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Online Ebook – 40 Pages Activity Type: Education – Read Up to 1.5 PDUs – Free Provider: Brightwork
Project management is a discipline, and as such can be quite difficult without the proper training. Some project managers have had formal training (for example PMI’s PMBOK or PRINCE2) and some lucky project managers instinctively know how to initiate, manage and close projects to success.
Many project managers however, are thrown into the deep end with little or no training.
BrightWork believes they can assist project managers with this step-by-step, how-to guide. Our Collaborative Project Management Guide is simple and easy to follow, and describes the typical stages, steps and sub-steps involved in starting, setting up, managing and closing a typical project.
The EBook:
BrightWork has authored an easy to follow and simple to use eBook for Project Managers who are not yet formally trained in Collaborative Project Management or who may not have the time or budget to get trained.
The eBook describes the typical stages, steps and sub-steps involved in starting, setting up, managing and closing a typical project. The eBook also has a section on Project Management Leadership style.
Note, whilst experienced project managers may find the eBook to be introductory in nature, they may learn something from it and might find it an especially useful starting point for creating internal training for their new project managers.
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In the early 1990’s my search led me to understand the power of servant leadership and the ability to realize the incredible potential in the individuals on my teams.
In the meantime I watched so many new hires in organizations go from engaged, positive, creative and productive to disenchanted, and frustrated as they acclimatized to the traditional corporate culture of their new organizations.
I watched as Managers and Boards took no notice of the people and the potential they had within their organizations; and I was disappointed by so many organizations that were not striving for excellence …. but rather leaving their potential and profit on the table.
A 30% increase in sales in their average restaurant
Average restaurant operating profit is up 40%
Their market share among “Chicken” restaurants is up 50%
Opened 450 + new restaurants including moving into the Canadian marketplace – All performing very well!
Their stock price has increased from ~$13.00 USD when Cheryl started the turn around through the Dare to Serve Model to ~$60.00 USD today
And in the process they were daring to succeed, humble about their leadership path and creating Engaged Franchise Owners, Stakeholders, Shareholders, Managers Team Members, Crew & Guests to produce “Top Notch Relationships” that led to their great success.
To celebrate Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen’s opening in Edmonton: PDU Of The Day is proud to present again this eye opening professional Development opportunity to help you understand how you can be Brave, Humble and Dare to Serve! in your organization
Our culture celebrates “The Spotlight Leader.” The leader is on stage – the spotlight is entirely on them – in short, it is all about them.
This leader declares a new vision, has all the answers, and is a high achiever. We tolerate them being a bit self-absorbed because they are going places that we want to go, and if they are successful, we will be successful… so we think.
We vaguely know there is another kind of leadership – Servant leadership. This kind of leader is known for humility.
They shun the spotlight and listen carefully to the people because they care deeply about the people. They make decisions that serve the people well; they give others credit.
We wonder about these leaders ..
But We Shouldn’t!
Watch Cheryl Bachelder, CEO of Popeyes® Louisiana Kitchen, Inc., in these informative sessions on developing a better leadership strategy!
Cheryl wants to suggest a new idea – If you move yourself out of the spotlight and dare to serve others well, you will deliver superior performance results – and she’s got the experience to prove it!
Watch Cheryl as she talks to Becky Robinson about the ideas that have shaped her own leadership journey, and make up the basis of her groundbreaking book:
Cheryl A. Bachelder (LinkedIn profile) CEO of Popeyes® Louisiana Kitchen, Inc. has led a remarkable turnaround of the company’s financial results with a compelling strategic roadmap for growth and an inspiring purpose and set of principles. Cheryl has more than 35 years of experience in brand building, operations and public-company management at companies like Yum Brands, Domino’s Pizza, RJR Nabisco, The Gillette Company and The Procter & Gamble Company.
Becky Robinson (LinkedIn profile) CEO and founder of Weaving Influence Inc., a social media consulting & implementation company specializing in helping thought leaders grow their online influence and market their books. Becky equips and trains a growing team to partner with and serve top-level clients. Becky formed Team Buzz Builder, a supportive community of bloggers that she mobilizes on behalf of authors. Becky is the author and creator of several e-books, including 12 Minutes to Change Your Day, Training for LinkedIn Success and 31 Days of Twitter Tips: Grow Your Online Influence, 12 Minutes.
