Friday, May 01, 2009

May Conference calls + Special All Membership Conference call!

We have some great conference calls planned in May for you all!

And a special call is planned near the end of the month for all members (anyone interested in Project Management can become a member, just join our yahoo group using the link on the left of our website).

Here is the lineup for March (color coding added to help distinguish calls):

  • May 7, 2009 at 9pm Eastern - PMP Exam Study group - "Brain Dump Method" Presenter: Dana Safford, PMP
  • May 14, 2009 at 9pm Eastern - PM Job Shop with Host Scott Percival - Topic: TBD Presenter: John Hadley
  • May 21, 2009 at 9pm Eastern - PMLL Lessons Learned confcall with Host Henry Will, PMP - Topic: T.B.D. Presenter: Author Frank Saladis, PMP - Founder of the international PM Day!(Originator of the International PM Day)
  • May 28, 2009 at 9pm Eastern - SPECIAL PMLL MEMBERSHIP CALL - OPEN TO ALL - please send your topic suggestions and questions in advance to "questions" at our domain (add @pmlessonslearned.com to the word questions)
The "Membership Call" is a one-time call (we may repeat it every few months if it's popular) to inform our membership of recent developments in our group, mention volunteer opportunities, and to allow folks to voice their opinions and suggestions!

The schedule of upcoming calls is updated as we have new information. You can find it by following the link on the left of our website for "SCHEDULE of Future Conference Calls"

And, I sign off with our new slogan...
PMlessonsLearned.com: Project Managers helping Project Managers to make a difference!

Thursday, April 30, 2009

PMLL Episode 0063 PMBOK Communications Managment (PMP Exam Study Subgroup)

Notes and Podcast from the PMlessonsLearned.com Conference Call:
Topic: PMP Exam Study Group
Presentation Title: PMBOK Communications Management
PM Lessons Learned Leader: Henry Will, PMP
PMP Exam Study Subgroup Host: David Radkovich, PMP, EVM
Presenter: Dana Safford, PMP, MCSE

Date: 02Apr2009
Podcast number: 0063
MP3 / Podcast: MP3 or Listen on Internet Archive or Listen on OurMedia or subscribe to our podcast on itunes

If you're studying for the PMP Exam, you may want to listen to the MP3s of past PMP Exam Study Group conference calls. They're located in our Archive (see the link on our website).

Notes from the call:
PMlessonsLearned.com PMPExam Prep sub-group host David Radkovich PMP, EVP leads this monthly call with Presenter Dana Safford; Complex Problem Manager, PMP, MCSE; Global Solutions Engineering; Hewlett Packard Company on Time Management


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

Note: Presentation material for this call and past topics are available in the files section of the PMLL yahoo group. The links to join the yahoo group and the link to the files section (you must first login to the yahoo group) are located on the left side of our website. Directions to do all this are located on the pmlessonslearned.com website by following the link on the left to "Files and Presentations."

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Please join us for a future conference call (they're all free and open to all). We currently have several calls a month. See our calendar of future calls via the link on our website.

If you're looking for a PM job, we invite you to join our FREE PM JOB SHOP conference calls.
Join the Yahoo Group here: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pmjobshop

We highly recommend that you join the free PM Lessons Learned Yahoo group in order to get announcements of our calls and other information to further your PM career.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pmLessonsLearned

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

PMLessonsLearned.com - Project Managers helping Project Managers. Open to all.

Monday, April 20, 2009

PMLL Episode 0062 An Introduction to Agile Estimating and Planning (PMBestPractices)

Notes and Podcast info from the PMlessonLearned.com Conference Call:

Topic: An Introduction to Agile Estimating and Planning (PMBestPractices)
PMlessonsLearned.com founder and PM Best Practices host: Henry Will, PMP
Presenter: Kevin Aguanno, PMP, MAPM

Date of Conference Call: 19Mar2009
Podcast Number: 0062

MP3 / Podcast: MP3 or Listen on Internet Archive or Listen on OurMedia or subscribe to our podcast on itunes.

If you're studying for the PMP Exam, you may want to listen to the MP3s of past PMP Exam Study Group conference calls. They're located in our Archive (see the link on our website).

PRESENTATION:
The presentation is located on the website. Follow the "Presentations and Files" link on the left hand side of the pmlessonslearned.com website

NOTES FROM THE CALL:
In this session, we cover:
* Why we plan in the first place and what makes a good plan
* Why traditional planning fails
* The basics of agile planning including building Release Plans, Iteration Plans and Day Plans
* Estimating with Story Points
* Estimating with Ideal Days
* A 3-step feature prioritization process
* Measuring and forecasting velocity
* An overview of Critical Chain estimating and scheduling
* Why agile planning works

more at: http://www.agilepm.com/presentation-agile_estimating_and_planning.html

PRESENTERS BIO:
With over 17 years of managing complex systems integration and software development projects, Kevin Aguanno is known in the industry for his innovative approaches to solving common project management problems. He focuses on two project management specialty areas: agile project management and troubled project recovery.

Some of Kevin's other notable attributes:
* Keynote speaker, trainer, and coach in agile management methods
* Taught several years at the University of Toronto where he won an Excellence in Teaching Award
* Regular guest lecturer in software engineering and project management classes at several other universities
* Master’s in Project Management from George Washington University
* PMI-certified Project Management Professional (PMP),
* IBM Certified Executive Project Manager
* International Project Management Association (IPMA) Senior Project Manager
* Member of the Project Management Institute (U.S.A.) and the Information Systems SIG,
* American Society for the Advancement of Project Management (U.S.A.), the Association for Project Management (U.K.), and the Project Management Association of Canada where he is a founding director.
* Kevin Aguanno is the author of over one dozen books and audiobooks.

More at: http://www.agilepm.com/bio.html

PRESENTERS CONTACT INFO:
http://agilepm.com

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Please join us for a future conference call (they're all free and open to all). We currently have several calls a month. See our calendar of future calls via the link on our website.

If you're looking for a PM job, we invite you to join our FREE PM JOB SHOP conference calls.
Join the Yahoo Group here: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pmjobshop

We highly recommend that you join the free PM Lessons Learned Yahoo group in order to get announcements of our calls and other information to further your PM career.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pmLessonsLearned

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

PMLessonsLearned.com - Project Managers helping Project Managers. Open to all.

