PMDPro CROSSWORDAcross4. people and/or organisations with an interest in the project7. PMD Pro principle explaining the project management is repeating a process with the aim of approaching a desired goal, target or result8. tool for planning scope9. final phase of the project10. method for linking financial information with schedule informationDown1. ensuring that a project is well directed with input from key stakeholders2. making sure that planning covers direct and indirect work3. ending a project by handing it over to a local partner5. tool for allocating roles and responsibilities6. making sure that scope planning is broken down into manageable pieces

Exam and Application

What is the exam?How to do the exam?

How can I apply PMDPro?What do I do next?

How can I continue learning?

Lingos 4 week PMDPro course

Dear Google, could you sit next to me during an exam? Sincerely, every student.

WHO’S AFRAID OF THE EXAM?

Terrified & petrified – I would prefer to have my teeth pulled out with no anesthetic.

OK – but I wish I didn’t have to do it.

Not too much – I am quite confident.

No sweat – I could do it in my sleep!

Every instructor assumes that you have nothing else to do except study for that instructor's course.

Questions?

When reviewing your notes before an exam, the most important will be illegible.

WHAT IS THE EXAM?

During exams, students look up for inspiration, down in desperation, and left and right for information.

EXAM TECHNIQUE

80% of the final exam will be based on the one lecture you missed and the one book you didn’t

read.

Which statement best defines the concept of project tolerances?

a) The factors that constrain a project’s ability to produce deliverables on time, on scope and within budget.

b) A comprehensive and detailed list of the work that must be completed to deliver the project deliverables.

c) The performance limits within which the project manager can retain autonomy.

d) The series of points though the life of the project that provide an opportunity to revisit the justification and planning of the project.

HOW DO I ACTUALLY DO THE EXAM?

“The key to wisdom is knowing all the right questions.”

WHY DOES APPLICATION MATTER?

Why do you think applying the tools matters?

If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading - Lao Tzu 

There are very few things impossible in themselves; and we do not want means to conquer difficulties so much as application and resolution in the use of means - Francois de La Rochefoucauld 

WHY DOES APPLICATION MATTER?No-one ever got less poor because you passed your PMD Pro 1 exam

Can you

implement by

yourself?

Do you need

support?

What kind of support do

you need?

WBS

Network diagrams

Project Charter

RACI diagram

Decision Gates

Transition Matrix

Risk Register

Issue Log

PMDPro Tools

ASSIGNMENT

ACTION PLANNING

ISSUE ACTION ACTIVITY PMD Pro

Tools

% improve

WHEN R A C IPoor implementation planning

Develop detailed implementation plans using WBS

Hold a meeting with project team and take them through WBS tool

Review current plans and use WBS to make them detailed and comprehensive

WBS 30% March, 2013

PMD-trainee

PMD-trainee/ supervisor

Other staff eg DM&E

Area PM

RISK REGISTER

What are the main risks to your implementation?

It is better by noble boldness to run the risk of being subject to half the evils we anticipate than to remain in cowardly

listlessness for fear of what might happen. – Herodotus

HOW TO KEEP LEARNING?

Project Management Institute: www.pmi.org Linkedin – PM4NGOs - http://tinyurl.com/d5fqard International PM Association: http://ipma.ch/ American Society for the Advanced of PM:

http://www.asapm.org/ PM Association of Canada: http://

www.pmac-agpc.ca/

and Google

“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.” -  Dr. Seuss, I

Can Read With My Eyes Shut!

Thanks for all your hard work and

attention