Confcall Schedule and access to recording of JOBSHOP call if you missed it

You can listen in to tonight's JOBSHOP conference call if you missed it!

The recording of the last call is always available at (641) 985-5108 Access Code: 635 505#

Join the PMLessons Learned Yahoo Group for information about future calls and PM Career tips!

Here's the schedule for next calls:

• NEXT: July 19, 2007 at 9pm Eastern - PMLL Lessons learned confcall with Host Henry Will, PMP - Topic: Selling yourself as a PM presented by Frank Saladis, PMP (PMI Person of the Year 2006) who returns by popular demand! www.projectimaginers.com
• PM JOB SHOP: July 26, 2007 at 9pm Eastern - PMLL JOB SHOP confcall with Host Linda Wortman, Moderator: T.B.D.
• Aug. 2, 2007 at 9pm Eastern - PMLL PMP Study Group confcall with Host David Radkovich, PMP - Topic: "PM Framework" presented by T.B.D.
• PM JOBSHOP: Aug. 9
  
• Aug. 16, 2007 at 9pm Eastern - PMLL Lessons learned confcall with Host Henry Will, PMP - Topic: "How to do Lessons Learned and How to Leverage them on the Next Project" presented by Jennifer White, PMP and IBM Certified PM.
• PM JOBSHOP: Aug. 23
  
• Sept. 5, 2007 at 9pm Eastern - PMLL PMP Study Group confcall with Host David Radkovich, PMP - Topic: "Communications Management" presented by Rita Ramos, PMP
• PM JOBSHOP: Sept. 12
  
• Sept. 20, 2007 at 9pm Eastern - PMLL Lessons Learned confcall with Host Henry Will, PMP - Topic: "How to Succeed in the Face of Volatility: Lessons Learned from eXtreme Project Management" presented by Doug DeCarlo www.dougdecarlo.com
• PM JOBSHOP: Sept. 27
• Oct. 4, 2007 at 9pm Eastern - PMLL PMP Study Group confcall with Host David Radkovich, PMP - Topic: T.B.D.
• PM JOBSHOP: Oct. 11
  
• Oct. 18, 2007 at 9 PMLL Lessons Learned confcall with Host Henry Will, PMP - Topic: T.B.D. presented by Brett G. Hirsch, PMP IBM Executive PM, PM Center of Excellence, and IBM PM Knowledge Network Community Leader

Conference Call Dial-in: (605) 990-0700 Access Code: 635 505#
(if you miss a call, the recording is available until the next call, see pmlessonslearned.com left navigation for details)

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. See the link on our home page

ConfCall Schedule: JOBSHOP is next!

This entry post covers several items:

1. How to listen to past calls by phone
2. How to listen to past calls via PC or by Podcast
3. Schedule of upcoming calls ... Including our next call: The JOBSHOP CALL
4. Our polls

Details:
1. How to listen to past calls by phone (Did you miss it? Well you can
still catch the recording!)

You can always listen to a recording of our most recent call by phone:
(641) 985-5108 Access Code: 635 505#
(this is a FREE call, but not toll free: long distance charges may
apply) - Note: even if this phone number changes, the most recent
phone number and access code is posted on our website on the left side
at pmlessonslearned.com

2. How to listen to past calls via PC or by podcast

We have just caught up with all of our podcasts! Yes, we're up to
date and have posted all of the past calls as podcasts. You can listen
to them using your computer or an MP3 player or itunes or an iPod
(iPods are made by Apply (registered trademark)).

There is a link on the left side at pmlessonslearned.com that says
"MP3 Podcasts" click on it to listen. Or, click the link "Subscribe to
our podcast via iTunes" if you have iTunes.

3. Schedule of upcoming calls

* JOB SHOP: July 12, 2007 at 9pm Eastern - PMLL JOB SHOP confcall
with Host Linda Wortman and Moderator Sal Cortale Advanced Technology
Solutions (www.atsolutions.com)

* Episode 17. July 19, 2007 at 9pm Eastern - PMLL Lessons learned
confcall with Host Henry Will, PMP - Topic: T.B.D. (Risk Mangement or
Selling yourself as a PM) presented by Frank Saladis, PMP (PMI Person
of the Year 2006) who returns by popular demand! www.projectimaginers.com

JOB SHOP: July 26, 2007 at 9pm Eastern - PMLL JOB SHOP confcall with
Host Linda Wortman, Moderator T.B.D.

* Episode 18. Aug. 2, 2007 at 9pm Eastern - PMLL PMP Study Group
confcall with Host David Radkovich, PMP - Topic: "PM Framework"
presented by T.B.D.

* Episode 19. Aug. 16, 2007 at 9pm Eastern - PMLL Lessons learned
confcall with Host Henry Will, PMP - Topic: "How to do Lessons Learned
and How to Leverage them on the Next Project" presented by Jennifer
White, PMP and IBM Certified PM.

* Episode 20. Sept. 5, 2007 at 9pm Eastern - PMLL PMP Study Group
confcall with Host David Radkovich, PMP - Topic: "Communications
Management" presented by Rita Ramos, PMP

* Episode 21. Sept. 20, 2007 at 9pm Eastern - PMLL Lessons Learned
confcall with Host Henry Will, PMP - Topic: "How to Succeed in the
Face of Volatility: Lessons Learned from eXtreme Project Management"
presented by Doug DeCarlo www.dougdecarlo.com

4. Our polls

Please participate in voting in our polls - they're always open 24X7!
The link is:
http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/pmlessonslearned/polls

We are at 343 members of our yahoo group currently and still growing! Join NOW!

