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Finding Your Why and How It Will Elevate Your Career
On Tuesday, September 24, 2019 Jane gave an informative talk to members and friends of the American Advertising Federation New Mexico on Finding your "why" and how it will elevate your career. Please click here [...]
OPM: The Missing Link
PMI’s latest foundational standard, The Standard for Organizational Project Management (OPM) (released June 2018) is the missing link needed to “advance an organization’s performance by developing and linking portfolio, program, and project management principles and [...]
Project Planning In the Arts: Do You Need It?
Come to this free series hosted by UNM Continuing Education on March 28, 2018 at the UNM Continuing Education Bldg. (Indian School and University). We will be discussing how project planning can help artists make their [...]
What is a Total Integrated Performance Excellence System?
Believe it or not, Organizational Project Management is a core component of a Total Integrated Performance Excellence System (TIPES) and can be measured using the Project Management Institute’s (PMI) Organizational Project Management Maturity Model (OPM3) [...]
Are you ready for OPM?
I have just released a readiness assessment tool to help you assess your organization’s readiness to move towards a results based culture. Click here to download this tool.
Can You Really Have a One Page Project Plan?
2015 Albuquerque International Project Management Day Often project plans have 5-15 pages or are stored in multiple locations. Project managers and sponsors will sometimes think, “I wish I could have my plan on one page.” [...]
Resources
“I am always finding useful tools, templates, videos to help you on your journey to build consistent and systematic processes in your organization. Here are some I have looked at recently and how I am using them with my clients.”
— Jane Betterton
“I am always finding useful tools, templates, videos to help you on your journey to build consistent and systematic processes in your organization. Here are some I have looked at recently and how I am using them with my clients.”
— Jane Betterton
DOWNLOADABLE TEMPLATES TO GET YOU STARTED
OnePage Format Vs. Classic Format
Two of my favorite templates using my tried and true example project…The computer upgrade. Try them see which one you like best.
Comprehensive Project Management Plan in Excel
I have had this template for years and wish I could give credit to whomever sent it to me. I use it for lots of ideas on developing a “tabbed” approach to building a project management plan. Excel is a great tool for this. Be warned, start with 2-4 key tabs in this template first. Some of the tabs are not applicable to all projects.
LINKS I LIKE IN OUR PROJECT MANAGEMENT COMMUNITY
Explaining SCRUM in Less Than 120 Seconds
SCRUM is still a software development-oriented approach, but I do think there are elements that are useful for organizations that are stuck in the project management paradigm of balancing work, time, cost, quality and risk. This short clip helps you learn the lingo of SCRUM and how it might apply to your organization.
Agile for the Lay Person
Agile project management Has so many components to drive innovation in an organization. The tricky part is getting people to think different about agile techniques. I think this video can help you explain the need to evaluate agile in your organization.