Project Management Lessons Learned

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Project Management Lessons Learned From The
Silver Screen
Tony Crawford, PMP www.alphaPM.com
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Mapping of Project Management Processes to the
Process Groups and Knowledge Areas
Process Groups
Knowledge Areas
44 Processes
Reference A Guide to the Project Management Body
of Knowledge (PMBOK Guide)
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Project Management- 20 Steps to Success
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Groundhog Day
Lesson Learned
The value of Lessons Learned to achieve
Continuous Improvement
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Project Management- 20 Steps to Success
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Capability Maturity Model
5. Optimizing Focus on Process Improvement
Continuously Improving Process
4. Managed Process measured and controlled
Predictable Process
Maturity
3. Defined Process defined and well understood
Standard Consistent Process
2. Repeatable Can repeat tasks
Disciplined process
1. Initial Unpredictable and poorly controlled
Ad Hoc and Informal
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PMIs Organizational Project Management Maturity
Model (OPM3)
OPM3 Construct
Reference PMI Organizational Project Management
Maturity Model (OPM3) Standard
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Lessons Learned

• Ongoing
• Collect lessons learned throughout the project
• Synthesize at the end of each phase
• Disseminate and action to address

• Topics to addressWhat worked well
• What could be done better
• Were requirements and schedules met to client
  satisfaction
• Was the project within budget
• Was there a good balance between scope, schedule
  and budget
• Was the project methodology effective
• Were risks identified and addressed effectively
• Was team morale good
• Was there good participation by and
  communications with all stakeholders
• Were deliverables of good quality

• At the end of each phase/project
• Hold a formal lessons learned review with key
  team members and stakeholders
• Provide an advance agenda
• Facilitate with an external facilitator
• Personal issues are out of bounds
• Intent is to improve the process, not find a
  scapegoat
• Apply lessons learned to future projects across
  the organization

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Project Management- 20 Steps to Success
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Apollo 13
Lessons Learned
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Apollo 13
Launch 11 April, 1970
Emergency Rig Lithium Hydroxide Unit
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Apollo 13
Lessons Learned
Control Project Scope, Schedule and Cost Control
Project Quality Control Project Risk
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Project Management- 20 Steps to Success
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The Triple Constraints
Quality
Scope
Time
Cost
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Apollo 13
Lessons Learned
Control Project Scope, Schedule and Cost Control
Project Quality Control Project Risk
The Value of Leadership and Teamwork
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The value of Leadership and Teamwork Part 2
Sir John Hunt
Tenzing Norgay on the summit of Mount Everest at
11.30 a.m.Photo Edmund Hillary, May 29, 1953
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The value of Leadership and Teamwork Part 3
Ernest Shackleton
The Endurance trapped in the ice - Winter 1915
Timeline
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Titanic
Lessons Learned
The Value of Risk Management
The importance of Communications
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Project Management- 20 Steps to Success
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Risk Management Processes
Risk Identification
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Risk Response Plan
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Risk Management Processes
Reference A Guide to the Project Management Body
of Knowledge (PMBOK Guide)
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Communications Management Plan Template
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Wizard of Oz
Lesson Learned
Develop and support your team
Who Wants To Be AProject Manager?
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Project Management- 20 Steps to Success
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5. Optimizing
Continuously improvemethods for
developingpersonal and organizationalcompetence
Continuous Workforce InnovationCoachingPersonal
Competency Development
www.sei.cmu.edu
4. Managed
Organizational Performance AlignmentOrganizationa
l Competency ManagementTeam-Based PracticesTeam
BuildingMentoring
Quantitatively manageorganizational growthin
workforce capabilitiesand establishcompetency-ba
sed teams
3. Defined
Participatory CultureCompetency-Based
PracticesCareer DevelopmentCompetency
DevelopmentWorkforce PlanningKnowledge and
Skills Analysis
Identify core competencies and align
workforceactivities with them
2. Repeatable
CompensationTrainingPerformance
ManagementStaffingCommunicationWork Environment
Install basic disciplineinto workforce
activities
1. Initial
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Foster Team Development

• Project Team Communications
• Status Meetings
• Regular individual feedback on performance
• Supportive of initiatives and problem resolution
• Rewards and recognitions (team and individual)
• Coaching (mostly by the Project Manager)
• Mentoring (by another Manager)
• Training
• Technical or Management related
• Classroom, Web Based, Books, Industry groups
• Performance Appraisals
• Set clear Goals and Objectives