PMLL Episode 0061 The New Job Search Mentality (PMJOBSHOP)

Notes and Podcast info from the PMlessonLearned.com Conference Call:

Topic: The New Job Search Mentality (PMJobShop)
PMlessonsLearned.com founder and PM Best Practices host: Henry Will, PMP
PMlessonsLearned.com PMJobShop hosts: Mike Chrepta and Scott Percival
Presenter: Kim Shand and Maggie DaRonco

Date of Conference Call: 12Mar2009
Podcast Number: 0061

MP3 / Podcast: MP3 or Listen on Internet Archive or Listen on OurMedia or subscribe to our podcast on itunes.

If you're studying for the PMP Exam, you may want to listen to the MP3s of past PMP Exam Study Group conference calls. They're located in our Archive (see the link on our website).

NOTES FROM THE CALL:
The process of a successful job search has changed in just the past year: it requires a new outlook and a new method.

The job search mentality has changed from asking for help to giving help. The change in the job search process is from the old job boards to new social networking websites. Websites covered include Linkedin.com, twitter.com and tweetdeck.com

PRESENTERS:
Maggie is a long time friend of PMlessonsLearned.com having spoken on our calls and helped many members in their job search including at least one PM placement. Maggie represents Vegaconsulting.com where Kimberly is the CEO and founder. Kim shares the new trends in job search techniques and new developments in how to conduct your job search.

The PM Lessons Learned/PM Job Shop group provides a professional forum for participants seeking new career opportunities in project management. Our goal is to provide a space for networking, exchange of resources, contacts, information, mutual support and learning, as well as job leads for those seeking new career opportunities.

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Please join us for a future conference call (they're all free and open to all). We currently have several calls a month. See our calendar of future calls via the link on our website.

If you're looking for a PM job, we invite you to join our FREE PM JOB SHOP conference calls.
Join the Yahoo Group here: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pmjobshop

We highly recommend that you join the free PM Lessons Learned Yahoo group in order to get announcements of our calls and other information to further your PM career.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pmLessonsLearned

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

PMLessonsLearned.com - Project Managers helping Project Managers. Open to all.

PMLL Episode 0060 Special Announcement about PMP Study Group

Notes and Podcast info for a special PMlessonLearned.com announcement:

Topic: Special Announcement for podcast Listeners about PMP Exam Study Group (PMPExamPrep)
PMlessonsLearned.com founder and PM Best Practices host: Henry Will, PMP
PMlessonsLearned.com PMPExamPrep host: David Radkovich PMP
Presenter: Henry Will, PMP

Date of Conference Call: 12Mar2009
Podcast Number: 0060

MP3 / Podcast: MP3 or Listen on Internet Archive or Listen on OurMedia or subscribe to our podcast on itunes.

Special Announcement about the transition of the PMP Exam Study Group to a weekly group!

Notes: Since this recording was made, it has been decided:
1. The weekly Virtual PMP Study group will meet on Tuesdays. You can still join. Use the "Contact Us" link on the website if you're interested in joining.
2. We could start another Virtual PMP study group that meets on another day if you're interested in leading it. Contact us via the contact us link on the website if you are interested in leading or joining a second virtual PMP study group.
3. The Weekly virtual PMP study group will not be podcasted
4. We will continue the monthly PMP Exam Study calls and podcast them

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Please join us for a future conference call (they're all free and open to all). We currently have several calls a month. See our calendar of future calls via the link on our website.

If you're looking for a PM job, we invite you to join our FREE PM JOB SHOP conference calls.
Join the Yahoo Group here: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pmjobshop

We highly recommend that you join the free PM Lessons Learned Yahoo group in order to get announcements of our calls and other information to further your PM career.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pmLessonsLearned

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

PMLessonsLearned.com - Project Managers helping Project Managers. Open to all.

Thursday, April 16, 2009

We are catching up on podcasts and NEWS!

Hello everyone.

We are catching up on Podcasts at this time. We just posted #57 and #58 from February.

See all the recordings (MP3 podcasts) posted on our archive.

Our team of Podcast Volunteers is working to get caught up.

Keep in mind that you can also listen to the latest conference call by phone (details on the top left of our website just above the links).

Also, I wanted to let everyone know the following:

  • Our new PMLL Weekly Virtual PMP Exam Study group is starting up - these calls will NOT be podcasted
  • We have changed plans again and have decided to keep the monthly PMP Exam Study group call going (because Dana offered to do that for everyone). It will be mostly on PMP Exam Study and Test taking Tips. And, we plan to continue to podcast it! Our presenter, Dana Safford, just told me he plans to talk about the PMP Exam Test taking Tip of "Doing a Brain Dump" on the Thursday 07 May 2009 conference call.
  • Of course, we plan to keep the monthly PMJOBSHOP call going (I hope you voted in our recent poll, if you haven't yet, there is still time) - and it will be podcasted. There have been great Career topics on the recent calls.
  • We will still keep the monthly PM BEST PRACTICE call going too and they will also be podcasted.
  • A few stats:
  • 1359 in PMlessonsLearned.com Yahoo group - join today, tell your friends
  • 98 in PMJOBSHOP yahoo group
  • 442 in Linkedin.com PMLL group
  • 75 in Linkedin.com PMJOBSHOP
  • 65 Conference calls held so far
  • approx 75,000 downloads of MP3 recordings
PMLL- It's all about PMs helping PMs

Until next time, God Bless and Keep on Learning!

Thursday, April 09, 2009

Free Confcall April 16 (Thurs.) Successfully Manage Your Project Risks

This is the topic that our group voted to be presented!

What: FREE PM Lessons Learned PM Best Practice conference call
Topic: "Successfully Manage Your Project Risks"
Who: presented by Joseph A. Lukas, PMP, PE, CCE Vice-President, PMCentersUSA (pmcentersusa.com)
When: Thursday Apr. 16, 2009 at 9pm Eastern time
Where: Conference Dial-in: (269) 320-8300 Access Code: 767 616#

"Successfully Manage Your Project Risks"

Presentation: The presentation is available online - follow the Files and Presentations link on our website for directions to download it.


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Abstract of the presentation:
Most project teams do not consider the potential risks that may impact their project. This talk will cover the fundamentals of the risk management process that project teams should follow on every project. Topics covered will include risk identification techniques, risk analysis methods and risk response planning. Actual project examples will be used to highlight various risk management tools that can be applied to your project.


