FOREWORD: I began writing this blog post about a year ago. My intent was to share with project managers and others in the project community some concepts I learned from a mentor which I have used over the years to guide my direction and career. When project lessons learned became a compelling topic for me, I put this post aside thinking I would come back to it at … [Read more...] about Visualizing Your Future in Project Management
Project Closeout and Lessons Learned Workshops May/June 2012
To all my PMO blog readers, I will be facilitating one day Project Closeoout and Lessons Learned Workshops in the following cities in May and June 2012: St. Louis, Indianapolis, Memphis, Kansas City, Minneapolis, Milwaukee, Detroit and Des Moines. This is a part of a group of workshops sponsored by Gantthead and BOT International with the theme "Redefining the PMO." Details … [Read more...] about Project Closeout and Lessons Learned Workshops May/June 2012
What New Skills and Capabilities Must a Project Organization Develop in its Project Managers and Facilitators to Ensure a Robust Project Lessons Learned Process?
My recent PMO blog posts have consistently addressed some of the prerequisites for an "actionable" Project Closeout and Lessons Learned Process for the PMO or project organization. In general, these have been activities or competencies or capabilities that the organization needs to nurture in order to really make Project Lessons Learned an active contributor to the overall … [Read more...] about What New Skills and Capabilities Must a Project Organization Develop in its Project Managers and Facilitators to Ensure a Robust Project Lessons Learned Process?
How Does an Active Project Risk Management Plan Facilitate an “Actionable” Project Lessons Learned Framework?
In the course of my work developing an "actionable" framework for project lessons learned, I have learned that one of the great facilitating actions contributing to a robust and "actionable" Project Lessons Learned Framework is an active Project Risk Management Plan. Many project organizations already incorporate Risk Management as a capability in their planning and … [Read more...] about How Does an Active Project Risk Management Plan Facilitate an “Actionable” Project Lessons Learned Framework?
Why is It Important to Gain a Number of Different Perspectives When Conducting a Project Closeout and Lessons Learned Exercise?
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?