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The End
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End Project Management Lessons Learned from
the Silver Screen
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Shackletons Voyage of Endurance Timeline 1914 -
1916
August 1 - Endurance departs London the same day
Germany declares war on Russia August 4 -
Shackleton offers his ship and crew to British
government for war effort August 8 - After
Shackleton receives one-word telegram from
Admiralty ("Proceed"), Endurance departs Plymouth
October 26 - With final crew on board,
Endurance leaves Buenos Aires, Argentina for
South Georgia December 5 - Departs Grytviken
whaling station, South Georgia - last time crew
would touch land for 497 days December 7 -
Enters the Antarctic pack ice December 30 -
Endurance crosses Antarctic Circle
Map of the sea routes of Endurance, the
James Caird, and Aurora, the overland supply
depot route of the Ross Sea Party, and the
planned overland route of the Weddell Sea Party
led by Ernest Shackleton on his trans-Antarctic
expedition of 191415Red voyage of
EnduranceYellow drift of Endurance in pack
iceGreen sea ice drift after Endurance
sinksBlue voyage of the James CairdTurquoise
planned trans-Antarctic routeOrange voyage of
Aurora to AntarcticaPink retreat of
AuroraBrown supply depot route
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Shackletons Voyage of Endurance Timeline 1914 -
1916
January 10 - First sighting of Antarctic
continent (Coats Land) January 18 - Endurance
becomes beset in the pack ice February 22 -
Drifts to 77th parallel in Vahsel Bay, farthest
south the ship will reach February 24 -
Shackleton orders halt to ship routine May 1 -
Sun vanishes for season, not to reappear for four
months June 22 - Crew celebrates Midwinter's Day
with a feast October 27 - At 5 p.m., Shackleton
gives order to abandon the Endurance November 1 -
After futile, three-day attempt to march over the
ice, Shackleton has crew erect Ocean
Camp November 21 - With a single cry of "She's
going, boys!" Shackleton and his crew watch
Endurance sink December 23 - Crew again begins
march toward open water, averaging just a mile
and a half a day December 29 - Shackleton
abandons march, sets up Patience Camp
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Shackletons Voyage of Endurance Timeline 1914 -
1916
April 9 - Crew goes to sea in the three
lifeboats, the James Caird, the Dudley Docker,
and the Stancomb Wills April 16 - After seven
grueling days at sea, lifeboats land safely on
Elephant Island April 24 - Shackleton and five
others depart for South Georgia in the James
Caird May 10 - After 17 days in stormy seas, and
with superior navigation by FrankWorsley, the
James Caird miraculously arrives on the west
coast of South Georgia, 800 miles away. May 19 -
Shackleton, Worsley, and Crean set off to cross
South Georgia's glacier-clad peaks to east-coast
whaling stations May 20 - Having trekked without
a break for 36 hours over glacier-clad mountains
thousands of feet high, Shackleton, Worsley, and
Crean arrive at Stromness whaling station May 23
- Shackleton, Worsley, and Crean depart on the
English-owned Southern Sky to rescue men on
Elephant Island, but are stopped by ice 100 miles
short of the island June 10 - Uruguayan
government loans the survey ship Instituto de
Pesca No 1, which comes within sight of Elephant
Island before pack ice turns it back July 12 -
Chartered by the British Association, the
schooner Emma sets out from Punta Arenas, but
gets to within 100 miles of Elephant Island
before storms and ice force it to return August
25 - Chilean authorities loan the Yelcho, a small
steamer, which sets sail with Shackleton,
Worsley, and Crean for Elephant Island August 30
- Shackleton arrives with the Yelcho, and rescues
the party on this day,22 months after they'd set
out from South Georgia.
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Who wants to be a Project Manager?
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List Dorothys staff in the order that they
joined the OZ team
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2
c) Scarecrow
a) Tin Man
1
4
b) Toto
d) Cowardly Lion
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Three Lifelines
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What did the Scarecrow wish to obtain from
joining Dorothys team?
a) Heart
c) Courage
d) Marriage to Dorothy
b) Brain
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What reward did the Cowardly Lion receive for
assisting Dorothy in her project to return to
Kansas?
c) Triple Cross Medal of Courage
a) Testimonial Watch
b) Golden Crown
d) Dr of Thinkology diploma
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