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Bio:
Joe Lukas has been involved in project management for over 30 years. His jobs span engineering, manufacturing, construction, project controls, estimating, contracting and both Program and Project Management. His projects experience includes information systems, product development, capital construction and manufacturing. Joe joined PMI in 1986 and has held many Chapter Board positions in Rochester, NY including two terms as President. He is a registered Professional Engineer, Project Management Professional and Certified Cost Engineer.
Joe is Vice-President for PMCentersUSA, a PMI Global Registered Education Provider and the 2006 PMI Professional Development Provider of the Year. Joe teaches and consults for PMCentersUSA clients and has written over 30 articles on project management topics.


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About the Conference Call:
Conference call participation is free and questions are encouraged. Long distance charges may apply depending on your carrier - some cell phone companies allow free long distance after certain times in the evenings.

Conference Dial-in: (269) 320-8300 Access Code: 767 616#

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

Monday, April 06, 2009

FREE confcall Apr. 9 - "The Job Market and You" - PMJOBSHOP

What: PMJOBSHOP conference call

Topic: "The Job Market and You"
Presented by Charlene Watler
When: Thursday Apr. 9, 2009 at 9pm Eastern time
Where: Conference Dial-in: (269) 320-8300 Access Code: 767 616#

On this call Charlene will discuss having a plan "B" , Cultivating a positive attitude and where you may find your next opportunity. Our goal is to make this as interactive as possible so your participation is very important. Visit our Web site at: http://www.pmlessonslearned.com/.
Follow the "files and presentations" link on our website for directions to the presentation. There is a lot of valuable information in this presentation so please download prior to the call.

Charlene Watler has held senior positions in Human Resources for over twenty years.

Formerly, the Director of Human Resources at Dow Jones & Company, Charlene aided executives in sales, news, IT and finance at their flagship publication, The Wall Street Journal. Her areas of expertise include: strategic planning, talent management, leadership development, conflict resolution and training program assessment. Earlier assignments at the Company included Director or Training & Development and HR Business Unit Consultant.

Before joining Dow Jones, Charlene held positions in sales at IBM, and claims operations and HR management at Allstate Insurance. She earned a BA in Psychology from Newton College of the Sacred Heart. She obtained SPHR, Senior Professional Human Resource certification in 2003.

With an extensive background in HR Charlene began consulting in 2007. She works with private companies and enjoys working with local colleges.

Charlene Watler, SPHR
Human Resource Consultant

Conference call participation is free and questions are encouraged. Long distance charges may apply depending on your carrier; some cell phone companies allow free long distance after certain times in evenings.

We look forward to having you on our call this coming Thursday evening.

Mike Chrepta
Scott Percival

PM JobShop: "Project Managers helping Project Managers".

Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Special Announcement! New Virtual PMP Exam Study Group being formed (to be discussed on the PMP Exam Study call on April 2nd)

We've seen a constant flow of people wanting a study group that they can be a part of, so we are going to start a "virtual PMP Exam Study Group" that will meet weekly.

(note: We will be discussing this on the free conference call on April 2, 2009 if you can join. If not, please read below and respond if you are interested)

We need to hear from you right away if you are interested in being a part of this group. Just use the "Contact Us" link at pmlessonslearned.com to contact us if you are interested.

Some of the main principals of the group are:

* This group will be a "virtual" PMP Exam study group - meeting on conference calls lines and using a yahoo group to communicate and schedule meetings
* The group will meet weekly via conference call
* All members would be be required to participate by doing a presentation when it was their turn
* We need to hear right away from people who would want to participate in this PMP Study group
* The group needs leaders ("PMP Exam Study group Program Managers") from among those studying. The leaders would schedule presentations for the members and oversee logistics. It is basically a coordination role. We have one volunteer leader so far.

Other points:

Members:
* All members would be scheduled to do a presentation on a PMBOK chapter (or related PMP Exam study topic) in a round-robin assignment pattern
* Being responsible for doing a presentation helps the student to prepare better and gain better knowledge of the subject matter
* We would leverage the powerpoint presentations we've been improving over the years with our current PMP Exam Study group calls
* If a presenter has a last minute reason they can't present, the member (and presentation topic) scheduled for the following week should be ready to fill in with their presentation. (i.e.members would be expected to be ready to present their topic on the week prior to their scheduled date in case the person has a last minute conflict. The member with the conflict would then be expected to present the following week - effectively switching weeks)

Leaders:
* The Program Manager leaders would be expected to document their processes and when they were ready to roll off the group (after they received their PMP certification) they would be required to transfer their role to their successor.
* The leaders need to commit to at least 3 to 9 months to make it worth while to train them
* There will be two leaders for continuity in leadership as leaders move on and to allow for a backup and sharing of duties
* This group will continue to be one of the sub-groups of PMlessonslearned.com and so we would have continual involvement to keep the ties
* We are working on finding some mentors who would implement the new OJT (On-Job-Training) that was first mentioned at our January board meeting. This program would allow our volunteer leaders (Program Managers) to be mentored in the use of project management for their volunteer efforts and would thus give them real PM experience to claim on their resumes.

Please contact us if you are interested and what your level of interest is (participating or leading) and when you wish to start participating in the group. It would also be helpful to know what days and times of the week work best for you to meet virtually.

Monday, March 30, 2009

Free Confcall April 2: Communications Management (PMP Study Subgroup)

What: FREE PM Lessons Learned PMP Exam Study subgroup conference call
Topic: "Communications Management"
Who: presented by Dana , PMP
When: Thursday Apr. 2, 2009 at 9pm Eastern time
Where: Conference Dial-in: (269) 320-8300 Access Code: 767 616#

Presented by Dana Safford, PMP, MCSE

On this call Dana will discuss the Communications chapter of the PMBOK. 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.

In addition there will be a brief discussion on our formation of a new "Virtual PMP Study group" that will meet weekly and have participation from the members.

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

Follow the "files and presentations" link on our website for directions to the presentation. There is a lot of valuable information in this presentation so please download prior to the call.

Saturday, March 14, 2009

Free Confcall March 19 (Thurs.) Introduction to Agile Estimating and Planning


This is the topic that our group voted to be presented!