PMLessonsLearned.com - If you're a Project Manager or studying for the
PMP Exam, then this is the group for you! We're all about PMs helping PMs!

PMLL Episode 0016 PMP Exam Study Group Topic: Estimating

The MP3 Podcast of the PMLessonLearned.com PMP Exam Study Group conference call from 5Jul2007 is now available.

The study topic was “Estimating" - Presented by member Shelley M. who is a Project Manager studying for the PMP Exam.

Download or Listen to the MP3 of PMLessonsLearned.com Episode 0016
(if your computer doesn't support that link, then this link or this link may work)

Notes from the Conference Call:

* Shelley provided some supporting slides which can be found in the files section of our yahoo group site.
Free Membership is required to access these files. Follow the links to the yahoo group from our homepage at PMLessonsLearned.com

* Henry Will, PMP (Host of PMLL) mentioned Controlling Chaos Podcast Episode 32 (http://www.controllingchaos.com/?p=88)was on Agile Estimating where the idea of using Fibonacci numbers for estimating was mentioned.

* David Radkovich, PMP (Host of the PMLL PMP Exam Study Group Calls) mentioned http://www.sceaonline.net - The Society of Cost Estimating and Analysis

* Several people mentioned information about estimating and asked questions about PMP Exam study ideas and questions about the test.


Please join us for a future conference call. We currently have several calls a month.

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 - It's all about PMs helping PMs and is open to all.

PMLL Episode 0015 Managing Virtual Project Teams

The MP3 Podcast of the PMLessonLearned.com Lessons Learned conference call from 21Jun2007 is now available.

The conference call was on the theme of "Managing Virtual Project Teams"

Download or Listen to the MP3 of PMLessonsLearned.com Episode 0015
(if your computer doesn't support that link, then this link or this link may work)

Here are the notes from the Conference Call:

Panelists:
* Henry Will, PMP - Host, Inventor, PM
* Barbara Fuller, PMP - president of ProcessandProjectsolutions (processandprojectsolutions.com)
* Tom Mattus (www.ssi-learn.com) Guest Panelist, presented on "Managing Virtual Project Teams"

Tom provided some supporting slides which can be found in the files section of our yahoo group site. Free Yahoo Group membership is required. See the links on the left of our PMLessonsLearned.com website for details.


Other items covered were:

Allison Maltese (Professional Recruiter for TekSystems) provided a career minute on how the low unemployment rate effects us as PMs.

Please join us for a future conference call. We currently have several calls a month.

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

PMLessonsLearned.com - It's all about PMs helping PMs and is open to all.

Tom Mattus is affiliated with Successful Strategies International,Inc. www.ssi-learn.com

PMLL Episode 0014 Risk Management

The MP3 Podcast of the PMLessonLearned.com PMP Exam Study Group conference call from 07Jun2007 is now available.
The study topic was “Risk Management" - Presented by David Radkovich, PMP

Download or Listen to the MP3 of PMLessonsLearned.com Episode 0014
(if your computer doesn't support that link, then this link or this link may work)

David provided some supporting slides which can be found in the files section of our yahoo group site.
Free Membership is required to accesss these files. Follow the links to the yahoo group from our homepage at PMLessonsLearned.com

Please join us for a future conference call. We currently have several calls a month.

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 - It's all about PMs helping PMs and is open to all.

PMLL Episode 0013 The Other PM: The real-life story of integrating Process Management with Project Management. Doing More with Less

The MP3 Podcast of the PMLessonLearned.com conference call from 17May2007 is now available.
The conference call was on the topic of "The Other PM: The real-life story of integrating Process Management with Project Management. Doing More with Less”

Download or Listen to the MP3 of PMLessonsLearned.com Episode 0013
(if your computer doesn't support that link, then this link or this link may work)

Here are the notes from the Conference Call:

Panelists:
Henry Will, PMP (Host)
Steve Blais, PMP

Presenting Panelist: Barbara Fuller, PMP (processandprojectsolutions.com)

Topic: "The Other PM: The real-life story of integrating Process Management with Project Management. Doing More with Less”


Lessons Learned – Process Management
Warmup question: Have you ever seen a process being too light or too heavy and how can you tell the difference?

* Barbara surveyed people outside the team to get their perceptions, then worked to correct processes in order to make a better impression
* Helped PMs to see that their cookie cutter approach was too rigid and heavy of processes – example: weekly meetings turned into stand up meetings and each meeting needed a goal, agenda and time to complete
* They made better estimations so that their “stakeholders” could send more projects their way.
* She started a PMO without any funds by networking the PMs

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

Our group is open to all. Visit us at pmlessonslearned.com

PMLessonsLearned.com: it's all about PMs helping PMs.

PMLL Episode 0012 PMP Exam Study Group: Earned Value Management (EVM)

The MP3 Podcast of the PMLessonLearned.com conference call from 03May2007 is now available.
The conference call was on the topic of "Earned Value Management (EVM)"

Download or Listen to the MP3 of PMLessonsLearned.com Episode 0012
(if your computer doesn't support that link, then this link or this link may work)

Here are the notes from the Conference Call:

The Topic Title was "Earned Value Management (EVM)" presented by our PMLL.com member David Radkovich, PMP who hosts these PMLL.com PMP Exam Study Group calls.