NOTE:For PMI® Audit Purposes – Print Out This Post! Take notes on this page during the presentation and also indicate the Date & Time you attended. Note any information from the presentation you found useful to your professional development and place it in your audit folder.
In the early 1990’s my search led me to understand the power of servant leadership and the ability to realize the incredible potential in the individuals on my teams.
In the meantime I watched so many new hires in organizations go from engaged, positive, creative and productive to disenchanted, and frustrated as they acclimatized to the traditional corporate culture of their new organizations.
I watched as Managers and Boards took no notice of the people and the potential they had within their organizations; and I was disappointed by so many organizations that were not striving for excellence …. but rather leaving their potential and profit on the table.
A 30% increase in sales in their average restaurant
Average restaurant operating profit is up 40%
Their market share among “Chicken” restaurants is up 50%
Opened 450 + new restaurants including moving into the Canadian marketplace – All performing very well!
Their stock price has increased from ~$13.00 USD when Cheryl started the turn around through the Dare to Serve Model to ~$60.00 USD today
And in the process they were daring to succeed, humble about their leadership path and creating Engaged Franchise Owners, Stakeholders, Shareholders, Managers Team Members, Crew & Guests to produce “Top Notch Relationships” that led to their great success.
In March of 2016 Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen opened their 1st Franchise in Canada!
November 2016 will see Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen’s 1st Franchise in Western Canada – In Edmonton – (my home town 🙂 ) with Calgary soon to follow!
To celebrate Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen’s upcoming opening in Edmonton: PDU Of The Day is proud to present this eye opening professional Development opportunity to help you understand how you can be Brave, Humble and Dare to Serve! in your organization
Our culture celebrates “The Spotlight Leader.” The leader is on stage – the spotlight is entirely on them – in short, it is all about them.
This leader declares a new vision, has all the answers, and is a high achiever. We tolerate them being a bit self-absorbed because they are going places that we want to go, and if they are successful, we will be successful… so we think.
We vaguely know there is another kind of leadership – Servant leadership. This kind of leader is known for humility.
They shun the spotlight and listen carefully to the people because they care deeply about the people. They make decisions that serve the people well; they give others credit.
We wonder about these leaders ..
But We Shouldn’t!
Watch Cheryl Bachelder, CEO of Popeyes® Louisiana Kitchen, Inc., in these informative sessions on developing a better leadership strategy!
Cheryl wants to suggest a new idea – If you move yourself out of the spotlight and dare to serve others well, you will deliver superior performance results – and she’s got the experience to prove it!
Watch Cheryl as she talks to Becky Robinson about the ideas that have shaped her own leadership journey, and make up the basis of her groundbreaking book:
Cheryl A. Bachelder (LinkedIn profile) CEO of Popeyes® Louisiana Kitchen, Inc. has led a remarkable turnaround of the company’s financial results with a compelling strategic roadmap for growth and an inspiring purpose and set of principles. Cheryl has more than 35 years of experience in brand building, operations and public-company management at companies like Yum Brands, Domino’s Pizza, RJR Nabisco, The Gillette Company and The Procter & Gamble Company.
Becky Robinson (LinkedIn profile) CEO and founder of Weaving Influence Inc., a social media consulting & implementation company specializing in helping thought leaders grow their online influence and market their books. Becky equips and trains a growing team to partner with and serve top-level clients. Becky formed Team Buzz Builder, a supportive community of bloggers that she mobilizes on behalf of authors. Becky is the author and creator of several e-books, including 12 Minutes to Change Your Day, Training for LinkedIn Success and 31 Days of Twitter Tips: Grow Your Online Influence, 12 Minutes.
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As you work through the book and the exercises, you will learn how to enter the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), create task dependencies and calendars, add resources, optimize the schedule and present the project schedule to stakeholders.
This Book Is A Must Read For Every PM
Working With MS Project!