What: FREE PM Lessons Learned PM Best Practice conference call
Topic: "An Introduction to Agile Estimating and Planning"
Who: presented by Kevin Aguanno - Keynote Speaker, Lecturer, and Workshop Facilitator http://agilepm.com
When: Thursday Mar. 19, 2009 at 9pm Eastern time
Where: Conference Dial-in: (269) 320-8300 Access Code: 767 616#





"An Introduction to Agile Estimating and Planning"

Presentation: The presentation will be available just prior to the call - follow the Files and Presentations link on our website to download it.
Give-a-way: A give-a-way is being planned to one random person selected from those who attend the call and give their names before the recording starts

In this session, we will cover:
* Why we plan in the first place and what makes a good plan
* Why traditional planning fails
* The basics of agile planning including building Release Plans, Iteration Plans and Day Plans
* Estimating with Story Points
* Estimating with Ideal Days
* A 3-step feature prioritization process
* Measuring and forecasting velocity
* An overview of Critical Chain estimating and scheduling
* Why agile planning works
more at: http://www.agilepm.com/presentation-agile_estimating_and_planning.html

Conference Dial-in: (269) 320-8300 Access Code: 767 616#

Bio:
With over 17 years of managing complex systems integration and software development projects, Kevin Aguanno is known in the industry for his innovative approaches to solving common project management problems. He focuses on two project management specialty areas: agile project management and troubled project recovery.

As a well-known keynote speaker, trainer, and coach in agile management methods, Aguanno has taught thousands of people how to better manage high-change projects by using techniques from Scrum, Extreme Programming, Feature-Driven Development, and other agile methods.

He has taught for several years at the University of Toronto where he won the coveted Excellence in Teaching Award, and is a regular guest lecturer in software engineering and project management classes at several other universities.

Kevin Aguanno holds a B.A. from the University of Western Ontario, and a Master’s in Project Management from the School of Business and Public Management at George Washington University.
He is a PMI-certified Project Management Professional (PMP), and his competency is certified by IBM as a Certified Executive Project Manager and by the International Project Management Association (IPMA) as a Senior Project Manager
(IPMA Level B).
Aguanno is an active member of the Project Management Institute (U.S.A.) including the Information Systems SIG, the American Society for the Advancement of Project Management (U.S.A.), the Association for Project Management (U.K.), and the Project Management Association of Canada where he is a founding director.
He is accredited by the International Project Management Association (Geneva, Switzerland) as a project management competency assessor, and he performs IPMA Level-B and IPMA Level-C assessments for the ASAPM in the U.S.A.

Kevin Aguanno is the author of over one dozen books and audiobooks.

More at: http://www.agilepm.com/bio.html
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About the Conference Call:
Conference call participation is free and questions are encouraged. Long distance charges may apply depending on your carrier - some cell phone companies allow free long distance after certain times in the evenings.

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

Thursday, March 12, 2009

Listen to our past calls for Free (by phone or computer)

Tonight was another great call about the job search process for PMs!

Don't miss this one!

You can always listen in to the recording of our most recent conference call by phone.
See the details of how on the top left of our pmlessonslearned.com website.
(the call is available by phone until we hold the next call)

OR

Checkout our archive of MP3 podcasts that you can play on your computer or download to play on your mp3 player

OR

Subscribe via itunes!

All the info is on the website!

Sunday, March 08, 2009

PM JobShop Confcall March 12th: Vega Consulting

PMLL PM JOB Shop is proud to have on our March 12th Program: Maggie Daronco and Kimberly Shand from Vega Consulting: Mountain Lakes, NJ.

DATE: March 12, 2009 (9:00 -10:15PM EST)
Conference Dial-in: (269) 320-8300
Access Code: 767 616#

Vega Consulting Solutions is an information technology consulting firm founded in 1994. They currently conduct business in 28 states designing creative business, and comprehensive IT solutions, to meet the needs of both public corporations and state governments.

http://www.vegaconsulting.com/

We're excited to have Maggie and Kimberly on the call with us. We have had the pleasure of them on prior calls and discuss their company, as well as their opportunities/requirements for Program and Project Managers.

Conference call participation is free and questions are encouraged. Long distance charges may apply depending on your carrier; some cell phone companies allow free long distance after certain times in evenings.

We look forward to having you on our call this coming Thursday evening.

Mike Chrepta
Scott Percival

PMlessonsLearned.com PM JobShop: "Project Managers helping Project Managers"

PMLL Episode 0059 PMBOK Time Managment (PMP Exam Study Subgroup)

Notes and Podcast from the PMlessonLearned.com Conference Call:
Topic: PMP Exam Study Group
Presentation Title: PMBOK Human Resource Management
PM Lessons Learned Leader: Henry Will, PMP
PMP Exam Study Subgroup Host: David Radkovich, PMP, EVM
Presenter: Dana Safford, PMP, MCSE

Date: 05Mar2009
Podcast number: 0059
MP3 / Podcast: MP3 or Listen on Internet Archive or Listen on OurMedia or subscribe to our podcast on itunes

If you're studying for the PMP Exam, you may want to listen to the MP3s of past PMP Exam Study Group conference calls. They're located in our Archive (see the link on our website).

Notes from the call:
PMlessonsLearned.com PMPExam Prep sub-group host David Radkovich PMP, EVP leads this monthly call with Presenter Dana Safford; Complex Problem Manager, PMP, MCSE; Global Solutions Engineering; Hewlett Packard Company on Time Management


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

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

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Please join us for a future conference call (they're all free and open to all). We currently have several calls a month. See our calendar of future calls via the link on our website.

If you're looking for a PM job, we invite you to join our FREE PM JOB SHOP conference calls.
Join the Yahoo Group here: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pmjobshop

We highly recommend that you join the free PM Lessons Learned Yahoo group in order to get announcements of our calls and other information to further your PM career.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pmLessonsLearned

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

PMLessonsLearned.com - Project Managers helping Project Managers. Open to all.

PMLL Episode 0058 Project, Program, and Portfolio Metrics (PM Best Practices)

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

Topic: PM Lessons Learned
Presentation Topic: "Project, Program, and Portfolio Metrics"
Host: Henry Will, PMP
Presenter: Henry C. Will IV, PMP, Founder and Leader of PMlessonsLearned.com
Date: 19Feb2009
Podcast number: 0058
MP3 / Podcast: Download MP3 or Listen on Internet Archive or Listen on Our Media or Join our podcast on itunes

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You may want to listen to the MP3s of past conference calls. They're located in our Archive (see the link on our website).
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PRESENTATION:
NOTE: Special announcement about the change of the PMP Exam Study Group to a weekly call that will not be podcasted!

