PMLL Episode 0019 How to DO Lessons Learned on your project

The MP3 Podcast of the PMLessonLearned.com "Lessons Learned" conference call from 16Aug2007 is now available.

The topic was "How to DO Lessons Learned on Your Projects" - Presented by Host Henry Will, PMP and Barbara Fuller, PMP (of processandprojectsolutions.com) (note: our originally scheduled presenter was not available)

Download or Listen to the MP3 of PMLessonsLearned.com Episode 0019
(if your computer doesn't support that link, then this link or this link may work)

Notes from the Conference Call:

Agenda:

*Introduction to call and panelists
*Warm up Question ("when have you found that you're "re-inventing the wheel" on a project and wished that you had been able to leverage information from a past project")
* Career moment - Angela Varachi - Tek Systems - 973-434-6091 (Angela reported on a Survey by the Society of Information Management that expressed that the top 2 concerns of 139 CIOs surveyed were 1) IT and Business Alignment and 2) Attracting, Retaining, and Developing Talent
* A few announcements (see below)
* Lessons Learned topic - How to DO Lessons Learned on Your Projects (see outline below)
* Q&A
* Open session after stopping recording (for networking, discussion, etc. - The question was asked and discussed about how serious PMI is when evaluating your past experience in project management for the PMP Certification? )


Outline of the topic "How to DO Lessons Learned on Your Projects"

1. The Goals of Lessons Learned

2. The benefits of Lessons Learned and the drawbacks of not doing them

3. The 3 steps of Lessons Learned

3.1. The Collection of Lessons Learned and what to collect (Templates, Processes, Resources: environment, resources, tools, infrastructure )
3.2. Storing Lessons Learned - Analyzing and Categorizing Lessons Learned - in small and large organizations ( i.e. the job of the PMO and how to do it yourself if the organization doesn't support it)
3.3. Applying Lessons Learned - on a future project

4. Tools (homegrown Vs. COTS) and adding Lessons Learned to the project manager's toolbelt (suggestions on how to grow your own "toolbelt" of lessons Learned)

5. Review of the benefits of Lessons Learned

Other items mentioned on the call:

• Webinar: Using Project History Data to Better Manage IT. August 30, 2007, 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm EST - This webinar looks at the benefits of using project history data to better manage IT. Specific benefits include improved project estimation & management, benchmarking, process improvement and improved infrastructure planning. Space is limited. Reserve your Webinar seat now at: https://www.gotomeeting.com/register/885811995 To See the entire webinar schedule, Please visit the IT Metrics and Productivity Institute Main Webinar Page at: http://www.itmpi.org/webinars - The IT Metrics and Productivity Institute is an organization founded by CAI to improve the practice and management of software development and maintenance.
• Prize: PMP Exam Prepcast to be given away on next FREE PMP Exam Study Group confcall and podcast: Cornelius Fichtner, producer of the PMP Exam Prepcast, has donated two free subscriptions for the PM Prepcast, (see pmprepcast.com for details) to be given away on the next FREE PMLessonsLearned.com PMP Exam Study Group confcall (and the podcast of the recording) on Sept. 6, 2007. Two prizes will be given away: one on the live call and one on the podcast. Each prize has a value of $39.99! You can win this prize in one (or both) of two ways: 1) You must either be on the call promptly at 9PM Eastern for a roll-call (and remain on the call until the prize is given away at the end of the live call), OR, 2) You must listen to the podcast of the call after it's published on the website. Details will be announced on the conference call on Sept. 6. Join in the fun and try to win this fabulous prize to help you in your study for the PMP Exam!
• Controlling Chaos Podcast Episode 032 - Agile Estimating http://www.controllingchaos.com/?p=88
• We're looking for a volunteer (we're all volunteers at PMLessonsLearned.com) to compile and manage a set of PM Templates (public domain of course). If you're interested, please contact us via the link on our homepage.
  

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.

Free confcall this Thur on how to do Lessons Learned

What: Free Conference Call

Date/time: Thursday 8/16/07 9pm eastern time

TOPIC: "How to do Lessons Learned and How to Leverage them on the Next Project" presented by Jennifer White, PMP and IBM Certified PM.

