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Live Webinar – January 10, 2012 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm EST
Offered by MPUG WebnLearn ( REP 1369 )
Duration 1 hour + Q & A 1 PDU / 1 CDU Mpug Member Free – Guest $15.00 USD + $1.37 USD Fee
It is common for the uninitiated to think of deploying enterprise project management and installing enterprise project management software like Microsoft Project Server as synonymous. Nothing could be further from the truth.
So much of successfully deploying Project Server is not technology oriented and often these elements do not show up on EPM deployment plans.
This session will look at what belongs in your EPM deployment schedule. Presented by Chris Vandersluis who is a long standing Microsoft Partner and the author of the “From the Trenches†column on the Project Server section of Microsoft’s TechNet site, we’ll look at the elements of your EPM deployment schedule that need to be addressed.
Topics to be addressed:
How to assemble an EPM Deployment team
How to set your business objectives
How to effectively start designing your EPM processes
What EPM will mean to you when deploying your software
Making sure that Project Server is selected for the right reasons
Proving the design and deploying the production system
What to do once that system is deployed
Presenter – Chris Vandersluis, (LinkedIn profile) Chris is the president of HMS Software based in Montreal, Canada. With over 27 years of experience in implementing enterprise project management and enterprise timesheet systems, Chris was a part of the Microsoft Enterprise Project Management Partner Advisory Council. Chris has worked on project management and timesheet systems on some of the world’s most prestigious projects including the Canadian Frigate Program. He teaches Advanced Project Management at Montreal’s Mcgill University and speaks at project management association functions across North America and around the world.
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pduOTD.com went live January 1 2011 and its been a terrific year!
We have had the chance to share information and work with some great Project Managers, Business Analysts, & agile Professionals …. AND ….. the one thing we learned is the “Best Of The Best” have a great sense of humor! We thought it would be fun to expose you to ten of these great folks! So here goes ……
Frank is an accomplished leader in project management. Frank was PMI’s 2006 Person of the Year and has been very involved with the PMI as the president of the New York City PMI chapter for ten years as well as holding many other leadership positions. He is the author of 7 published books , and the editor of the All PM Newsletter the IIL Knowledge Portal. Frank has entertained countless audiences with project management songs as his way of sharing his humor and passion for project management. 😉
Luis believes that bringing people together in a relaxed environment and learning something different from what we usually do can be an effective strategy to create team-building. Read his article “Laughter is the Shortest Distance between Two People” that was Featured on Toolbox.com🙂
He Suggests:
You want a highly productive team
If order to have a highly productive team you must start with a team
Your project team has to feel connected in order to function as a real team (and not just a bunch of people that happen to be working together)
If your team members laugh together they get connected
ModernAnalyst.com is an outstanding community and resource portal for business analysts, systems analysts, and other IT professionals involved in business systems analysis. See them on twitter @ModernAnalyst
A Project Management Redneck is a slang term, usually for a Traditional Project Manager who is conservative, risk-adverse, controlling, non-collaborative, mistrusting of the client, and a methodology fundamentalist. This term is generally considered offensive. It originated in reference to the color of the status of their projects and in some given circumstances the color of their complexion during User Acceptance Testing. – Terry Bunio
2. Get on the Right Bus. – Have plan to get there.
3. Make Friends. – Teambuilding
4. Share Your Toys. Share Resources
5. Don’t Be a Bully. Don’t take credit for something that’s not yours.
6. Sometimes You’ve Gotta Get Dirty. Roll up your sleeves and get into the muck.
7. Take a Nap and Have a Snack – Nourish and refresh yourself.
8. Playing is Good. Project engagement requires high-energy, enthusiasm, and some fun.
9. Try New Things. It’s how we learn and Improve.
10. Clean Up After Yourself. Make sure that your team gets recognition.
When I think about great Project Managers with a sense of humor I think about PMCentersUSA. They are always positive, laughing, and supporting the PM community with a smile. So ….. I mentioned this upcomming article and I asked Jeannine M Fisher (@JeannineMFisher) about the positive attitudes and the humor found in the offices of PMCentersUSA .
She told us …..
“PM humor is found in ALL of our Webinars – Especially in our Personality Styles one! Does that count? 😉
I have attended a lot of the webinars and they are always amusing and engaging.
, and the editor of 
is filled with wonderful examples of how to use humor to create results. Here is a quick snapshot of Pam’s advice, her “
