As a project manager, program manager or project manager consultant, there is plenty for you to do during this slowdown. Now, more than ever, you must take control of your professional life and development. If you do, you will be ahead of the game when business activity picks up. And, you can be assured it will.

What should you do?

Volunteer for Projects and Task Forces!

Why?

It keeps your name out there
It keeps you visible
There is no cost to your management for you to work on internal projects

How?
Look for internal studies or research efforts you can join.
Find out what is mission critical at your company and get involved–strategic projects seldom are canceled.

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(Play length is approx 7 minutes)

Contact John at jrahiya@bellsouth dot net.

Hot off the press!

While Cynthia Snyder Stackpole was working as the PMBOK® Guide - Fourth Edition project manager, she kept thinking, someone should make this easy to implement.

So she took all the outputs from the processes in the PMBOK® Guide and created forms that tracked with them.

She also made forms for some of the tools and techniques, and a few bonus forms that I think are helpful.

The audience for the Book of Forms is any project manager, new or experienced, and organizations that want to develop a consistent level of documentation for projects. Of course there is an electronic copy of all the forms on a CD-ROM in the back of the book, and it is completely customizable.

I personally think this is one the coolest contributions to the profession that she could make. It takes the information from the project management standard and makes it accessible and easily implementable.

Jim Sloane, a member of the PMI OPM3® core team, discusses why assessments are valuable for project teams.
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OPM3 Project Assessments
Approx Play Time 3 Minutes

If you want more information about OPM3® Best Practices please contact Jim Sloane PMP at http://www.jsloane-pmp.com.