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

Please email us your questions (if you have any related to the topic or any general PM related questions) in advance of our Free PM Lessons Learned conference call this Thursday at 9PM eastern.

Long distance charges may apply.

PMLessonsLearned.com - we're all about PMs helping PMs

PMLL Episode 0018 PMP Exam Study Group Topic: PM Framework

The MP3 Podcast of the PMLessonLearned.com PMP Exam Study Group conference call from 02Aug2007 is now available.

The study topic was "The PM Framework" - Presented by Host David Radkovich, PMP

Download or Listen to the MP3 of PMLessonsLearned.com Episode 0018
(if your computer doesn't support that link, then this link or this link may work)

Notes from the Conference Call:

* David 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

http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/pmlessonslearned/files/Materials%\20for%20Conference%20Calls

Outline of the call:

• What is a Project
• What is Project Management
• Project Management Context
• The PMBOK
• Project Management Life Cycle
• Stakeholders
• Organizations

Cornelius Fichtner, PMP of thePMpodcast.com joined the call and also Pete Nathan, PMP, Author, PMP Certification For Dummies.

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.

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Free teleconf 8/09/07 "How to Project Manage Your Career”

Join the FREE PMLessonsLearned.com Interactive JobShop teleconference this Thursday!

Topic: “How to Project Manage Your Career”

8/09/2007 Thursday 9:00 pm - 10:15 pm ET.

Dial-in: (605) 990-0700 Access Code: 635 505# (Note: Long distance charges may apply per your service arrangement.)

Our moderator is Steve Delaney (www.htpartners.com) and (http://www.linkedin.com/in/psdelaney); After 17 years of project management consulting, as a PMP since 2000, I turned to the “dark side” in 2005 when I became another one of those darn IT recruiters - specializing in certified IT professionals across all industries, and all geographical regions of the US. Nearly all of my placements are on-site contract, contract-to-hire, or direct permanent employment. I work out of my office in Chicago but have clients in the NJ/NY area including Sony, Pepsico and several Pharmaceutical companies. My circle of influence includes a large private network of recruiters as well as several professional associations and social networks.

My wife Pam and I are empty nester’s with two grown boys and two girls. (Our favorite conversation goes like “We aren’t doing anything this weekend are we? - Good”) Most recent academic pursuits include a return to Moody Bible Institute in preparation for a Master of Arts in Biblical Studies (MABS)

For more details, join the yahoo group via our homepage at PMLessonsLearned.com

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

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

How to be a part of PM Lessons Learned + how to listen in to confcalls and recordings

The other day someone asked if they could invite others to our group.

A resounding YES is the answer.

How do you become a member, you ask?
Or you ask: How do you listen in to recordings?

Well, it's easy, here are answers to these and many other questions:

To become a member:
Simply join our yahoo group, then you're a member! It's that easy!

You can go to our homepage (www.pmlessonslearned.com) and scroll down to the invitation to join (on the left): just put in your email address and click the button to join now
OR
There's a link on our Yahoo Group page (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pmlessonslearned) to join (on the right near the top, it's blue and says "join now")

Either way, you'll get an email that you'll need to respond to in order to confirm your desire to join.

To Invite someone else:
Use the same directions as above (to become a member), but put in your friends email address. They will receive an email that they will need to respond to in order to confirm their desire to join)

How do I become a member of the Linkedin.com PMLL group?
Once you're subscribed to the Yahoo group, you'll receive emails now and then about this when we update the invitation list.

What does the group offer?

• We're a group of PMs helping PMs
  
• We're all about connecting PMs to PMs
• Free conference calls - see below
• Free phone recordings, MP3s, and podcasts of our confcalls - see below
• For those in our Free yahoo group we also offer:
• Reminders of our Conference calls
• PM Tidbits emails: Short pointers for your everyday PM work
• PM Career Tidbits: Short pointers for your PM career
• PMP Tidbits: Short pointers for PMPs
• Access to our files of presentations from past calls
• Access to our links to other great PM websites
• Invitation to join our PMLL Linkedin.com group - so you can contact other PMLL members directly!
  