David provided slides. They are available in the files section of the Yahoo Group. Free membership is required. See the link at PMLessonsLearned.com

Please join us for a future conference call. We currently have several calls a month.

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 - It's all about PMs helping PMs and is open to all.

PMLL Episode 0011 Project Management Leadership

The MP3 Podcast of the PMLessonLearned.com conference call from 19Apr2007 is now available.

The conference call was on the theme of "Project Management Leadership" presented by – Frank Saladis, PMP (PMI 2006 Person of the Year)

Download or Listen to the MP3 of PMLessonsLearned.com Episode 0011
(if your computer doesn't support that link, this link may work)

Here are the notes from the Conference Call:

Panelists:
Henry Will, PMP - Host, Inventor, PM
Barbara Fuller, PMP (Processandprojectsolutions.com)
Steve Blais, PMP

Guest Panelist:
Frank Saladis, PMP (PMI 2006 Person of the Year) (www.projectimaginers.com)

Other items covered were:

Resources:
*PMLessonsLearned.com – Bulletin Board available (see link on home page)
*Trump’s Apprentice show – go on the cbs.com website, you can see their lessons learned
*PM411.org – new podcast
*Software Project Management Network (SPMN.com) has a newsletter and “16 Critical Sofware Processes” on their site
*Gaining PDUs - Info on PMI Chapter cruises
*We have posted the info to our yahoo group about the PMI-SVCast (Silicon Valley PMI group – mentioned by Dina Scott last month) They need help with podcasts

Lessons Learned – Leadership:
*Active Listening
*Characteristics of a Great Leader
*Leadership books and articles
*Characteristics of High Performance Teams

Career Segment:
Allison Maltese (TekSystems) “How difficult is consulting compared to a permanent position? What are the differences?”

Networking session (not recorded)
Leadership
Information sharing:
* Share information so you have someone as a backup
* Have a backup in case something comes up
Integrity in leadership
Someone looking for a PM Job in Texas

Please join us for a future conference call. We currently have several calls a month.

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

PMLessonsLearned.com - It's all about PMs helping PMs and is open to all.

PMLL Episode 0010 Why Study for the PMP Exam?

The MP3 Podcast of the PMLessonLearned.com conference call from 05Apr2007 is now available.
This is the first PMLL PMP Exam Study group conference call.
The conference call was on the theme of "Why Study for the PMP Exam?"

Download or Listen to the MP3 of PMLessonsLearned.com Episode 0010
(if your computer doesn't support that link, this link may work)

Here are the notes from the Conference Call:

The Topic Title was "Why Study for the PMP Exam?" presented by our PMLL.com member David Radkovich, PMP who hosts these PMLL.com PMP Study Group calls.

Topics for this presentation include:

* Getting started – PMI – Do you really want to do this
* The best approach to studying the PMBOK (PMBOK covers the "What" verses the "How")
* Great resources to help you PASS (Recommended Internet resources - web sites, Rita Mulcahy's book)
* The value of Starting a PMP study Group to help you PASS
* Lessons Learned from a recent test taker who PASSED

Please join us for a future conference call. We currently have several calls a month.

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

PMLessonsLearned.com - It's all about PMs helping PMs and is open to all.

Free PMP EXAM Study Group Confcall on "Estimating" - This Thursday

Join our FREE PMLessonsLearned PMP EXAM Study Group Confcall This Thursday!

Topic: "Estimating" presented by Shelley M.

Date and Time: This Thursday July 5, 2007 9:00 pm - 10:15 pm Eastern time.
Dial-in: (605) 990-0700 Access Code: 635 505#

We suggest:
http://timeanddate.com for timezone translation

PMLL Episode 0009 “Manging Expectations"

The MP3 Podcast of the PMLessonLearned.com conference call from 22Mar2007 is now available.

The conference call was on the theme of “Manging Expectations"

Download or Listen to the MP3 of PMLessonsLearned.com Episode 0009
(if your computer doesn't support that link, this link may work)

Here are the notes from the Conference Call:

Panelists:
Henry Will, PMP - Host, Inventor, PM
Dina Scott, PMP - Host of the Controlling Chaos Podcast (controllingchaos.com)
David Radkovich, PMP - Host of our PMP Exam Study Group

Theme: “Manging Expectations"

Other items covered were:

Also joining us on the call was another pmlessonslearned.com member, Jeff Furman, PMP Instructor, who has authored an article, "What You Need To Know About The PMP," which would be very helpful to anyone wondering about the PMP exam. Jeff and the publisher have made these articles available to our group and they are in the “files” section of the yahoo group.

PM Lessons Learned.com has a logo. It was a gift from a good friend and greatly talented person who I have worked with before. He is available to help your organization with Web Design, Usability Evaluations, Marketing & Branding and Graphic Design. If you're interested, please contact me for details.

Michael C. – He has voluntarily set up a Bulletin Board for discussions. The link is available at PMLessonsLearned.com and directly via: bbs.pmlessonslearned.com


Please join us for a future conference call. We currently have several calls a month.

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

PMLessonsLearned.com - It's all about PMs helping PMs and is open to all.

