Talk about Lessons Learned, KM and PM on LinkedIn

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Talk about Lessons Learned, KM and PM on LinkedIn.  Below are 4 recent LinkedIn posts all about Lessons Learned KM and PM.  I have made comments and found some like minded folk who share a passion for Lessons Learned… Enjoy the links and reading

Project Manager Community – Best Group for Project Management
Lessons Learned Meetings – Dumb Idea?
Are waiting to do lessons learned meetings at the end of the project valuable or by then is it too late and they are just dumb?
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Project Management Link ( Project, Program & Portfolio Managers )
Hello Project Managers, What is “Lessons Learnt” or “Learning from Experience”?Is it about transferring relevant knowledge of an individual to the many?
Is it about “Experience is the best teacher”, and so we should always capture our important experiences and teach them to others?
Is it about not repeating mistakes of the past but repeating its successes?
Is it about collecting the individual tacit knowledge of the organization and transient them into the organization’s wisdom?
Personally I think it all of the above and more.
So my question is do you apply “Learning from Experience” in your organization? If so, how do you do it?
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PMO – Project Management Office
Learning Lessons from Lessons Learned
Experience is not what happens to a man; it is what a man does with what happens to him. During the last decade of last century, many companies had..
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We really need to talk about knowledge..
November 28, 2012 at 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM Crowne Plaza Reading
This event requires registration: http://www.apm.org.uk/event/we-really-need-talk-about-knowledge-knowledge-sig-courageous-conversations-event
How do we know what it means to manage a project? In this APM Knowledge SIG Courageous Conversations event, Dr Jon Whitty and Dr Judy Payne invite you to challenge preconceptions about project management knowledge.
Project management knowledge. Knowledge about project management. What is it? Where is it? Who creates it? When is it needed? Why is it important? Where is it used? Who owns it? These are some of the most difficult questions to answer about project management knowledge.
This interactive and stimulating event will address these questions and explore how our preconceptions about knowledge affect the way we feel and act; the role of professional associations; and how knowledge about project management develops – or doesn’t.
Please don’t expect definitive answers. This event is one strand of a conversation that we hope will lead to new concepts, new language, and better understanding of the issues relating to project management knowledge. It’s our profession. We want to encourage a greater confidence in the APM community to talk freely and fearlessly about new ways forward. Are you brave enough to join in?
Labels: Body of Knowledge, project management, professional knowledge
Event Organizer: Judy Payne (Practitioner, consultant and reluctant academic specialising in collaborative working, knowledge management and learning)


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PM World Journal: Going Beyond Lessons Learned…

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PM World Journal: Going Beyond Lessons Learned…  I like it.  David Pells is back as the Managing Editor for PM World Journal.  You can read the first Volume-Issue at http://pmworldjournal.net/.

As you know I am passionate about lesson learned in the PM community so to have PM World back will only be a positive way forward to help us all share PM Knowledge.  I welcome the following comments from the first issue:

“ The new PMWJ also represents a new model for publishing P/PM articles and papers. Going beyond “lessons learned”, we want to aggressively promote publication as a way to capture lessons learned and good practices in P/PM and to share that knowledge with those who may need it most – students, young project managers, and those in project-based organizations, industries and emerging economies around the world. In many cases, those are the ones where better, faster and more efficient delivery of project results can positively impact thousands of human lives.

Knowledge sharing can take many forms, which is why we offer various categories of articles and papers in the new PMWJ – featured papers, advisory articles, commentaries, editorials, case studies, personal stories, news articles. Some new knowledge is based on serious research, or experience on actual programs and projects. New lessons learned or good practices grow from specific applications, the solving of specific problems or participating on successful teams.

Lessons Learned Reports are too often prepared for internal distribution, after which they disappear into company archives, files or book shelves. Where possible, please consider sharing those lessons learned, experiences and successful practices with others around the world. Few are likely to be direct competitors; many readers will be extremely grateful.”

I am encouraged and support the goals of PM World Journal:

  • to promote and support the creation of new program and project management (P/PM) knowledge;
  • to promote and support the sharing of that knowledge with individuals and organizations new to P/PM or where such knowledge is sorely needed;
  • to provide greater recognition and visibility for those who create new P/PM knowledge (authors);
  • to provide a robust, easily accessible library of global P/PM knowledge and information; and
  • to promote and support the use of modern P/PM for solving global problems.

I know I will be a regular visitor to this site and I plan to participate over my PhD research journey.

Cheers, Stephen

 


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#pmoz A systemic lessons learned and knowledge capture model for project organisations

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Stephen will be presenting at the 9th ANNUAL PROJECT MANAGEMENT AUSTRALIA CONFERENCE (PMOz) 2012

Title: A systemic lessons learned and knowledge capture model for project organisations
Stream: Projects in Organisations
Presentation: Wednesday 15 August 12:00pm –   12:45pm

http://www.pmoz.com.au

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The Texas City Refinery Explosion: The Lessons Learned

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While researching lesson learned about the Deepwater Horizon Spill I came across the following Texas Refinery Explosion speech by BP Senior Group Vice President for Safety & Operations John Mogford. “This was a preventable incident,” he said. “It should be seen as a process failure, a cultural failure and a management failure.”
Have we heard this before?
Another one to add to the ‘lessons learned available to the general public’ page…The Texas City Refinery Explosion: The Lessons Learned

 


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A systemic lessons learned and captured knowledge (SLLCK) model for project organizations

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A systemic lessons learned and captured knowledge (SLLCK) model for project organizations will be presented at PMOz 2012.

Duffield SM, Whitty S J (2012). A systemic lessons learned and captured knowledge (SLLCK) model for project organizations. In: Proceedings of the Annual Project Management Australia Conference Incorporating the PMI Australia National Conference (PMOz), Melbourne, Australia, 15-16 August 2012.

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(PMBOK® Guide) — Fifth Edition draft – Lesson Learned comment accepted

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A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) — Fifth Edition draft ‘lesson learned comment accepted with modification’.

The Draft ‘A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) — Fifth Edition’ is currently open for comments. I have made a couple of reccomendations (refer posted on ).

1) General comment for ‘lessons learned’. I am interested in understanding why Project Management methodologies and PM knowledge books seem to only use the term ‘lessons learned’? Perhaps the Project Management community needs to shift the focus to more knowledge management, which will open up the language we use in organisations. Lessons learned is only one particular element that can be used to share and use project knowledge.  …Your feedback would be most welcome.
2) Section: 9.1.1.4 Organizational Process Assets needs to also include ‘Lessons learned from previous projects’

Today feedback was received from PMI.
No. 1 was rejected as ”Recommendation is prescriptive rather than descriptive”…I am ok with this for the present moment. We need to continue working on finding a way to change PMBOK to reflect better Lessons Learned practice. Will leave this for my PhD challenge.

No. 2 was Accepted With Modification…We agree with your basic recommendation. We have modified the sentence and believe that the following re-write addresses your comment: “…Lessons learned on organizational structures that have worked in previous projects; and…”.   Happy with the outcome..one lessons learned improvement.

Until next time…

Regards, Stephen


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