Tonight's call needs to be rescheduled

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

We are sorry for any inconvenience.

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

Please join the Yahoo group for further information.

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

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

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

I hope that you will all call in.

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

Barbara’s reach info: www.processandprojectsolutions.com

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

PM Lessons Learned is about you!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

PM Lessons Learned passes the 100 member mark!

Well, here's something to celebrate!

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

We will be having our next conference call in January.

We hope that many will join us!

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

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

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

Pass the word!

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

Introducing our PM Lessons Learned Logo

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



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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Schedule of upcoming Conference calls

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Drum roll please...

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

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

Here are the notes from that conference call:

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

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

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

• Our Panel includes the following prestigious project managers:
  

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

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

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

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

Schedule for upcoming conference calls

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

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

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

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

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

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

PMP Study Groups forming

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

Past PMlessonslearned.com Conference call recordings are available by phone

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

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

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

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

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

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

Networking to be included in next pmlessonslearned.com conference call

We will include networking as part of the next pmlessonslearned.com conference call next Thursday August 17, 2006 at 9PM (EST) (topic: Scope Control (handling the scope creep that plagues us all) with guest panelist Steve Blais.

Bring your questions on any PM subject.

The networking will take place as part of the call, so everyone will have the opportunity to meet each other.

New Conference Call Schedule

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

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

Thursday August 17, 2006 at 9PM - Scope Control (handling the scope creep thatplagues us all) - Steve Blais

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

Thursday Oct. 19, 2006 at 9PM - "TOPIC TBD" - Jim Blaylock of SummitQwest

Thursday Nov. 16, 2007 at 9PM - Topic and guest panelist TBD (are you interested? Contact US!)

PM Lessons Learned Conference call this Thursday

The next call is scheduled for July 13, 2006 at 9PM.

We have a very interesting topic planned and we will take Questions about any topic in Project Management.

Our guest PM panelist is Alex Brown (alexsbrown.com) and he will share some Lessons Learned on the theme of "Getting approvals and decisions on your project"

Please join us! Please ask questions on any PM topic! Details are on the homepage and if you join the low volume email yahoogroup you'll receive reminders of our next conference calls.

Working to reschedule

We had some technical difficulties with the PM Lessons Learned conference call last night, so we postponed it.

We are working to reschedule it.

If you are interesed in knowing when it's rescheduled, please join our low volume yahoogroup email list (folllow the link here). We'll let you know when we reschedule.


If you wanted to ask a question last night and would like to have an answer before we reschedule the call, please use the "Contact Us" link here to send the question and we'll try to answer it.

Confcall#2 coming up

PM Lessons Learned Conference Call #2 is coming up in just a few days!

Topic: "Stakeholder Management: Ignore at Your Project's Peril!" and our usual Career Corner and Q&A session! Bring your Project Management questions, whatever the theme!

The audio from the first conference call is available on our yahoogroups site in case you would like to listen in!

Preparing for next Conference call

The conference call went great on Thursday!

We're hoping that some PMs will contact us to share lessons learned on the next call on June 15, 2006 at 9PM!

We hope to make the audio, from this past call, available on the yahoogroup site soon. We're working on it (Does anyone know how to compress a 54 meg wav file into a 2 meg or less MP3?).

Plans for first Conference call - open to all

We are planning our first conference call together with our sponsor, ETP Network.

The conference call is being planned for Thursday May 18, 2006 at 9PM EST.
Join the yahoo group to receive the welcome packet with the dial-in number.

Segments being planned for the call are as follows:

• Introduction
• Introduction of the PM call moderator by Rod Colón, President of ETP Network - ETP Network is a Professional Network founded by Rod Colon and is open to all professionals)
• Outline of goals of the "PM Lesson Learned" organization and the conference call
  
• PM Learning
• True stories of a PM Lesson Learned (if you're interested in sharing, contact us)
  
• PM Resource(s): Meetings, books, web sites, etc.
  
• PM Career Corner
• PM Career knowledge from a recruiter in the field
• PM Lesson Learned from a PM "in transition" or "recently landed"
• PM Job Openings (these may be refered to and distributed via a separate list)
• Q&A open session
  
• Questions regarding Project Management and PM Careers
  

We invite your feedback and input on the call. Please email us using the link here on the left.

Kicking off

Well folks. We're starting something new. The goal is to empower PMs and people studying to be PMs.

We are hoping to set up a conference call and an email group.

Contact me via the link here if you are interested in participating.