JOB SHOP conference call this Thursday June 28 at 9pm Eastern

We will be having our first PMLessonsLearned.com JOB SHOP conference call on Thursday, June 28, 2007 at 9PM Eastern time!

Please forward this to others and invite them to join the call (and join our yahoo group via our pmlessonslearned.com homepage for more details as they are available)

Conference Dial-in: (605) 990-0700 Access Code: 635 505#

Goals of the call:

1. To connect Project Managers looking for positions to those who have
positions to fill

2. To build new relationships around PM job openings

Main Ingredients:

A. All Job Seekers, employees from companies with job openings, and Recruiters are invited to attend (note: we are inviting recruiters from various locations to join the call, you may invite people with job openings as well)

B. Job openings and Job seekers should all be in the areas of Project Management and Program Management

C. Those knowing of Project Management related openings may describe the openings available

D. Those job seekers who would like, can give a brief overview of themselves ("elevator speech")

E. Those in transition and those looking for positions may listen in
anonymously (or participate as above)

F. The call will be recorded (to allow people to listen later if they
miss the call)

This first call will be coordinated and hosted by our PMLessonsLearned.com member Linda Wortman

This first call will feature one of our recruiters members of our group, Maggie DaRonco, as Moderator.

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

Join our yahoo group at:
http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/pmlessonslearned

Did you miss one of our calls? You can listen in to the last one via phone

Did you miss our last call?

You can always listen in the to the last conference call via the phone line.

(641) 985-5108 Access Code: 635 505#

Join our Yahoo group for reminders of the calls and other vital information for your PM Career.

And, if you want to mark your calendar, here is the current schedule for future calls:

• Special: June 28, 2007 at 9pm Eastern - PMLL Job Shop - a new feature - trying to match recruiters and applicants to PM job openings! Host: Linda Wortman
• Episode 16. July 5,2007 at 9pm Eastern - PMLL PMP Study Group confcall with Host David Radkovich, PMP - Topic: "Estimating" presented by Shelley Merrill
• Episode 17. July 19, 2007 at 9pm Eastern - PMLL Lessons learned confcall with Host Henry Will, PMP - Topic: T.B.D. (Risk Mangement or Selling yourself as a PM) presented by Frank Saladis, PMP (PMI Person of the Year 2006) who returns by popular demand! www.projectimaginers.com
  
• Episode 18. Aug. 2, 2007 at 9pm Eastern - PMLL PMP Study Group confcall with Host David Radkovich, PMP - Topic: "PM Framework" presented by T.B.D.
• Episode 19. Aug. 16, 2007 at 9pm Eastern - PMLL Lessons learned confcall with Host Henry Will, PMP - Topic: "How to do Lessons Learned and How to Leverage them on the Next Project" presented by Jennifer White, PMP and IBM Certified PM.
• Episode 20. Sept. 5, 2007 at 9pm Eastern - PMLL PMP Study Group confcall with Host David Radkovich, PMP - Topic: "Communications Management" presented by Rita Ramos
• Episode 21. Sept. 20, 2007 at 9pm Eastern - PMLL Lessons Learned confcall with Host Henry Will, PMP - Topic: "How to Succeed in the Face of Volatility: Lessons Learned from eXtreme Project Management" presented by Doug DeCarlo www.dougdecarlo.com

Free Confcall on "Managing Virtual Teams" this Thursday

FREE conference call THIS THURSDAY June 21st at 9PM Eastern time.
Subject: "Managing Virtual Teams" presented by Tom Mattus of Successful Strategies International,Inc. www.ssi-learn.com

And another monthly call: The PMLL JOB SHOP call - A call to share job openings
Thursday, June 28th 9PM Eastern!

Do you have any questions on this subject that you'd like to send in advance? Do you have any issues in your work as a PM that you'd like answered on the call? We're here to help. Use the "Contact Us" link on the left navigation of our pmlessonslearned.com website)


Conference Dial-in: (605) 990-0700 Access Code: 635 505#

Join our FREE yahoo group for reminders of the calls, PM tidbits and PM Career tidbits:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pmlessonslearned

PMLessonsLearned.com - It's all about Project Managers helping Project Managers!

Here's the current schedule in the works for future calls:

• Episode 15. June 21, 2007 at 9pm Eastern - PMLL Lessons learned confcall with Host Henry Will, PMP - Topic: "Managing Virtual Project Teams" presented by Tom Mattus of Successful Strategies International,Inc. www.ssi-learn.com
• Special: June 28, 2007 at 9pm Eastern - PMLL Job Shop - a new feature - trying to match recruiters and applicants to PM job openings!
• Episode 16. July 5,2007 at 9pm Eastern - PMLL PMP Study Group confcall with Host David Radkovich, PMP - Topic: "Estimating" presented by Shelley Merrill
• Episode 17. July 19, 2007 at 9pm Eastern - PMLL Lessons learned confcall with Host Henry Will, PMP - Topic: T.B.D. (Risk Mangement or Selling yourself as a PM) presented by Frank Saladis, PMP (PMI Person of the Year 2006) returns by popular demand!
• Episode 18. Aug. 2, 2007 at 9pm Eastern - PMLL PMP Study Group confcall with Host David Radkovich, PMP - Topic: "PM Framework" presented by T.B.D.
• Episode 19. Aug. 16, 2007 at 9pm Eastern - PMLL Lessons learned confcall with Host Henry Will, PMP - Topic: "How to do Lessons Learned and How to Leverage them on the Next Project" presented by Jennifer White, PMP and IBM Certified PM.
• Episode 20. Sept. 5, 2007 at 9pm Eastern - PMLL PMP Study Group confcall with Host David Radkovich, PMP - Topic: "Communications Management" presented by Rita Ramos
• Episode 21. Sept. 20, 2007 at 9pm Eastern - PMLL Lessons Learned confcall with Host Henry Will, PMP - Topic: T.B.D. (Tentative Doug Decarlo)

