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Free Online Project Management Resources How to Find Them and How to Use Them Carla Fair-Wright

Welcome to the PMI Houston Conference & Expo and Annual Job Fair 2011 Please set your cell phone/pager to silent mode Q&A will be taken at the close of this presentation

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Free Online Project Management Resources How to Find Them and How to Use Them Carla Fair-Wright

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  1. Welcome to the PMI Houston Conference & Expo and Annual Job Fair 2011 • Please set your cell phone/pager to silent mode • Q&A will be taken at the close of this presentation • There will be time at the end of this presentation for you to take a few moments to complete the session survey. We value your feedback which allows us to improve this annual event. Free Online Project Management Resources How to Find Them and How to Use Them Carla Fair-Wright Optimal Consulting www.optimalconsulting.biz

  2. Carla Fair-Wright, PMP, ASQ CSQE, MCP • 7+ years of experience in Project Management • 22 years of experience in Information Technology • Background • Consulting Fortune 500 Companies • Experience in: Public Safety, SAP, Transportation, Telecommunications, Energy, Corporate Training

  3. Today’s Topics • Leveraging Internet Resources • Determining Usefulness • Review Project Management Resources

  4. Why Use Internet Resources Economy of Time Standardized approach Productivity realized earlier Documenting the processes

  5. Project Management Templates Improve Communication • Are you organized? • Dangers of spreadsheet jungles • Missing Information • Incomplete Information

  6. Project Management Templates Help in Coordination of Effort • Team Engages In: • Uncoordinated Effort • Wasted Work

  7. Factors that Affect the Success of a Project Standish Group -2008

  8. A Business Solution has Three Aspects Alter one aspect the others will be affected Process Improving the quality of your resources can facilitate theProcess side of projects Solution People Technology

  9. Results

  10. Template Distribution by Process Group and Knowledge Area 2003 Research – TemptingTemplates

  11. Distribution of Templates 2003 Research – TemptingTemplates

  12. Top Ten Web Sites

  13. Tips for Web Search Demonstration

  14. Finding Internet Resources • Finding Resources • Google Search • www.BugMeNot.com - A researchers best friend

  15. Closing Thoughts • Using Templates Save You Time • Free is Relative • Use Google Queries for Efficiency

  16. Q & A ? • Please step up to the floor microphone to ask a question

  17. Closing thoughts… Thank you for attending this session. We hope you found this presentation added value to your knowledge of Project Management. • Take a few moments to complete the Session Survey. We appreciate and value your feedback. • Hand your completed survey to one of the session monitors and you will receive a free raffle ticket for one of the drawings to be held in the Vendor Expo (see Conference Program Guide for details).

  18. Contact Information Carla Fair-Wright, PMP Optimal Consulting LLC www.optimalconultingonline.com (800) 723-6120 fair@optimalconsulting.biz Elaine Jackson, PMP Holistic Project Management Consulting www.HolisticPMC.com (978) 290-8834 Thank You

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