The presentation is located on the website. Follow the "Presentations and Files" link on the left hand side of the pmlessonslearned.com website
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NOTES FROM THE CALL:
In this session, we will cover:

* What is Project, Program and Portfolio Management
* Metrics: what are they, how are they effective
* Ways to use metrics to address your project issues
* Top Metric Tips
* Examples of Metric reporting
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PRESENTERS BIO:
Henry Will is the Leader and founder of PMlessonsLearned.com, a volunteer organization with more than 1500 Project Managers from around the globe. The organization is made up of Project Managers helping Project Managers and those studying for their PMP. The group strives to help Project Managers with their careers and their application of PM processes.

Henry's credentials include a PMP [Project Management Professional] Certification. He currently is employed by a large global IT company as a Senior Program Manager.

Henry is a public speaker who has spoken on many varied technical and professional topics, including several presentations on Project Management.
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PRESENTERS CONTACT INFO:
http://henrywill4.com
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Please join us for a future conference call (they're all free and open to all). We currently have several calls a month. See our calendar of future calls via the link on our website. Also, you may freely use the information in our Archives of past calls.

If you're looking for a PM job, we invite you to join our FREE PM JOB SHOP conference calls.
Join the Yahoo Group here: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pmjobshop

We highly recommend that you join the free PM Lessons Learned Yahoo group in order to get announcements of our calls and other information to further your PM career.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pmLessonsLearned

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

PMLessonsLearned.com - Project Managers helping Project Managers. Open to all.

PMLL Episode 0057 The 10 Commandments of the Job Search (PMJobShop)

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

Topic: PM JOB SHOP
Presentation Title: The 10 Commandments of the Job Search
PMLL Leader: Henry Will, PMP
PM Job Shop Group Hosts: Mike Chrepta and Scott Percival
Presenter:
Date: 12Feb2009
Podcast number: 0057
MP3 / Podcast: Download MP3 or Listen on Internet Archive or Listen on OurMedia or subscribe to our podcast on itunes

Notes from the call:

Dr. Sally Wright will focus on the 10 things you absolutely must do to get not only ONE, but SEVERAL job offers. If the principles are followed, the person looking for a job will be head and shoulders above the rest of the field.

Bio:
Dr. Sally Wright is a licensed clinical psychologist who serves as the Director of Wellspring Resources, an organization which offers therapy, evaluation, and psychological testing in central New Jersey. She also serves as a staff psychologist in the New Jersey VA Health Care System, and is on the faculty of Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, serving as Assistant Professor of Psychiatry.

Dr. Wright does speaking engagements throughout the area on stress management, as well as other adult, adolescent, and child mental health issues. She is a former lieutenant colonel in the United States Army, and has served in numerous key military leadership positions both here and overseas.

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Please join us for a future conference call (they're all free and open to all). We currently have several calls a month. See our calendar of future calls via the link on our website.

If you're looking for a PM job, we invite you to join our FREE PM JOB SHOP conference calls.
Join the Yahoo Group here: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pmjobshop

We highly recommend that you join the free PM Lessons Learned Yahoo group in order to get announcements of our calls and other information to further your PM career.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pmLessonsLearned

PMLessonsLearned.com - Project Managers helping Project Managers. Open to all.

PMLL Episode 0056 PMBOK Quality Managment (PMP Exam Study Subgroup)

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

Date: 05Feb2009
Podcast number: 0056
MP3 / Podcast: MP3 or Listen on Internet Archive or Listen on OurMedia or subscribe to our podcast on itunes

If you're studying for the PMP Exam, you may want to listen to the MP3s of past PMP Exam Study Group conference calls. They're located in our Archive (see the link on our website).

Notes from the call:
PMlessonsLearned.com PMPExam Prep sub-group host David Radkovich PMP, EVP leads this monthly call with Presenter Dana Safford; Complex Problem Manager, PMP, MCSE; Global Solutions Engineering; Hewlett Packard Company on Time Management


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

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

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Please join us for a future conference call (they're all free and open to all). We currently have several calls a month. See our calendar of future calls via the link on our website.

If you're looking for a PM job, we invite you to join our FREE PM JOB SHOP conference calls.
Join the Yahoo Group here: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pmjobshop

We highly recommend that you join the free PM Lessons Learned Yahoo group in order to get announcements of our calls and other information to further your PM career.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pmLessonsLearned

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

PMLessonsLearned.com - Project Managers helping Project Managers. Open to all.

PMLL Episode 0055 Managing Global Projects From My Home Office (PM Best Practices)

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

Topic: PM Lessons Learned
Presentation Topic: "Managing Global Projects From My Home Office"
Host: Henry Will, PMP
Presenter: Drenda Theriault, PMP, IBM Project Manager
Date: 15Jan2009
Podcast number: 0055
MP3 / Podcast: Download MP3 or Listen on Internet Archive or Listen on OurMedia or Join our podcast on itunes

You may want to listen to the MP3s of past conference calls. They're located in our Archive (see the link on our website).


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Please join us for a future conference call (they're all free and open to all). We currently have several calls a month. See our calendar of future calls via the link on our website. Also, you may freely use the information in our Archives of past calls.

If you're looking for a PM job, we invite you to join our FREE PM JOB SHOP conference calls.
Join the Yahoo Group here: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pmjobshop

We highly recommend that you join the free PM Lessons Learned Yahoo group in order to get announcements of our calls and other information to further your PM career.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pmLessonsLearned

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

PMLessonsLearned.com - Project Managers helping Project Managers. Open to all.

Friday, March 06, 2009

PMLL Episode 0054 Advanced Usage of Linkedin and How to Grow Your Network (PMJobShop)

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

Topic: PM JOB SHOP
Presentation Title: Advanced Usage of Linkedin and How to Grow Your Network
PMLL Leader: Henry Will, PMP
PM Job Shop Group Hosts: Mike Chrepta and Scott Percival
Presenter: Martin Czebotar
Date: 08Jan2009
Podcast number: 0054
MP3 / Podcast: Download MP3 or Listen on Internet Archive or Listen on OurMedia or subscribe to our podcast on itunes

Notes from the call:

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

Outline and Notes:
Items discussed on call include:
Feeling "stuck" in your job search? Finding it hard to move on from the job you had to the job you want?