PMLL Episode 0008 "What We Love About Project Management" (in honor of Valentines day)

The MP3 Podcast of the PMLessonLearned.com conference call from 15Feb2007 is now available.
The conference call was on the subject of "What We Love About Project Management" (in honor of Valentines day)"

Download or Listen to the MP3 of PMLessonsLearned.com Episode 0008
(if your computer doesn't support that link, this link may work)

Here are the notes from the Conference Call:

Panelists:
Henry Will, PMP - Host, Inventor, PM
Mara Burns - PMO developer
Steve Blais, PMP - Founder of Parkson International and PM since 1969

Theme was “What We Love About Project Management" (in honor of Valentines day)

Other items covered were:

Cornelius Fichtner, PMP of thepmpodcast.com joined us to tell about the beginnings of his famous PM podcast.

We also had Shawn T. Futterer, PMP tell us about his http://projectmanagementlearningcenter.com ten step PM community website

Our panelists also discussed answers to a member who emailed a question which asked "How do I do planning when I manage a project that is always in a frenzied state?"

We announced our Bulletin Board available via the website. Thanks to member Michael C. for the work he did to set this up for us!

Allison Maltese (Professional Recruiter) provided a career minute answering questions about PM jobs. The questions discussed were:
- What about job requirements that ask for detailed technical specifications?
- What about book knowledge Vs Hands-on experience of Project Management

Please join us for a future conference call. We currently have several calls a month.
We're adding a new call on June 28th 2007 called our Job Shop call where we will share PM Job openings.

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

PMLessonsLearned.com - It's all about PMs helping PMs and is open to all.

ANNOUNCING: New PMLessonsLearned JOB SHOP conference call!

We're Excited!

Today we are announcing another new conference call to be offered by
PMLessonsLearned.com!

We will be having our first PMLessonsLearned.com JOB SHOP conference
call on Thursday, June 28, 2007 at 9PM Eastern time!

Please forward this to others and invite them to join the call (and
join our yahoo group via our pmlessonslearned.com homepage for details
as they are available)

Goals of the call:

1. To connect Project Managers looking for positions to those who have
positions to fill
2. To build new relationships around PM job openings

Main Ingredients:

A. All Job Seekers, employees from companies with job openings, and
Recruiters are invited to attend (note: we are inviting recruiters
from various locations to join the call, you may invite people with
job openings as well)

B. Job openings and Job seekers should all be in the areas of Project
Management and Program Management

C. Those knowing of Project Management related openings may describe
the openings available (there will be a "ground rule" time limit for
each person to talk)

D. Those job seekers who would like, can give a brief overview of
themselves ("elevator speech") (there will be a "ground rule" time
limit for each person to talk)

E. Those in transition and those looking for positions may listen in
anonymously (or participate as above)

F. Those who speak should provide phone number contact information so
that people can get in touch with each other after the call (rather
than having detailed discussions during the call)

G. This will be a monthly conference call - as part of the
pmlessonslearned.com group - free to all (long distance charges may apply)

H. The call will be recorded (to allow people to listen later if they
miss the call) but will not appear in our podcasts.

This first call will be coordinated and moderated by our
PMLessonsLearned.com member Linda Wortman and one of the recruiters of
our group: Maggie DaRonco.

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

Join our yahoo group at:
http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/pmlessonslearned

(To find the time in other time zones: timeanddate.com)

Next PMLessonsLearned call next Thursday 21Jun07 on "Managing Virtual Teams"

Wow!

We've got some exciting topics lined up for our calls!

Our next call is next Thursday June 21st on the subject of "Managing
Virtual Teams"

Do you have any questions on this subject that you'd like to send in
advance? Do you have any issues in your work as a PM that you'd like
answered on the call? We're here to help. Email us with your question
(use the "Contact Us" link on our pmlessonslearned.com website)

Here's the schedule for the next bunch of calls:

June 21, 2007 at 9pm Eastern - PMLL Lessons learned confcall with Host
Henry Will, PMP - 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 with Host
David Radkovich, PMP - Topic: "Estimating" presented by Shelley Merrill

July 19, 2007 at 9pm Eastern - PMLL Lessons learned confcall with Host
Henry Will, PMP - Topic: T.B.D. (Risk Mangement or Selling yourself as
a PM) presented by Frank Saladis, PMP (PMI Person of the Year 2006)
returns by popular demand!

Aug. 2, 2007 at 9pm Eastern - PMLL PMP Study Group confcall with Host
David Radkovich, PMP - Topic: "PM Framework" presented by T.B.D.

Aug. 16, 2007 at 9pm Eastern - PMLL Lessons learned confcall with Host
Henry Will, PMP - Topic: "How to do Lessons Learned and How to
Leverage them on the Next Project" presented by Jennifer White, PMP
and IBM Certified PM.

