Project Management Expert™ Group

www.PMExpert.net - Network for Project Managers

2008-09-26T12:34:00.000-07:00

Dear Member,

Thank you very much for your interest in www.PMEXPERT.net™. From the very first moment we took this challenge seriously. It took us 6 months of planning, development, and...well still testing it, to get to this point.

Project Management Expert™ network' web site is here:

www.PMExpert.net.

We are going through final testing. Please login and help us make difference. Post jobs/projects, resumes, forums, events, articles, and ads for FREE.

Everyone who could contribute or benefit to this project is welcome. Please participate in networking and in our efforts by providing valuable topics/subject for the discussion.

Complete the survey, if you have not done yet.

The link to the survey - http://www.pmexpert.net/survey/survey.php.

User name: ecg
Password: ecg

The results will be updated as we progress.

Participants will receive the 50+ Project Management Templates – Project DataBank™.

Give us ideas how to make this group more exciting. Please do not hesitate to contact me (pme@pmexpert.com) and/or 877.733.9324 if you need any additional information. Again, thank you very much for your consideration. I look forward talking to you soon.

Regards, Mike Marco

New Web Site - COMING SOON!!!

2008-08-07T10:21:00.000-07:00

Dear Member,

Thank you very much for your interest in PMEXPERT.net™.

As you know, we are in the process of building our Project Management Expert™ network. Everyone who could contribute or benefit to the project is welcome. Please stay in touch for the new release, which is coming in the mid of September. Meantime, please participate in networking.

Participate in our efforts by providing valuable topics/subject for the discussion, Complete the survey, if you have not done yet.The link to the survey -

http://www.pmexpert.net/survey/survey.php.

User name: ecg
Password: ecg

The results will be updated as we progress. Participants will receive the 50+ Project Management Templates – Project DataBank™. Give us ideas how to make this group more exciting.

Please do not hesitate to contact me (pme@pmexpert.com) if you need any additional information. Again, thank you very much for your consideration. I look forward talking to you soon.

Regards, Mike Marco

What level of Project Management Maturity do we need within our project to deliver on time?

2008-07-21T06:22:00.000-07:00

Many organizations are deploying PMO and looking to improve their PM maturity level. Do we need to reach the highest PM maturity level to secure the success (on time, on budget, on scope.) of our projects?

Membership = 2300 +.

Participate in our efforts by providing valuable topics/subject for the discussion, Complete the survey, if you have not done yet.

The link to the survey - http://www.pmexpert.net/survey/survey.php.

User name: ecg
Password: ecg

The results will be updated as we progress. Participants will receive the 50+ Project Management Templates – Project DataBank™. Give us ideas how to make this group more exciting.

Regards, Mike Marco

Stand Up Meetings

2008-07-14T11:56:00.000-07:00

Hi,

Communication is one of the most important PM' functions. However, often we abuse this. Instead of utilizing our working time to generate new products and ideas, we are wasting it in some endless meetings. To keep your meetings short and successful:

1. Build agenda ahead of schedule.
2. Invite only those who are related to the deliverables that are subject of the meeting.
3. Involve all participants to build agenda.
4. Have meetings on Tuesday' morning (if possible.) Tuesday is the first working day of the week.
5. Have meetings in the room without chair.
6. Follow up after meeting.

Membership = 2222.

Participate in our efforts by providing valuable topics/subject for the discussion, Complete the survey, if you have not done yet.

The link to the survey - http://www.pmexpert.net/survey/survey.php. User name: ecg Password: ecg The results will be updated as we progress. Participants will receive the 50+ Project Management Templates – Project DataBank™. Give us ideas how to make this group more exciting.

Regards,

Mike Marco

Status Meeting

2008-07-07T04:05:00.000-07:00

Hi,

Recently I had a chance to present at a PMI chapter. There was a nice group of people. The topic was Risk Severity Analysis. We mentioned a few things related to status meetings. Before I put my position about the status meetings, please let me know:

1. How long is your average status meeting?
2. How many people attend?
3. From 1-10 (1 being low,) how would you rate the success of your status meetings?

Regarding membership - we are over 2000... and still growing.

Participate in our efforts by providing valuable topics/subject for the discussion, Complete the survey, if you have not done yet. The link to the survey - http://www.pmexpert.net/survey/survey.php. User name: ecg Password: ecg The results will be updated as we progress. Participants will receive the 50+ Project Management Templates – Project DataBank™. Give us ideas how to make this group more exciting.

Regards,

Mike Marco

The last three months...

2008-06-23T07:21:00.000-07:00

Dear Members,

The last three months since we started the Project Management Expert™ Group have been very exciting.

We got over 1800 members.

30% of the members have participated in our survey.

Small percentage of members devoted their time to build and review the Project Management Expert™ training material.

We would like to see more members involved in these processes.