Your professional relationships are key to your professional success. Linked In's mission is to help you be more effective in your daily work and open doors to opportunities using the professional relationships you already have. This isn't networking—it's what networking should be. Forget exchanging business cards with acquaintances that don't know your work, or trying to renew professional ties when you need a favor.

Through your network you can:
• Find potential clients, service providers, subject experts, and partners who come recommended
• Be found for business opportunities
• Search for great jobs
• Discover inside connections that can help you land jobs and close deals
• Post and distribute job listings
• Find high-quality passive candidates
• Get introduced to other professionals through the people you know

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

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


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Please join us for a future conference call (they're all free and open to all). We currently have several calls a month. See our calendar of future calls via the link on our website.

If you're looking for a PM job, we invite you to join our FREE PM JOB SHOP conference calls.
Join the Yahoo Group here: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pmjobshop

We highly recommend that you join the free PM Lessons Learned Yahoo group in order to get announcements of our calls and other information to further your PM career.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pmLessonsLearned

PMLessonsLearned.com - Project Managers helping Project Managers. Open to all.

Wednesday, March 04, 2009

Free Confcall Thursday March 5: PMP Study Group: Human Resource Management

PM Lessons Learned

Free PMP Study Group Conference Call

Human Resource Management

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

Thursday, March 5th 2009

9:00 P.M. – 10:15 P.M. (EST)

Conference Call Telephone Number: (269) 320-8300 Access Code: 767616#

Topic: Human Resource Management

Presented by Dana Safford, PMP, MCSE

Join us on this free interactive conference call hosted by David Radkovich, PMP, EVP. On this call Dana will discuss chapter 9 of the PMBOK. You can provide your experience, tips or ask questions. Our goal is to make this as interactive as possible so your participation is very important. Some of the topics to be discussed include:

  • Human Resource Planning
  • Acquire Project Team
  • Develop Project Team
  • Manage Project Team

In addition there will be a brief discussion on what the group thinks of changing this call to a weekly conference call with greater participation from the members. The topic for our April 2nd, 2009 call is Communications Management. We would like a volunteer to present this topic.

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

Note: Presentation material for this call and past topics are available in the files section of the PMLL yahoo group. There is a lot of valuable information in this presentation so please download prior to the call.

March PMlessonsLearned.com Conference Call Topics

Here's our schedule for our three conference calls this month:
(For all calls: Conference Dial-in: (269) 320-8300 Access Code: 767 616#)

Mar. 5, 2009 at 9PM Eastern- PMLL PMP Study Group confcall with Host David Radkovich, PMP - Topic: Human Resource Management presented by Dana Safford; Complex Problem Manager, PMP, MCSE

*** Note: this will be a special call where will will be discussing some important plans about the future of the PMP Exam Study Group! Please try to be on the call.

Mar. 12, 2009 at 9PM Eastern - PM Job Shop with Hosts Mike Chrepta and Scott Percival - Presenter: Maggie DaRonco (Vega consulting) Maggie has been a great recruiter friend of PMLL and has helped several members in their job searches!

Mar. 19, 2009 at 9pm Eastern - PMLL Lessons Learned confcall with Host Henry Will, PMP - Topic: "An Introduction to Agile Estimating and Planning" Presenter: Author Kevin J.J. Aguanno, PMP®, MAPM (agilepm.com)

My personal thanks to the 92 people who voted in the poll to select this topic! If you would like to vote on Kevin's topic for when he will be speaking again on July 16th you can still vote at http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/pmlessonslearned/surveys?id=2829090

And, actually, we need more votes because there is a four way tie for the 2nd subject he will be presenting on July 16!

Also, if you didn't see it in our earlier correspondence, we now have in excess of 1300 Members!

PMlessonsLearned.com - It's all volunteer Project Managers helping other Project Managers and it's open to all!

Friday, February 27, 2009

What Project Managers Love About Project Management

What Do Project Managers Love About Project Management?

We posted the following question on several websites (including our yahoogroup.com email list and our linkedin.com group) and we have some great responses!

Tomorrow is Valentines Day! What do you love about Project Management?

(If you want to know more about PMlessonsLearned.com see the note near the bottom of this message)

Here are responses we received:
(if you don't see your response or if you'd like to add your thoughts, please use the Contact Us link on our website to let us know)

Mara D. B., PMP
Using project management equates to having a state of the art GPS to guide anyone to their project goals. Yes, there are still pot holes to avoid, and a few speedbumps along the way, but where would we be without it? And I love it when I meet someone half way around the world, and find out they are a PM. There is an instant bond, because we speak the same language!

Penelope M., PMP:
The great people I've met, as most projects I've worked on involved pulling together teams in different countries. And the early phase of planning, before those same lovely people cause deviations from the plan ;-)


Andree E., PMP:
I love my manager and the team I work with.

Agus W, PMP:
The uncertainty part makes project management interesting and challenging. Even for seasoned project manager, some surprises can still be expected in every turn :-)

Joan B, MBA, PMP:
I love the various disciplines contained within the career field (The 9 Knowledge Areas). Each knowledge area is a career field within itself. Project Management is a never ending opportunity to grow and excel while learning new skills.

Marie L, PMP:
I love that I get an opportunity to be a hero!

NK S., PMP:
I love the challenges and opportunities that every project provides. It's a great experience to deliver projects successfully, very fulfilling and and very enjoying.

Sharad A.:
For me, its the sense of adventure. To take something totally new, think through the various facets (Risk, Cost, Schedule, etc), devise a plan for implementation (with the team) and then actually perform to the plan provides a tremendous thrill and feeling of satisfaction.

Sandeep K, PMP:
Project is a temporary endeavor undertaken to creat a unique product.
Project management is permanent skill developed over the year with experince and methodology, and is used to deliver a desired product

Abhishek H.:
To me, project management is all about managing the expectations of various stakeholders associated with that project (either directly or indirectly). And I love it because I find it as a great way of learning and developing my career.


Mohammed B.:

What I like about Project Management is its changing and challenging nature; it can never become a routine work for the skilled Project Manager (PM). In each new project the PM is challenged with new requirements, stakeholders, and constraints. He is challenged with managing new teams that he might have never worked with before. He must be a good leader for evolving teams! This is alone is great experience for PMs.
I love Project Management for the harmony it requires to get desired deliverables. You can’t play alone; you have to be part of a harmonized team in which every member complements other one’s skills.
Project Management goes out the norm but it matches human nature! It necessitates planning before implementation which is not really what people do in their daily jobs, and in the same context it agrees the human nature in giving enough time for planning. People are slow in thinking but quick in acting, so give planning a relatively big span of time in your project.
If you look at what I mentioned above, you will find that it is common sense that all of us are able to do, but only few who succeed in getting this harmony all together to achieve goals, and this is what I love about Project Management.

