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Capturing Those Lessons Learned

A lesson learned

Do you capture your lessons learned? If you do, how effectively do you capture them?

There are many reasons why lessons learned are not captured, or, if they are captured, not used, including:

Lack of time Lack of management support Lack of resources Lack of clear guidelines around collecting lessons [...]

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Green Project Management Its Time Has Come

Today we are interviewing Rich Maltzman, PMP® and David Shirley, PMP® of EarthPM about green project management.

Please visit their bios on the Authors page to learn more about their background.

The Interview

I’d like to ask you both a few questions so we can better understand green project management in general and your [...]

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Taking the Initial Steps Toward Understanding The Project Management Function in an Organization - Part 2

In Part I we looked at the beginning of a high level approach to taking the initial steps to learn about an organization’s project management function. The client, who is a service company, had plans to grow their project management function by an additional 100 project management employees worldwide within 2 – 3 years [...]

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Taking the Initial Steps Toward Understanding The Project Management Function in an Organization - Part 1

When I meet with a client for the first time about how they might improve their project management function, I prefer to spend the first few meetings getting to learn about their organization, how the project management function is structured and perceived, and their long-term goals and objectives.

Let me describe one such meeting.

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Methods for Distributing Information on Projects

Ensuring that the right people (such as stakeholders, project team members, project sponsors, etc.) get the right information at the right time for project status and to make decisions on projects requires a great deal of planning. Effective distribution of information relies on the selection of the right tools and methods to ensure you [...]