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Archives for February 2012

Why is It Important to Gain a Number of Different Perspectives When Conducting a Project Closeout and Lessons Learned Exercise?

February 29, 2012 by Mel Bost 10 Comments

When I teach project managers about Project Lessons Learned for the single project case—that is, when a project manager identifies, documents, and shares lessons learned from a recently completed project—I emphasize three areas upon which they must focus their attention to in order to determine Significant Events for Lessons Learned.  The three areas are (1) Facts; (2) … [Read more...] about Why is It Important to Gain a Number of Different Perspectives When Conducting a Project Closeout and Lessons Learned Exercise?

Patterns of Behavior and Project Lessons Learned: Influence of the Project Environment

February 24, 2012 by Mel Bost 6 Comments

Those of you who have read my blog consistently know that I am interested in two cases in which Project Lessons Learned can be identified from projects.  I call these the Single Project Case and the Multiple Project Case.  The Single Project Case involves a project manager and his team who wish to identify, document, and share project lessons learned at the completion of a … [Read more...] about Patterns of Behavior and Project Lessons Learned: Influence of the Project Environment

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Mel Bost is a project management consultant specializing in project closeout and lessons learned, as well as process improvement, best practices, and benchmarking. For the past several years, he has been teaching “Project Management for Research” to postgraduate students at Arizona State University, as well as developing new approaches to the research process. Read More

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