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About PMlessonsLearned.com

PMlessonsLearned.com is a group of Project Managers helping Project Managers and is open to all. The group is made up of all volunteers so everything we do has no cost to you to use for your personal development (in other words, it's all FREE). We host conference calls about PMP Exam study, PM Career development, and PM Best Practices. These calls are available as MP3s in our Archive section of our website and as podcasts on itunes (Registered trademark of Apple, Inc.).

Please join our yahoo group (details on the website) - We currently have 1300 members of this group.
We also have a PMLL group on linkedin.com with 423 members.
See our website at PMlessonsLearned.com

PMLL Episode 0053 PMBOK Time Managment (PMP Exam Study Subgroup)

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

Date: 04Dec2008
Podcast number: 0053
MP3 / Podcast: MP3 or Listen on Internet Archive or Listen on OurMedia or subscribe to our podcast on itunes

If you're studying for the PMP Exam, you may want to listen to the MP3s of past PMP Exam Study Group conference calls. They're located in our Archive (see the link on our website).

Notes from the call:
PMlessonsLearned.com PMPExam Prep sub-group host David Radkovich PMP, EVP leads this monthly call with Presenter Dana Safford; Complex Problem Manager, PMP, MCSE; Global Solutions Engineering; Hewlett Packard Company on Time Management

On this call Dana discussed chapter 6 of the PMBOK. Callers also shared their experience, tips and asked questions. Our goal is to make this as interactive as possible so participation is very important. Some of the topics discussed included:
• Activity Definition
• Activity Sequencing
• Activity Resource Estimating
• Activity Duration Estimating
• Schedule Development
• Schedule Control
A great Q&A session was held after the presentation.

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

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

Please join us for a future conference call (they're all free and open to all). We currently have several calls a month. See our calendar of future calls via the link on our website.

If you're looking for a PM job, we invite you to join our FREE PM JOB SHOP conference calls.
Join the Yahoo Group here: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pmjobshop

We highly recommend that you join the free PM Lessons Learned Yahoo group in order to get announcements of our calls and other information to further your PM career.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pmLessonsLearned

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

PMLessonsLearned.com - Project Managers helping Project Managers. Open to all.

Thursday, February 19, 2009

Did you know you can listen in to past calls?

Did you know you can listen in to past PMlessonsLearned.com calls?

There are several ways:

1. By Phone: Look at the top left of our website for the current phone number and access code to listen to our last conference call. The last conference call is available by phone until the next one is recorded.

2. Using your Computer (if it's equipped): We post our past calls in our archive (after a delay to edit them). The archive is reached by the link on the left side of our website. Click on the Media.org or "Internet Archive" link to listen online

3. By MP3 Player: Also in our archive (the archive is reached by the link on the left side of our website) are links to download the MP3 of each call (they are posted after a delay for editing time).

4. Using iTunes (see the iTunes link on the left side of the website)

Take advantage of our recordings, they're free!

Monday, February 16, 2009

Free Confcall Feb 19 (Thurs.) Project, Program, and Portfolio Metrics




What: FREE PM Lessons Learned PM Best Practice conference call
Topic: "Project, Program, and Portfolio Metrics"
Who: presented by Henry Will, PMP; Founder and Leader of PMlessonsLearned.com
When: Thursday Feb. 19, 2009 at 9pm Eastern Daylight Savings time
Where: Conference Dial-in: (269) 320-8300 Access Code: 767 616#

"Project, Program, and Portfolio Metrics"

In this session, we will cover:

* What is Project, Program and Portfolio Management
* Metrics: what are they, how are they effective
* Ways to use metrics to address your project issues
* Top Metric Tips
* Examples of Metric reporting

Conference Dial-in: (269) 320-8300 Access Code: 767 616#

Bio:
Henry Will is the Leader and founder of PMlessonsLearned.com, a volunteer organization with more than 1500 Project Managers from around the globe. The organization is made up of Project Managers helping Project Managers and those studying for their PMP. The group strives to help Project Managers with their careers and their application of PM processes.

Henry's credentials include a PMP [Project Management Professional] Certification. He currently is employed by a large global IT company as a Senior Program Manager.

Henry is a public speaker who has spoken on many varied technical and professional topics, including several presentations on Project Management.

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About the Conference Call:
Conference call participation is free and questions are encouraged. Long distance charges may apply depending on your carrier - some cell phone companies allow free long distance after certain times in the evenings.

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

Saturday, February 14, 2009

Happy Valentines Day - What do you love about Project Management?

Happy Valentines Day!
What do you love about Project Management?

Send your short answer (1 or 2 sentences) to this question and we'll post our selection of the best answers on our website at PMlessonsLearned.com by month end. Please include your name as you would like it displayed.
(Answers are the property of
PMlessonsLearned.com )

You can supply your answer in our linkedin.com group or by using the email address at our contact us link on our website.

Note: This was the subject of our Podcast #0008 "What We Love About Project Management" (in honor of Valentines day) - Lessons Learned conference call from 15Feb2007 (for details see the archive on our website)

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Free Confcall Feb 12 (Thurs.) 10 Commandments of the Job Search

February 12, 2009 (9:00 -10:15PM EST)
Conference Dial-in: (269) 320-8300 Access Code: 767 616#
This meeting is FREE! Registration is NOT required

February 12th Program: 10 Commandments of the Job Search.

Join us for the 10 Commandments of the Job Search.
Dr. Sally Wright will focus on the 10 things you absolutely must do to get not only ONE, but SEVERAL job offers. If the principles are followed, the person looking for a job will be head and shoulders above the rest of the field.

Don't miss an evening where you can expand your network, make new friends, share knowledge with your peers, and hear highly relevant and beneficial insights and perspectives from an expert in the marketplace.

Dr. Sally Wright is a licensed clinical psychologist who serves as the Director of Wellspring Resources, an organization which offers therapy, evaluation, and psychological testing in central New Jersey. She also serves as a staff psychologist in the New Jersey VA Health Care System, and is on the faculty of Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, serving as Assistant Professor of Psychiatry.