Sept. 5, 2007 at 9pm Eastern - PMLL PMP Study Group confcall with Host
David Radkovich, PMP - Topic: T.B.D. ("Communications Management"?)
presented by T.B.D.

Sept. 20, 2007 at 9pm Eastern - PMLL Lessons Learned confcall with
Host Henry Will, PMP - Topic: T.B.D.

Conference Dial-in: (605) 990-0700 Access Code: 635 505#
(if you miss a call, the recording is available until the next call,
see pmlessonslearned.com left navigation for details)

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. See the link on our home page

http://www.pmlessonslearned.com - It's all about Project Managers
helping Project Managers!

PMLL Episode 0007 Tips from a PM who's also an ex-executive: How to talk with executives about the value of PM practices

The MP3 Podcast of the PMLessonLearned.com conference call from 16Nov2006 is now available.
The conference call was on the subject of "Tips from a PM who's also an ex-executive: How to talk with executives about the value of PM practices"

Download or Listen to the MP3 of PMLessonsLearned.com Episode 0007

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


Here are the notes from the Conference Call:

Panelists:

* Henry Will, PMP - Host, Inventor, PM
* Mara Burns - PMO developer
* Steve Blais, PMP - Founder of Parkson International and PM since 1969

Guest Panelist: Diana Lindstrom, PMP (shipwreckedproject.com)

Lessons Learned Topic - "Tips from a PM who's also an ex-executive: How to talk with executives about the value of PM practices"

File: Our Yahoo Group has a file (provided by Linda) in the file section that contains information related to the topic.

Career segment : Henry presented the career segment From Rod Colon's etpnetwork.com yahoo group: Rod referenced an article in CNNMoney.com (see Rod's email of November 10, 2006:4:05 PM EST).
It's important to be well-liked. At least that's the finding of a recent survey by NFI Research, which found that managers at small businesses are more likely to make hiring and promotion decisions based on personality than on such insignificant factors as, oh, skill level.
When hiring and/or promoting in your business, which of the following do you rely on?
Personality/Likeability: 64.8%
Skills: 58.6%
Track Record: 53.9%
Knowledge of your organization: 18.8%
Diversity: 14.1%
Remember: Effective Networking leads to a strong "Personality/Likeability" quotient

The new PMLessonsLearned.com logo was donated by a member, Chris, who's business is available for your corporate branding, website, and business graphic needs. Just contact us and we'll connect you to him.

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

Diana Lindstrom, PMP, CTACC
Los Lobos Consulting, LLC http://www.ShipwreckedProject.com Preventing shipwrecked projects!
blog at http://www.shipwreckedproject.blogspot.com THE blog for project management!
Certified Project Manager since 1999 - Actual Project Manager since 1975
Electrical engineer since 1985
Paralegal, Executive Coach, US Navy veteran (1975 - 1979), Wife, Author, Teacher, Animal lover
PM'd in nuclear power industry, electrical generation and transmission industry, facility design and construction, facility management, electrical safety programs, scientific R&D, procurement profession, start-ups
Coaching executives, project managers, and corporate attorneys
Moderating SdB+PM Forum, since almost the first day, with Serge de Bock, founder of the forum (http://www.sdbpluspm.com/index.php)

PMLessonsLearned PMP EXAM Study Group Confcall - Risk Management

Date: Thursday June 7, 2007
Time: 9:00 pm - 10:15 pm Eastern Time
Location: (605) 990-0700 Access Code: 635 505#

Topic: Risk Management
Conference Dial-in Number: (605) 990-0700 Access Code: 635 505#

Join our Yahoo group for access to presentation files (if they are supplied)

Details at:
http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/pmlessonslearned/messages

http://timeanddate.com for timezone translation

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

PMLessonsLearned.com - Real Answers for Real Issues in Real Time!

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

Tonight's call needs to be rescheduled

We had a technical issue with the conference call line tonight.

We are sorry for any inconvenience.

• We are looking around for another conference call vendor (that has the ability to record and download the recording) - contact us if you want to suggest any
• We are looking into a sponsor
• We are also working to reschedule the call

Please join the Yahoo group for further information.

In the meantime, you can listen to recordings of our past calls.

Upcoming PMLessonsLearned.com conference call on Thursday Jan 18th, 2007 9PM Eastern

Our Next Conference PMLessonsLearned.com call will be on Thursday Jan 18th, 2007 at 9PM Eastern

I hope that you will all call in.

Conference Call Telephone Number: (712) 432-6060 Conference Access Code: 424424#

To convert to your timezone use: http://www.timeanddate.com/

I also encourage you to ask questions or share something about Project Management that you've learned in the past year when we get to the Q&A segment!

We hope to share some very vital information for those Studying for the PMP as well as those looking to obtain recertification PDUs and for those just looiing for pointers on how to apply project management.


Barbara Fuller will be sharing a Lesson Learned on "The Other PM: The real-life story of integrating Process Management with Project Management to increase the amount and quality of work done by an IT division."

