anyone who wants to join, hosted by Satnam Bansal
How: Conference Dial-in: (641) 715-3200 Access Code: 675 748#

Membership in PMlessonsLearned.com is FREE. Join our yahoo group. See the links on our home page at PMlessonsLearned.com

(note: long distance charges may apply. We schedule our calls in the evening as some members may have free cell phone use in the evenings)

PMLL Episode 0029 Microsoft Office Project (R) Project Management Tool Tips

This is the MP3 Podcast of the PMlessonLearned.com PM Best Practices presentation topic of "Microsoft Office Project (R) Scheduling Tool Tips" as presented by Jim Stuehler, PMP on 21Feb2008.

Download or Listen to the MP3 of PMLessonsLearned.com Episode 0029
(if your computer doesn't support that link, then this Internet Archive link or this OurMedia link may work)

Notes are below, but first this...

A Project Management Cruise - vacation with other PMLL members and learn PM info at the same time! We're traveling with the New Jersey PMI Chapter - May 17, 2008 - New Jersey to Bermuda on RCL (http://pminj.org/08-sea/085smp.htm). Deadline for registration: 2/29/2008

PM Best Practice Session:

(note: Jim has supplied a presentation file that is also available for FREE. You'll need to first join our FREE Yahoo Group and then follow the link on our homepage to our FILES section on our Yahoo group. See the details and link to our files on our website at PMlessonsLearned.com)

See the files for details, but here are a few notes:

• The scheduler works by computing Work = Duration multiplied by Units
• There are Effort Driven Tasks and Duration driven tasks
• Task types are: Fixed work, fixed duration, fixed units
  

References from the call:

Jim Stuehler, PMP can be contacted at: jim555stuehler@hotmail.com (note: remove the 555 from his email for the real email address)

A member of our group raised a point that if we can get enough people together, perhaps we can get a group discount on the MS office project tool. If you're interested, use the BBS link on our homepage and start a topic on this subject, then perhaps someone in our group will volunteer to put a group purchase together (we're totally run by volunteers).

Microsoft’s Certification Programs:
http://www.microsoft.com/learning/mcp/mcts/project2007/pm/default.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/learning/mcp/mcts/projectserver2007/pm/default.mspx

MPA - is a dynamic professional association that serves as the preeminent resource for Microsoft Office Project.
http://www.mympa.org/default.aspx

Microsoft’s Office Discussion group
http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx?dg=microsoft.public.project&lang=en&cr=US

Another Microsoft site
http://www.easierwithproject.com/index.html

This is the place for information on all versions of Microsoft Project.
http://project.mvps.org/faqs.htm


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