Dr. Wright does speaking engagements throughout the area on stress management, as well as other adult, adolescent, and child mental health issues. She is a former lieutenant colonel in the United States Army, and has served in numerous key military leadership positions both here and overseas.

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

Conference call participation is free and questions are encouraged. Long distance charges may apply depending on your carrier - some cell phone companies allow free long distance after certain times in evenings.

PM JOB Shop Northern New Jersey Chapter of PMLessonsLearned.com
Empowering Project Managers and people studying for the PMP test.

The Northern NJ Chapter of PM Lessons Learned/PM Job Shop provides a professional forum for participants seeking new career opportunities in project management. Our goal is to provide a space for networking, exchange of resources, contacts, information, mutual support and learning, as well as job leads for those seeking new career opportunities.

Membership in PM Lessons Learned and PM Job Shop is free to join.
Membership details and benefits are posted on:
http://pmlessonslearned.com

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

Friday, January 30, 2009

PMLL Feb. Confcall Topics and News update

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

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

  • Feb. 5, 2009 at 9PM Eastern- PMLL PMP Study Group confcall with Host David Radkovich, PMP - Topic: Quality Management
  • Feb. 12, 2009 at 9PM Eastern - PM Job Shop with Hosts Mike Chrepta and Scott Percival - Topic: Career Transition SIG - NNJ ASTD - Dr Sally Wright
  • Feb. 19, 2009 at 9pm Eastern - PMLL Lessons Learned confcall presented by Host Henry
  • Will, PMP - Topic: Project, Program, and Portfolio Management Metrics
In other news:
  • 1258 Members of our Yahoogroup.com group (to join, see the links on the left of our website)
  • 398 Members of our Linkedin.com group (to join, see the links on the left of our website) - there are some good discussions going on there - we've recently opened it up to everyone to join
  • Downloads of our podcasts are increasing - we had several recent podcasts with more than 1000 downloads per podcast
  • Our podcast volunteers have learned the technique and now we're catching up on podcasts!
  • We're waiting for one of our founding members to hear back from PMI about PDUs for our volunteers
  • We're working on a new program for PMLL volunteers to enhance their marketablity
  • We're always looking for volunteers - take a look at our volunteer opportunities at http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/pmlessonslearned/message/294

Sunday, January 25, 2009

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

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

Topic: PM Lessons Learned
Presentation Topic: "Realistic Duration Estimating: Formulas and Factors"
Host: Henry Will, PMP
Presenter: Author, Trainer, and PM Speaker, Lee R. Lambert, PMP, CEO of Lambert Consulting Group (http://lambertconsultinggroup.com)
Date: 20Nov2008
Podcast number: 0052
MP3 / Podcast: Download MP3 or Listen on Internet Archive or Listen on OurMedia or Join our podcast on itunes

You may want to listen to the MP3s of past conference calls. They're located in our Archive (see the link on our website).

Notes from the call:
Lee covered formulas and factors to be considered for Duration Estimating

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

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

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

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


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Please join us for a future conference call (they're all free and open to all). We currently have several calls a month. See our calendar of future calls via the link on our website. Also, you may freely use the information in our Archives of past calls.

If you're looking for a PM job, we invite you to join our FREE PM JOB SHOP conference calls.
Join the Yahoo Group here: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pmjobshop

We highly recommend that you join the free PM Lessons Learned Yahoo group in order to get announcements of our calls and other information to further your PM career.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pmLessonsLearned

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

PMLessonsLearned.com - Project Managers helping Project Managers. Open to all.

PMLL Episode 0051 PM Opportunities and Career Strategies (PMJOBSHOP)

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

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

Notes from the call:

  • Hard time to find a job (Buyers Market) But, Companies are hiring
  • How you can market your self as the best candidate.
  • Recruiters Should know the companies personality
  • How to prepare yourself for the interview.
  • How to avoid the job hoppers resume
  • Resume gaps
  • Flexibility in accepting a position
  • Changing careers
  • Value of PMP certification
  • Job seeking over the holiday.
  • How to prepare for the New Year
Bio:
Laura has emerged as a driving force behind a lot of Daversa Partners' premier work in Information Technology. She possesses an
uncanny ability to identify and get the attention of some of the world's most sought after technology executives. Her work and
commitment on behalf of her clients stands as a clear differentiator for Daversa Partners

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

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Please join us for a future conference call (they're all free and open to all). We currently have several calls a month. See our calendar of future calls via the link on our website.

If you're looking for a PM job, we invite you to join our FREE PM JOB SHOP conference calls.
Join the Yahoo Group here: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pmjobshop

We highly recommend that you join the free PM Lessons Learned Yahoo group in order to get announcements of our calls and other information to further your PM career.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pmLessonsLearned

PMLessonsLearned.com - Project Managers helping Project Managers. Open to all.

PMLL Episode 0050 PMBOK Scope Managment (PMP Exam Study Subgroup)

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

Date: 06Nov2008
Podcast number: 0050
MP3 / Podcast: MP3 or Listen on Internet Archive or Listen on OurMedia or subscribe to our podcast on itunes

If you're studying for the PMP Exam, you may want to listen to the MP3s of past PMP Exam Study Group conference calls. They're located in our Archive (see the link on our website).

Notes from the call:
In this conference call hosted by David Radkovich, PMP, EVP we discuss the Scope Management chapter of the PMBOK. Topics discussed include:

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

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

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Thursday, January 22, 2009

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

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

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

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

Sunday, January 11, 2009

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

What: FREE PM Lessons Learned PM Best Practice conference call
Topic: "Managing Global Projects From My Home Office"
Who: presented by Drenda Theriault, PMP, IBM Project Manager
When: Thursday Jan. 15, 2009 at 9 P.M. (Eastern time zone)
Where: Conference Dial-in: (269) 320-8300 Access Code: 767 616#

Conference call participation is free and questions are encouraged. Long distance charges may apply depending on your carrier - some cell phone companies allow free long distance after certain times in evenings.

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

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Thursday, January 08, 2009

Files and Presentations

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

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

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

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

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

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

To get to the files:

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

Monday, January 05, 2009

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

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

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

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

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

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

Your professional relationships are key to your professional success.

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

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

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

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

We're excited to have Marty on the call with us, and look forward to your participation!
Conference call participation is free and questions are encouraged.

Long distance charges may apply depending on your carrier - some cell phone companies allow free long distance after certain times in evenings.

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