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The Hitchhikers Guide to PM Web Tools

David L Davis PMP, PgMP

Council Leader PMI Leadership in PM Virtual Community of Practice

With apologies to Douglas Adams and his wonderful novels.

My Credentials • Active Member of PMI since 1995. Certified PMP in 1998

o Chairman PMI eBusiness SIG o Charter Sponsor Western Lake Erie PMI o Participant in OPM3 definition o Approver for Global Congress Papers o Selected for PgMP® Pilot

• Professional speaking and publishing o Presented 5 papers at Global Congress o Project World, etc. In US, Canada, Europe o Many PM articles: ITTOOLBOX, Gantt head, PMI Today

• Long history with AT&T Project Management Center of Excellence ( PMCOE) o 2 Project of the Year o Organizational Excellence o Project Achievement

• Champion of implementing Project InVision IPMS into eSales & Service o Currently Program Manager for GM eTool Implementation o Application administrator for tool

• And yes ……

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Hype

a Google Search

will find it

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Project Management Template

16 Million Results

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Project Management Template

16 Million Results

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Narrow it Down

6.34 Million Results

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Hype

•SEO

•Search

Engine

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Keyword searches from google.com

• You can continually refine and refine o More keywords

o Example of wording

• Bottom line is that it’s a crapshoot.

• And you get what you pay for o Free templates

o Part of a subscription

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http://www.gantthead.com/

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Hype

•The site is

Intuitive

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www.projectconnections.com/

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Hype

•It’s on the

website

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www.rmcproject.com/

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Hype

•FAQs

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PMI.ORG, what is there and how it is laid out

• PMI.ORG career center

• PMI.ORG and Standards

• PMI.ORG and white papers (Knowledge Center)

• PMI.ORG and Virtual Communities

• What is a virtual Community o How can I join

o How can I add content

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Career

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Standards

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Knowledge Center

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Hype

•Social Media

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Virtual Communities

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Business Process Management Business Analysis Executive

Purpose of the Community

New

Experienced

Mentor

Communication Vehicle

• Blogs

• Wiki

Content

• White Papers

• Webinars

• Book Reviews

Professional Growth

• Tools and Techniques

• Roundtables

Query

Response

Resource for being a better

leader

•Academic and Real Life

Content

•User Provided

•Practitioners

Share ideas and knowledge

•Virtual Round tables

•Integration

•Recognition

Professional Collaboration

Gateway with Other Communities of Practice

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PMI COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE

Aerospace and Defense Agile Automation Systems China Project Management

Construction Industry Consulting Earned Value Management

eBusiness

Energy, Oil, Gas and Petrochemical

Entertainment Ethics in Project Management

Financial Services Industry

Global Diversity Global Sustainability Government Healthcare

Human Resource Project Management

Information Systems Innovation and New Product Development

International Development

Leadership in Project Management

Learning, Education and Development

Legal Project Management

Marketing and Sales

New Practitioners Organizational Project Management

Pharmaceutical Program Management Office

Project Management Quality

Project Risk Management

Retail Scheduling

Service and Outsourcing

Transportation Troubled Projects Utility Industry

www.pmi.org/Get-Involved/Communities-of-Practice.aspx

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leadershipinpm.vc.pmi.org

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VCoP Core Services • Discussions

• Blogs

• Wikis

• Newsletters

• Ask the Community

• Spotlight

• Community Announcements

• PMI Announcements

• Webinars

• Surveys

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IIBA website

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Skillport Reference Library

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Curriculum vitale • Or how to present your skills on a web based resume.

o Scanable Readable – follow-up person readable

o Single Line

• Name

• Email (no hotmail.com, aol.com, or yahoo.com)

• Year and Company and position

o No Columns

o Key words

o KSOA’s

• Technical expertise

• Buzzwords

• Get through the screening

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Keyword Sample email dldavispmp@gmail.com

• End-user Software Applications

• Enforced

• Engineered

• Enhanced

• Enlarged

• Enlisted

• Ensured

• Established

• Estimated

• Evaluated

• Event Marketing

• Accelerated

• Accomplished

• Account Management

• Accounting Software

• Accounts Payable

• Accounts Receivable

• Achieved

• Acquired

• Acted

• Activated

• Adapted

• Addressed

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Review – Dave’s Five Good Websites

• PMI.org

• Ganthead.com

• RMC Project Management

• Project Connection

• IIBA.org

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Summary • Lots of Information – but hard to find

• Pmi.org o Navigate via fly aways

o Career Resources

• PMI Virtual Communities

• Curriculum Vitale o Keywords

o Scanable

• Communicate

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David L. Davis, PMP, PgMP

419 318-4879

dldavispmp@gmail.com