Perhaps you read her recent article on the same topic on the onProjectsatWork.com website

Or maybe you heard her speak at the NYC ABPMP at PACE on the topic"Getting from Strategy to Action via the Solution Triangle: Business Process Management, Project Management, Balanced Scorecard"

BIO:Barbara Fuller is the President and Founder of Process and ProjectSolutions, Inc [PPS], a management-consulting firm that specializes in the disciplines of Process and Project Management. Ms. Fuller brings over twenty years of experience in the field of Information Technology and Project Management. Her experience includes managing over 100 projects for a mission critical billing system with$2 billion in revenue. Barbara also integrated Business Process Management with Project Management to create a PMO that reduced software delivery cycle time by 25% and increased organizational effectiveness by 100%. With a graduate degree in Systems Approach to Management, Project Management Certification [PMP], and Process Management Certification, Barbara facilitates a lively discussion on the Balanced Scorecard and how its use can break down the barriers and obstacles to success in a process-centric organization.

Barbara’s reach info: www.processandprojectsolutions.com

New for 2007: A more improved PM Lessons Learned.com

PM Lessons Learned is about you!

Yes, it's about everyone who is a part of our free group. If you're not involved, please join our free yahoo group now (see the link on the navigation on the website)

We encourage anyone to join and we specifically are interested in having members who are Project Managers and those who are interested in Project management. That includes people other than project managers: writers, recruiters and others that are already part of our group.

• We're already planning more of our interactive conference calls for 2007
• We're continuing our emphasis on:
  
• Lessons Learned about PM work
• Studying for the PMP (including PMP study groups)
  
• Down-to-earth ways to apply PM skills and techniques
• Real-life stories from real-life people
  
• Real-world PM career information
• Networking between our members - building one-to-one relationships
  
• We're going to continue to offer past conference call recordings via phone
  
• We're already working on putting the 2006 conference calls out as podcasts
• We are forming relationships with recruiters

Here are some of the ideas we've thought about for next year:

• Face-to-face meetings and informal get-togethers
• Special speakers
• A special forum for sharing our PM Lessons Learned
  

We'd love to have your ideas! Please drop us a note.

We sure would like you to be a part of our group. Please join our yahoo group now! You'll receive an email or two a week with valuable information.

The "small print" : If you're not 100% satisfied, you can leave the group at any time, but we sure will miss you!

PM Lessons Learned passes the 100 member mark!

Well, here's something to celebrate!

PM Lessons Learned now has more than 100 members in our Yahoo Group!

We will be having our next conference call in January.

We hope that many will join us!

People are joining our group that is based on these simple, yet
powerful, goals:

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

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

Pass the word!

You can join too! Just follow the link on our website

Introducing our PM Lessons Learned Logo

With a hearty thank you to my friend and colleague who volunteered his time to the group, PM Lessons Learned is now announcing our new logo to the group.



The logo is also viewable at the PM Lessons Learned Yahoo group pages at

http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/pmlessonslearned

Please join the yahoo group to take part in the important sharing of information between all of us in the group. Membership is free to this group.

You will be seeing more of this logo as time goes on.

This logo will be used on the website, in the yahoo group, on the podcasts and in other places as appropriate.

The logo represents the key aspect of the PM Lessons Learned group: Sharing Lessons Learned. The words "PM Lessons Learned.com" in the logo represent many aspects of the group:
1. We are PMs
2. We share Lessons Learned and other relevant PM information
3. We have a website (thus the ".com")

The speech bubble represents PMs sharing with each other. The speech bubble is a simple method to represent important aspects of our group.

This group is:
1. Connectional - we connect people to people
2. Sharing - We share via stories; speaking and text
3. Learning - we are about helping each other to learn

Our logo artist is a professional corporate design consultant. He is available to help your organization with Web Design, Usability Evaluations, Marketing & Branding and Graphic Design. I have worked with him on several large projects in the past and have seen his excellent work first hand. This logo is not even touching on the breadth of work that he is capable of doing for your organization. If you are interested in contacting our artist, please contact me via our "contact us" link on the website at pmlessonslearned.com and we will connect you with him.

Schedule of upcoming Conference calls

Here is the new Schedule for upcoming pmlessonslearned.com conference calls.

If you want to receive reminder emails for the calls, please join our yahoo groups list.

As a result of your feedback, we will be changing the "personality" of the October call to be more interactive. After all, that's why we are doing this on a conference call line. We will be discussing topics that have come up in recent PM discussions. Let's all share our opinions on these vital subjects.

Thursday Oct. 19, 2006 at 9PM - "Three Day/Five Day Rule: conflict management and keeping your project on schedule" - Author Jim Blaylock, PMP

Thursday Nov. 16, 2007 at 9PM - "Tips from a PM who's also an ex-executive: How to talk with executives about the value of PM practices" - Diana Lindstrom, PMP

Keep in mind that while the topic for the call is our main topic, the Q&A segment can be about any PM related subject you want to discuss.

And don't forget that the past calls are available by phone (see information on the post on 9/02/2006 02:21:00 PM) and we're also working to get all of the calls availble as MP3 / Podcasts (which you can listen to with your computer or any MP3 player)

Episode #001 Teamwork, Respect and Fairness - 18May2006 pmlessonslearned.com Conference call on Teams now Available as MP3 (podcast)

Drum roll please...

The MP3 (aka podcast or netcast) is now available for the first PM Lessons Learned (pmlessonslearned.com) conference call !

Listen to the MP3 of the PMLessonsLearned.com conference call #0001 From 18May2006

Here are the notes from that conference call:

• Topics:
• Teamwork
  
• Respect/Fairness (if boss treats you with respect and fairness, you are more apt to help out.)
  