We would continue to focus on:

- Connect to project management practitioners around the world,
- Establish a network and/or focal point in order to,
- Develop the project/program management innovative,
- Promote out-of- box thinking, ideas, solutions, and best practices tools and techniques.

With your permission I would like to invite you to:

Participate in our efforts by providing valuable topics/subject for the discussion,
Complete the survey, if you have not done yet.
The link to the survey - http://www.pmexpert.net/survey/survey.php.
User name: ecg
Password: ecg
The results will be updated as we progress. Participants will receive the 50+ Project Management Templates – Project DataBank™.
Give us ideas how to make this group more exciting.

Again, thank you very much for your consideration. I look forward talking to you soon.

Regards, Mike Marco

1800+ Members

2008-06-20T05:59:00.000-07:00

Welcome.

The main objective of this group is to:

- Connect to project management practitioners around the world,
- Establish a network and/or focal point in order to,
- Develop and promote the project/program management innovative, out-of-box thinking,
ideas, solutions, and best practices tools and techniques.

Why? The idea is to make “A NEXT STEP AFTER PMP® EXAM” framework. While we are all project managers, whether we like it or not, not all of us use all available tools and techniques while managing our projects. There are many reasons for that, such as:

- Desire to keep status quo,- Lack of motivation to learn and/or change,
- Too much or too little information.

TO REGISTER (follow this link) http://www.linkedin.com/e/gis/71634/62DE725E437F
Mike Marco, MBA/PMP/PME

Please call as at 312.804.9992 or email us at pme@eCGmn.com regarding membership.

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1,500 and counting...

2008-05-28T17:46:00.000-07:00

Hello,

Based on the web statistics, I could tell that people visit the blog. However, no comments. Regardless, I want to thank you for joining the PME™ Group. I hope that you network with other members. Stay tune for some new things that are coming.

Regards,

Mike Marco

Needed Value Added Resellers!!!

2008-05-10T21:05:00.000-07:00

Hi,

We got over 1,200 members. I hope you had a chance to connect to other members. At this point I would like to invite you to participate and support the PME by either:

1. Posting some of your ideas, suggestions, and innovations in the field of Project Management,
2. Participating in building PME certificate and its material, and
3. Becoming a Value Added Reseller in your region.

Please contact us at 312.804.0772 or pme@eCGmn.com for additional information.

Regards,

Mike

1,000 + Members!!!

2008-04-26T19:45:00.000-07:00

Hi,

We are 1,000 + strong.

Thank you for your support.

Most of you like the idea of networking and knowledge sharing. Please continue with it. Here is a request. from us. eConsulting Group™, Inc. is trying to establish business relationship with individuals and companies around the world to promote our Project Management Expert™ certificate. If you are interested to become Value Added Reseller and/or instructor, please contact us at pme@eCGmn.com or at abrar@eCGmn.com (Ms. Abri Brar) for additional information.

Regards,

Mike Marco

Accreditation.

2008-04-18T16:06:00.000-07:00

Hi,

We got over 900 members. I hope you are networking and supporting the community. The other day, a gentleman called regarding the Project Management Expert™. He asked me if eCG is going to obtain any accreditation for it. Please let me know if you think that would be the right thing to do.

Regards,

Mike

Survey Results - Round 1

2008-04-12T08:57:00.000-07:00

Hi,

So far we got 700+ members. Over 400+ PMs, HRs, etc. have participated in the survey. These folks already got the Survey Report - Round 1. The results will be updated as we progress. Some of the results are published below:

- 29% of the participants think that project is अ success if delivered on time,
- 72% of the initiated projects are completed,
- An average company has 125 projects per year, etc.

To receive the complete survey results, we invite you to participate to the surveys. Participations and passing the Project Management Expert™ exam will bring to you 20 PDUs. If you are interested to learn more about this opportunity either follow the web link on the left side or contact us @ pme@eCGmn.com.

Again, thank you for your support.

- Project Management Expert™ Group

Membership.

2008-04-01T21:18:00.000-07:00

Currently we have 500+ members, majority PMPs, PMs, and HR folks. I hope you are networking and building bridges not walls. Thank you to the folks who participated in the survey. We would send the first report soon.

Regards,

Mike Marco

Why not me?

2008-03-30T17:51:00.000-07:00

OK folks,

It is getting serious now. We got over 400 folks. Some of you I know as friends or clients, however, regardless - I check each application. Here is the secret:

Step 1: I take a look at your Linkedin page, if not enough information,
Step 2: I search the web.

If I could not connect you to project management based on these two searches, your request would not be accepted. No hard feelings.

Regarding the survey so far we got 47 responses. With existing data, that brings the survey to over 500+ participants. The results will be sent first week of May. There is still time to participate.

Regards,

Mike Marco

I have registered. Now what?

