Getting it Done: Project Management Theory
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Joy Donald presented on project management theory and methodology. She has over 20 years of experience in corporate and academic roles, and has been a certified Project Management Professional for 11 years. She discussed the key process groups and knowledge areas that make up the project management body of knowledge, including initiating, planning, executing, monitoring and controlling, and closing. She provided resources for further learning about project management best practices and tools.
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Getting it Done: Project Management Theory
- 1. PRESENTERS: Joy Donald, MBA, PMP Getting It Done: Project Management Theory WEBINAR | 10/08/15
- 2. About the Presenter 2 Joy is an independent consultant providing strategy implementation coaching to academic deans that seek to improve their college's overall performance. Joy also serves as a Strategy Specialist for the Center for Industrial Research and Service (CIRAS) at Iowa State University. In this role, Joy provides strategy support to manufacturing leaders across the state of Iowa. Joy has over twenty years of experience in corporate and academic roles. She been certified as a Project Management Professional through the Project Management Institute for 11 years. Joy Donald, MBA, PMP
- 11. Great project managers harness and channel power in an organization to get the right information and resources to the right people at the right time in the right way in order to remove barriers and get the right things done. ~Joy Donald joydonaldconsulting.com
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- 60. Resources 60 Project Management Institute (PMI) • Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) • “Project Manager’s Bible” • Describes “Process Groups” and “Knowledge Areas” • Prep for Project Management Professional (PMP) Exam • PMI Membership: $139.00/year • Access to pmi.org libraries (extensive research, training, tools & templates) • Local chapter membership for small additional fee (training, networking, local consultants) • PMP Exam • PMI Members: $405, Non-Members: $555 • 200 MC questions, 4-hours to complete • 60 professional development units required every three years to maintain certification
- 61. Resources 61 Getting the Right Things Done • Simple and effective methodology for project communication • Dramatically increases project speed and effectiveness • Excellent templates • Based on Toyota’s Lean methodology • $42, Amazon.com What You Need to Know About Project Management • Explains challenging project management concepts • Terrific examples • $20, Amazon.com
- 62. Resources 62 Project Management, 26 Game-Changing PM Tools • Reviews 26 project management software tools • Outlines software purpose, features, price • $3 ebook, Amazon.com Workfront Software • Project Management Software for Marketers • Highly rated • Scheduling, proof advancement, resource management, etc. • https://www.workfront.com/
- 63. Resources • Standardmethod.net: Good structure for learning PMBOK 63
- 64. Resources • What Marketing Experts Can Learn from Project Management Pros Article by Cheryl Snapp Conner, September 6, 2014; Forbes.com • 14 Project Management Tools for Marketing Agencies Article by Jami Oetting, February 11, 2015; blog.hubspot.com • Free Project Management Templates http://www.projectmanagementdocs.com/project-planning-templates/project-management-plan.html 64
- 65. Resources Free Project Management Templates http://www.projectmanagementdocs.com/project-planning-templates/project-management-plan.html 65
- 66. Thank You! 66 Joy Donald, MBA, PMP Strategy Implementation Consultant, Joy Donald Consulting joydonald@joydonaldconsulting.com joydonaldconsulting.com Andy Sulhoff Operations Lead, Converge andy.sulhoff@convergeconsulting.org