If you attend a 1 hour webinar on MS Project it is often just a taste of what MS Project can do for you. Using Eric’s book will give you a full 12 course meal, (pun intended) – covering everything from from soup to nuts.
Today, we feature 2 of the 12 chapters from the book:
Chapter 7 coversEntering Resources
Earn up to to 2 Category C PDUs for Reading Chapter 7 (52 pages)
Chapter 9 coversFinding the Optimal Schedule.
Earn up to 4 Category C PDUs for Reading Chapter 9 (136 pages)
Earn up to the allowable 15 Category C PDUs for reading the book & working the Exercises (737 pages)
Together, these 2 chapters will help you put together a balanced and working schedule for your project team.
In this book, Eric Uyttewaal explores and explains how to use MS Project to develop the project schedule using MS Project 2013. Eric places the emphasis on MS Project as a tool for delivering a complete project schedule and the role of the project schedule in the project planning process.
Eric ensures that you understand the basics of each MS Project feature and then he dives into the details and covers advanced use of the feature.
Entering Resources – Chapter 7
In the book, Chapter 7 is titled “Entering Resources.” [Editor’s note: Don’t be distracted by Eric Uyttewall’s chapter names.] Chapter 7 is a COMPLETE discussion about Resources in MS Project 2013.
Seasoned MS Project users will learn new tricks and tips about Resources from this very knowledgeable Microsoft Project MVP!
In Chapter 7, Resources, Eric covers:
What is a resource and what types of resources can you define in MS Project
How you should use generic resources
Defining and entering resources
Resource calendars and resource availability
Cost Budgeting – how to assign costs to resources. Eric shows the best way to enter various types of cost associated with resources.
Finding the Optimal Schedule Chapter 9
In Chapter 9, Finding the Optimal Schedule, Eric covers:
3 different approaches for optimizing your schedules
Optimizing for Time
Using the Critical Path Method, and Monte Carlo simulation
Optimizing for Time and Cost
To lower the cost of the project
Optimizing for Time, Cost and Resources
Eric shows how to do Workload Leveling and includes how to make automatic leveling work for you. He then defines the Resource Critical Path, which will help you understand the effect on the schedule from project resource constraints.
Through the use of a sample project that is built upon through every chapter, Eric gives you the theory you need to understand the feature and the knowledge you need to use the tool.
PDU Category C documentation details:
Process Groups: Planning
Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration
6.1 Plan Schedule Management
6.4 Estimate Activity Resources
6.6 Develop Schedule
9.3 Develop Project Team
As a Category C ‘Self Directed Learning Activity’ remember to document your learning experience and its relationship to project management for your ‘PDU Audit Trail Folder’
About the Author
Eric Uyttewaal (LinkedIn profile) is Canadian and the author of the bookForecast Scheduling with Microsoft Project 2013 He founded ProjectPro that specializes in Microsoft Project and Project Server. Eric has been involved in large programs at the Canadian Forces, IBM Cognos, Northrop Grumman, SanDisk and Investors Group. He was President of the PMI Ottawa Chapter in 1997. Eric is president of the MPUG-Ottawa chapter and board member again 2016. Eric received awards from MPUG in 2012 (Community leader), from Microsoft since 2010 (MVP) and from PMI in 2009 (‘Significant Contributions to the Scheduling Profession’). Eric is currently the only Microsoft Project MVP in Canada.
The leader is on stage – the spotlight is entirely on them – in short, it is all about them.
This leader declares a new vision, has all the answers, and is a high achiever. We tolerate them being a bit self-absorbed because they are going places that we want to go, and if they are successful, we will be successful… so we think.
We vaguely know there is another kind of leadership – Servant leadership. This kind of leader is known for humility.
They shun the spotlight and listen carefully to the people because they care deeply about the people. They make decisions that serve the people well; they give others credit.
We wonder about these leaders ..
But We Shouldn’t!
Join Cheryl Bachelder, CEO of Popeyes® Louisiana Kitchen, Inc., for this informative session on developing a better leadership strategy!
Cheryl wants to suggest a new idea – If you move yourself out of the spotlight and dare to serve others well, you will deliver superior performance results – and she’s got the experience to prove it!