2008-03-27T06:42:00.000-07:00

Hi,

In a short period of time the group got over 200 members. Thank you very much for your consideration. I think it is a great start. At this point, I accept the PMs, managers, and HR folks. I apologize for the folks that were rejected.

Some of you asked me questions about the participations, responsibilities, etc. Well, here are the answers. We are:

1. Trying to analyze the PM best practices, tools, and techniques,
2. Recommending that you participate in the surveys and blogs so we could accomplish our
mission. No free ride.

If you participate you will get results of the surveys and other material. Others... well I am not sure why did you join us if you do not want to participate.

I few years ago I developed a theory called “Mushroom Management.” In a few words, mushroom manager/team member is a fungus of a project/organization. It stays attached to the team as a dead weight. No hard feelings.

Regards, Mike Marco

Project Management Maturity Survey

2008-03-26T08:06:00.000-07:00

Hi,

You joined this group to add something to the field of project/program management. Well, here is the chance – the first survey. It is related to PM Maturity Level. If you would like to participate, please send us your confirmation at pme@eCGmn.com, and we will send you a link to survey. After we receive your responses, we would send you the report/statistics, with monthly updates (assuming that other people join and participate in the future.) ONLY THE SURVEY PARTICIPANTS WILL GET THE REPORT.

If you are not interested, please let us know and we will remove you from the list.

Again, thank you very much for your consideration. I look forward talking to you soon.

- Project Management Expert™ Group

Project Management Expert™

2008-03-14T12:21:00.000-07:00

Welcome!

The main objective of this group is to:

- Connect to project management practitioners around the world,
- Establish a network and/or focal point in order to,
- Develop and promote the project/program management innovative, out-of-box thinking, ideas,
solutions, and best practices tools and techniques.

Why?
The idea is to make “A NEXT STEP AFTER PMP® EXAM” framework. While we are all project managers, whether we like it or not, not all of us use all available tools and techniques while managing our projects. There are many reasons for that, such as:

- Desire to keep status quo,
- Lack of motivation to learn and/or change,
- Too much or too little information.

The PMBOK® lists a number of tools and technique. Let us elaborate on those existing ones and/or add/develop new ones. By providing an input, we will be able to add to existing project management framework a list of tools and techniques that will make our day-to-day efforts easier.

How?
We would like to reach out and get your input on the tools and techniques that you find useful and would like to recommend to other project management fellow members. I hope that we would, overtime, build a list of tools and techniques, and share that information among the group members and other interested parties. If some of you would like to write some training material and offer it as a part of the Project Management Expert™ certification, we would be very glad to consider such an offer. At this point we are looking for:

- Case studies for the project/program management tools that you currently use,
- Recommendations on project management best practices, and
- Other related information.

Our foundation for this effort is PMBOK® and existing Project Management Expert™ material. How far, we would take this project, depends on our desire to make a difference and a positive impact in today’ Global Economy.

TO REGISTER (follow this link) http://www.linkedin.com/e/gis/71634/62DE725E437F

Statement of Work
We could start from the PMBOK® concept of 44 processes within 9 knowledge areas and 5 process groups. If you are interested to write, you could sign up and take ownership of one process (or more processes, if you could handle that) and define tools and techniques that you see important and relevant. There is no dead line for your effort. However, commitment to quality (and time if possible) is required.

Communication
The best way to communicate is through:
Our Linkedin™ emails,
pme@eCGmn.com email, and
Blog – this blog.

Membership
Everyone is welcome, which means we would not be able to have physical meetings since most of our members are geographically dispersed. However, we could use some of the web conference solutions to share our research and findings in the future. While filling out your profile, enter us much or as little information as you want for your self promotion.

Disclosure
Please respect the copyright, intellectual property, good manners and privacy while communicating about the subject. We will follow the PMI’ code of conduct and professional ethics standard. If you do not want your findings to be shared with others, please do not send it to us.

Please do not use the contact information for unrelated solicitation (I guess if we need to buy a house, get a loan, or a car, we would be joining some other groups.)

This group is monitored and disorderly members will be put on probation and/or removed in order to protect the interest of the group and its members.

Again, thank you very much for your support. We look forward working with you in the future.

Mike Marco, MBA/PMP/PME
Co-Moderator

Please call as at 312.804.9992 or email us at pme@eCGmn.com regarding membership.

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Should we be politically (in)correct employees?

2007-11-08T17:37:00.000-08:00

As I move through the world (companies) it appears to me that there are two types of companies. Those who:

a) Maintain status quo of the world, politically correct companies, and often large hierarchical companies with thousands of employees all over the globe. These are the companies who make their profit by cutting the cost of operation, instead of bringing new ideas to the markets.

b) Bring fresh air, new ideas, products, solutions, new ways of doing and thinking. I call them politically incorrect companies. These are the ones who change the world.

Which company do you work for?

How is your project going?

2007-11-04T17:43:00.000-08:00

Everyone has a project to do. Well, how is your project doing?