What conference calls does the group have?
We currently have 4 calls a month and they are all FREE (:

• First Thursday 9PM Eastern: PMLL PMP Exam Study Group
• Second Thursday 9PM Eastern: PMLL JOB SHOP call - connecting people with PM Job openings to those looking for openings
  
• Third Thursday 9PM Eastern: PMLL Lessons Learned call - PMs sharing PM topics of lessons learned in Project Management
  
• Fourth Thursday 9PM Eastern: PMLL JOB SHOP call - connecting people with PM Job openings to those looking for openings

The topics and schedules of our future calls appear here: http://pmlessonslearned.blogspot.com/2007/07/topics-of-upcoming-confcalls-and-how-to.html

For an archive of past confcalls see the information below.

To Listen in to the calls or the recordings:
There are lots of easy ways:

• Listen in to the call live (you don't have to talk, but we like if you do chime in): Conference Dial-in: (605) 990-0700 Access Code: 635 505# (Free call, but long distance charges may apply)
  
• Listen to the recording of our last call (641) 715-3508 Access Code: 635 505# (see schedule above) (Free call, but long distance charges may apply)
• Subscribe to our podcast recordings of our calls in itunes (itunes is free and you can listen on your computer even if you don't have an ipod) (http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=200321225)
• Listen on your computer or download to a MP3 player by looking at our archive of past calls at: http://pmlessonslearned.blogspot.com/2007/07/archive-of-our-published-podcasts.html
  

All of this for Free you ask? Why?

Because PM Lessons Learned is all about PMs helping PMs!

Presentation available for tonight (Aug. 2) PM Framework Confcall

The presentation material is now available for today's (Aug. 2nd 2007 ) call on the pmlessonslearned yahoo group. If you have not yet joined the yahoo group, we recommend you do 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" <http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/pmlessonslearned/files/Materials%\
20for%20Conference%20Calls/> " . We look forward to hearing you on
the call.

AGENDA

PM Lessons Learned
Free PMP Study Group Conference Call Project Management Framework
The goal of this call is to empower Project Managers, and people
studying for the PMP test.

Thursday, Aug. 2nd 2007

9:00 P.M. – 10:15 P.M. (EST)

Conference Call Telephone Number: (605)990-0700 Access Code: 635505#

Topic: Project Management Framework & 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 a Project

¨ What is Project Management

¨ Project Management Context

¨ The PMBOK

¨ Project Management Life Cycle

¨ Stakeholders

¨ Organizations

Additional topics will be presented on the 1st Thursday on each month.
We would like your input for future topics.

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

JOBSHOP CALL LANDS JOB FOR LISTENER!

It's time to celebrate!

The JOB SHOP Call has already reached it's first GOAL!

One of the listeners on our very first JOB SHOP conference call (just 4 weeks ago on June 28,2007) is already working at a job he landed as a result of that first JOB SHOP call!

He phoned me about 30 minutes ago to tell me how excited he is that he started this week at his new JOB!

He said he's been looking for a job for a while and says he has no idea how long he'd still be looking if it were not for our JOB SHOP call. We hope to have him share his story on the Aug. 9, 2007 JOB SHOP call!

PM Lessons Learned: it works!

Thank you to our PMLessonsLearned.com member Linda Wortman for hosting these calls and to the recruiters who have been involved as moderators.

While we're celebrating, a big round of applause also goes out to David Radkovich,PMP (host of our PMP Exam Study Group calls) and his group: their local PMP Exam study group has had two people sit for the PMP Exam and both have passed! You can take advantage of the same knowledge by listening in on the FREE PMP Study Group calls. See the website (PMLessonsLearned.com) and join the Yahoo group for announcements of the calls.

PMLessonsLearned.com - It's all about PMs helping PMs!

Join the Yahoo group to get announcements of our calls!