Join Cheryl as she talks to Becky Robinson about the ideas that have shaped her own leadership journey, and make up the basis of her new book:
Cheryl A. Bachelder (LinkedIn profile) CEO of Popeyes® Louisiana Kitchen, Inc. has led a remarkable turnaround of the company’s financial results with a compelling strategic roadmap for growth and an inspiring purpose and set of principles. Cheryl has more than 35 years of experience in brand building, operations and public-company management at companies like Yum Brands, Domino’s Pizza, RJR Nabisco, The Gillette Company and The Procter & Gamble Company.
Process Groups: Executing Knowledge Areas: 4- Integration 9 – Human Resources
4.3 Direct and Manage Project Work
9.3 Develop Project Team
9.4 Manage Project Team
As a Category C ‘Self Directed Learning Activity’ remember to document your learning experience and its relationship to project management for your ‘PDU Audit Trail Folder’
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An organization’s ability to meet project timelines, budgets and especially goals significantly impacts its ability to survive—and even thrive. As they address the urgent need to improve project success rates, organizations are faced with a complex and risky environment.
This includes:
A “do more with less†economic climate
Expanding global priorities
Necessity to enable innovation
The study also revealed that the most crucial success factor in project management is effective communications to all stakeholders—a critical core competency to all organizations. In a complex and competitive business climate, organizations cannot afford to overlook this key element of project success and long-term profitability.
~ Source: PMI –As reported by PMI’s 2013 Pulse of the Profession TM
It’s Clear That We Should Be Doing A Much Better Job
Communicating With All Project Stakeholders.
Project communications involves planning and delivering information to all project stakeholders.
This includes:
Actions needed to best handle timely and appropriate gathering, reproduction, distribution, storage, administration, and control of project content.
Critical connections between people, thoughts, and content required for success.
The underlying need and core capability required for a well lubricated and functioning project team is effective and efficient communications among team members, and all project stakeholders.
A critical risk to project management is to assume that all communication are functioning properly just because people are talking to one another. Delivering a PMmessage doesn’t make sure that it’s received.
The PM owns building, maintaining & handling critical project connections.
The responsibility for building and maintaining real communication links falls on the PM.
The PM should focus on key project communications areas to make sure to meet organizational goals..
Questions which may be discussed during the live #PMCHAT:
Michael has worked with many of the most successful organizations in the world, including Fortune 500 companies and numerous government agencies. Helping them achieve the full intent of their most urgent and critically important initiatives, Michael uses successful communication techniques to meet their project budges timelines and their goals.
Michael is passionate about developing excellent products with impressive UX/UI design. Michael authored more than 70 blog posts, and has created several very popular commercial products. His most recent innovations are the SoftPMO Project Management Toolkitand socialpmo.co—a new kind of social media solution.
As certified Project Management Professional Michael builds on a solid foundational research, excellent communication management and extensive consulting experience to assist his clients.
What is #PMChat?
Project Management Chat is a weeklyTwitter chathosted by Robert Kelly (LinkedIn, @RKelly976 ) and Rob Prinzo (LinkedIn, @RobPrinzo) andHala Saleh (@HalaSaleh1) each Friday from 12-1pm (EDT) via hashtag #PMChat. Weekly topics focus on Project Management & Leaderships challenges.
If you are a Project Manager or Business Analyst and haven’t joined twitter yet consider it if only for the once a week #pmchat ! Meet amazing colleagues and enrich your experience with different ideas and perspectives. – EdmontonPM (@EdmontonPM)
If you are new to twitter and interested in project management – check out #pmot (PMs on Twitter) and #pmchat great people there! – IIL †(@IILGlobal)
Join the PreGame Show
Tune into KPS Chatter on Fridays at 11:30am for the Live #PMChatPre-Game Radio Show, as hosts Robert Kelly& Rob Prinzo & Hala Saleh interview today’s leading project management experts. Listen to Past Episodes. For more information check out PM chat Website that also talks about Claiming Category C PDUs
TO JOIN #PMCHAT: You can sign in to your twitter account and Search for #PMCHAT and make sure that all your replies have #PMCHAT within the 142 character response.
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