Shaw Project Management

Episode #6 – Planning Process Notes - Failure to plan is planning to fail. Shaw Project Management, LLC eShawPM Podcast Series! By Ernest Shaw, PMP Project management plans are literally the backbone of each and every project. As such, a weak plan will yield weak results and will all but ensure failure. A sound project management plan will actually consist of several sub-plans covering various topics. Sub-plans include Project Planning, Scope, Cost and Risk Management, Quality Control/Quality Assurance, Human Resources Management, Procurement Management, Communications Management, and Project Closure . . . Continued in show notes "Episode #6 - Planning" on www.eShawPM.com!

Episode #5 – Initiation Processes Notes - Sponsors, Charters, and Scopes, Oh, my! Shaw Project Management, LLC eShawPM Podcast Series! By Ernest Shaw, PMP Sponsors, Charters, and Scopes? That's no way to start a project, or is it? Getting things started, or initiated, is literally the first step of any project, large or small. Project initiation consists of gaining sponsorship, establishing a project charter, nailing down a scope statement, setting management direction, enabling change control, and setting into motion closure . . . Continued in show notes "Episode #5 - Initiation Process" on www.eShawPM.com!

Episode #4 – Management Processes Notes - Initiation, Planning, Execution, Monitoring, and Closure Shaw Project Management, LLC eShawPM Podcast Series! By Ernest Shaw, PMP All projects no matter the size or nature will consist of the following five processes: Initiation, Planning, Execution, Monitoring, and Closure. The formality or level of detail will depend upon the specific project however projects will exhibit these five processes . . . Continued in show notes "Episode #4 - Management Process" on www.eShawPM.com!

Episode #3 – Lessons Learned Notes - Moving ahead with new understanding Shaw Project Management, LLC eShawPM Podcast Series! By Ernest Shaw, PMP Now that we have failed and reviewed the causes of our failures, what have we learned? This is the $64,000 question! Well, for those of you old enough to remember . . . Hmm, for the rest of you, just pretend that $64,000 is a lot of money to win on a TV game show. At any rate, what did we learn from our failure and how can we apply it to . . . Continued in show notes "Episode #3 - Lessons Learned" on www.eShawPM.com!

Episode #2 – Project Postmortem Notes - Filtering through the ashes Shaw Project Management, LLC eShawPM Podcast Series! By Ernest Shaw, PMP After the dust has settled and while the coals are still smoldering, break out the rake and see what happened. This is the time to dig in and get to work learning what went wrong as well as, what went right, as they both provide valuable insights. I note both the right and wrong because no matter how hard you may want to believe that things were all bad, there were some sound strengths . . . Continued in show notes "Episode #2 - Postmortem" on www.eShawPM.com!

Episode #1 – Failure Notes - Oh, crap! Now what? Shaw Project Management, LLC eShawPM Podcast Series! By Ernest Shaw, PMP Failure occurs for any great number of reasons. Improper planning, being ill prepared, or just plain being in the wrong place at the wrong time. No matter what the reason, and often times the magnitude of the failure, it can prove difficult to not let it get you down. Managing project, as with life, will bring some degree of failure . . . Continued in show notes "Episode #1 - Failure" on www.eShawPM.com!