Free JOBSHOP confcall tonight:Recruiter’s view of today's PM Job Market+Job openings

Free teleconf tonight 7/26 "An experienced recruiter's bird's eye view of today's project management job market" Join the FREE PMLessonsLearned.com Interactive JobShop teleconference Today! Topic: "A bird's eye view of today's project management job market" 7/26/2007 Thursday 9:00 pm - 10:15 pm ET. Dial-in: (605) 990-0700 Access Code: 635 505# (Note: Long distance charges may apply per your service arrangement.) Our moderator is Allison Maltese (http://www.teksystems.com, and http://www.linkedin.com/pub/2/76a/655); Allison Maltese is the Delivery Manager for TEKsystems, the largest IT Staffing Company in the United States. She has spent 10 years with TEKsystems as a Professional Recruiter placing over 500 consultants in the tri-state area. Her primary focus is putting together a great resume to marketing yourself effectively. Allison has placed a number of project managers, and has a motivating approach to what's happening in our current job market. She motivates by clearing up misconceptions, and shedding light on what is actually happening. This will allow each of us to plan our searches more effectively. For more details, join the yahoo group via our homepage at PMLessonsLearned.com See the agenda below. PMLessonsLearned.com is FREE and open to everyone interested in the PM Profession. PMLessonsLearned.com - it's about Project Managers helping Project Managers. PMLessonsLearned JOB SHOP 7/26/07 AGENDA * Intro of host and moderator - Henry Will, PMP * Purpose of the call – Linda Wortman * Rules of the Road – Linda o Introduction of everyone on the call, first name and company, please add your last name if you wish to. Also please give less than 2 minutes elevator speech if you wish * Introduction of the moderator – Linda * Moderator – Allison o Her bird's eye view of today's project management job market * Brief description of TEKsystems jobs o Type of Project o Location o Job Title o Overview of job – job specs, full time or contracts o Company and/or industry o If contract – length, right to hire etc o Length of position if it is a contract position o Salary/rate – range, compensation package o Amount of travel o Contact phone for the recruiter * Any recruiters who have joined us on this call who have PM openings please briefly describe them and mention how those interested should contact them. Any one else on the call who has a knowledge of positions in their company please let us know. * Q & A

Archive of our published podcasts

Archives have been moved to this link:
http://pmll-archive.blogspot.com/2008/05/archive-of-past-calls.html

PMLL Episode 0017 Selling Yourself as a PM

The MP3 Podcast of the PMLessonLearned.com PMP "Lessons Learned" conference call from 19Jul2007 is now available.

The Lessons Learned topic was “Selling Yourself as a PM" - Presented by Frank Saladis, PMP (2006 PMI Person of the Year and originator of the International PM Day).


Download or Listen to the MP3 of PMLessonsLearned.com Episode 0017 (if your computer doesn't support that link, then this link or this link may work)


Notes from the Conference Call:

Panelists:

• Henry Will, PMP - Host, Inventor, PM (henrywill4.com)
• Barbara Fuller, PMP - president of ProcessandProjectsolutions ( processandprojectsolutions.com)
• Mara Burns - VP PMO of a Major Bank in NYC
• Frank Saladis, PMP Guest Panelist, presenter of our topic
• 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, website is pmi.org) 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 ProjectManagement from George Washington University.

Announcement:

• Michael Okrent, PMP, spoke about the Southern New England PMI Chapter's 2008 Seminar at Sea from NYC to Canada Aug. 14, 2008. Frank Saladis is a presenter (doing 5 hour seminar on Teamwork) Registration at http://snec-pmi.org

Career Segment:

• Allison Maltese (TekSystems contact Phone 888-395-9245 or 973-434-6104) shared information on "How to Sell Yourself on an Interview". Allison is available to help PM Lessons Learned members with their career questions.
  

Main Topic: Selling Yourself as a PM

Information shared during the call:

• Frank 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. Frank also included "Selling Project Management" as part of the presentation slides.
• Book: "How to Sell Yourself" by Joe Girard
• Website: ALL PM (Frank is a publisher on this site: allpm.com)
• Website: SDB + PM forum - sdbpluspm.com
• Book: "The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership" by John C. Maxwell
• Great Google search: "Connective Leadership"

Networking discussion (after the recording was stopped):

• It was shared that while PM's can strive to be likable, sometimes tough directives need to be made (example: "We've got to work overtime this weekend")


• Also, while PMs can be friendly with their team, the "friend" is in the business sense.

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.

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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