• Remote teams and diversity in teams
  

• Resources:
• Upcoming NJ Chapter Meetings
• June 20 NJ PMI Meeting Saddle Brook Radisson
• Jul 15, 2006 Baseball Outing - Commerce Bank Ballpark in Bridgewater
• Details at pminj.org
• Upcoming NY Chapter meetings
• PMINYC Breakfast Roundtable "Coaching your teams: How to change the language of your projects" May 24^th 8 AM
• PMINYC Career Development Network "Advanced Interviewing Techniques" June 12 5:30PM
• Details at Pminyc.org
• Resources at pmlessonslearned Yahoo group:
• Links on yahoogroups site: PM Podcast and PM Hub yahoo group
• Archived emails about other resources
• Calendar of events
• Join the pmlessonslearned Yahoo group for reminders of the conference calls and updates
  

• PM Career segment
• ETP Network founder Rod Colón exposes the recruiting cycle and professional networking for ETP Network members by sharing his 24 years of experience in Corporate (HR)/Agency Recruitment, Professional Networking, Business Development and Career Coaching through a unique, "Common Sense" approach to networking and career management. His in depth knowledge of international staffing, recruiting and networking gives Rod a unique ability to coach and consult today’s professionals and executives around the world. Rod’s reach info: rod (at@) etpnetwork.com http://www.etpnetwork.com

• Our Panel includes the following prestigious project managers:
  

• Henry Will
  
• Moderator and founder of pmlessonslearned.com: Henry C Will IV, PMP
  Henry Will, is a PMI certified Project Manager Professional (PMP) specializing in PMO and Agile project methodologies managing Web enabled Software Application development projects in accounting and underwriting processes of Mortgages, Insurance and Pension funds. He is a public speaker and a volunteer with several organizations in leadership roles, teaching and mentoring. Mr. Will is also involved in professional networking.
  http://henrywill4.com

• Dave Case
  
• Dave Case is a certified project manager – a PMP - with over 20 years in the project management area. He has consulted with AT&T, BASF, and Medco Health Solutions. He has also worked for Space Gateway Support which runs Kennedy Space Center. He is a member of both the NJ and FL Space Coast PMI chapters. He is currently the NJ chapter’s newsletter editor as well as a past president of the FL Space Coast chapter.
• He provides comments on Lessons Learned as it pertains to both Teamwork and Respect/Fairness.

• Barbara Fuller
  
• Barbara Fuller is the President of Process and Project Solutions, Inc. She has over 20 years of experience in IT and Project Management leading large teams and multi-million dollar initiatives. Her credentials include the designation as a PMP and a Process Management Certification from Rutgers. Her firm provides Management Consulting with expertise in the disciplines of Project & Process Management, Leadership, Team Building, and Mentoring/Coaching. Barbara’s reach info: http://www.processandprojectsolutions.com

• Mara Burns
  
• Mara D. Burns is a Sr. IT Project Manager and PMO developer with an extensive technical background developing complex global applications for the financial industry. She has authored several articles on project management and has developed interactive training courses used by major banks. She can be reached at maradburns (at) yahoo.com

Schedule for upcoming conference calls

Here is the new Schedule for upcoming pmlessonslearned.com conference calls.

If you want to receive reminder emails for the calls, please join our yahoo groups list.

Keep in mind that while the topic for the call is our main topic, the Q&A segment can be about any PM related subject you want to discuss.

Thursday Sept. 21, 2006 at 9PM - "Stakeholder Management: Ignore at YourProject's Peril!" - Debbie Neuscheler-Fritsch

Thursday Oct. 19, 2006 at 9PM - "Three Day/Five Day Rule: conflict management and keeping your project on schedule" - Author Jim Blaylock

Thursday Nov. 16, 2007 at 9PM - Topic and guest panelist TBD (are you interested in sharing your lesson learned? use the Contact US link on the left!)

PMP Study Groups forming

The pmlessonslearned.com PM team is coordinating some PMP study groups and is looking for more folks interested in joining PMP study groups in their area. There are currently folks looking for people to start new groups to meet in their locales. If you are interested, please contact us using the "Contact Us" link on the PMlessonslearned.com homepage.

Past PMlessonslearned.com Conference call recordings are available by phone

We just received great news! Qualityconferencecall.com is now
allowing folks to call into a phone number and playback the conference
call recordings!

To listen to the past pmlessonslearned.com conference calls, follow
these simple directions:
1) Call 1 (712) 432-6099
2) Enter (424 424 #)
3) Enter one of the following numbers according to the call you want
to hear:

568 86 # for the Aug. 17, 2006 Conference Call
376 24 # for the July 13, 2006 Conference call (note: there is some
wait time in the beginning of this call waiting for the call to begin)

(note: 0# will play the audio from the last conference call.)

During the playback, the following menu keys are functional:
1 = Back 3 seconds
2 = Play from start
3 = Forward 3 seconds
4 = back 15 seconds
5 = Pause / resume playback
6 = Forward 15 seconds
7 = Back 2 minutes
8 = Play last minute of recording
9 = Forward 2 minutes
* = volume up
0 (zero) = Play a list of keypad assignments (i.e. this menu)
# = Volume down

If you use this, please use the "contact us" link on our
pmlessonslearned.com page to let us know what you think of it!