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Welcome to CIEs'
Project Management Training

Week 01 - Introduction

001 - intro
002 - pm_context
002 - assignment_01
002 - assignment_02
Ice bucket challenge: here
ALS: here
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Event management plan proforma: here
Event schedule template: here
Budget template: here
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Fundraising plan examples: Heartland Institute, St. Mary’s River Watershed Association, Land Trust
How to develop a plan: here, here and here
A guide to special events fundraising: here
Fundraising ideas:  Gala performance and dinner (page 4), a selection of 12 award winning fundraising projects from around the world, a list of ideas, a list with expected amount earned, another list

Week 02 - Project Environment, Life Cycle & Processes

003 -  pm_context 02
003 - fund raising assignment
004 - life cycle
005 - processes
006 - project charter

Alberta Economic Dashboard: here
Inventory of Major Projects in Alberta: here
Canadian, Alberta & Corporate funding programs: here

World immigration map (for 2007): here

Scope of Work Statement examples & tips: one, two, three and four
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Examples of a Project Charter:
Software, City of St. John, Software, Pipeline, Housing,
Business Processes, Fisheries Plan, Wind Farm, IT services,
Bridge Building, Hot Water Metering, Climate, Single Family House

Week 03 - Weebly, Stakeholders & Project Management Plan

007 - weebly
007 - weebly instructions
008 - stakeholder register
009 - project management plan
Project Charter template: here
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Stakeholder Register templates: simple & detailed

Week 04 - Scope & Time
010 - scope
011 - wbs
012 - time
013 - time
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Thursday, October 23, 1 - 2:30 p.m.
Guest Speaker: Chandra Ramalingam
- Chandra is a Field Technical Coordinator with Japan Canada Oil Sands Limited (JACOS)
PMI WBS examples:  here
WBS samples - house, software, LNG
WBS Dictionary Template - here (download)
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www.wbstool.com  -  an online WBS creation tool: here
To save files securely you will need to create an account with the software provider:
1) click on the disk icon
2) click on Login
3) click on Register
4) fill out the form

- You can also save files in the public folder but these are subject to change by any other user.
- To save your file to your local hard drive click one of the four options in the Download Pane

Week 05 - Time

014 - time
015 - progress update
016 - schedule
016 - gantter notes
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Thursday, October 30, 9:30 - 11a.m.
Guest Speaker: Ali Asghari
- Mr. Asghari is currently a co-owner of a Calgary based Oil & Gas Company and also runs his own business offering management advisory services.
Activity list template - here
Human resource plan template - here
** note, this site has many other usable templates
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A one page status report example:
see "My One Page Project Status Report" here 


Week 06 - Cost & Quality

017 - cost
018 - quality
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Thursday, November 6, 12:30 - 2:30
Guest Speaker: Jacobet Edith Wambayi
- Ms. Wambayi is a community outreach and public education worker at the Calgary Workers' Resource Centre
- Topics: Employment Standards, Human Rights in the workplace and Occupational Health and Safety


Quality methodologies:
Total quality management (TQM): here and here
Six Sigma: here and here
Organizational Project Management
Maturity Model (OPM3) - PMI: here and here
Capability Maturity Model Integrated (CMMI): here and here




Week 07 - HR, Communications & Risk

019 - hr
020 - comm
021 - risk01
021 - chart assignment

FINAL ASSIGNMENT
   outline
   sample

What is your communication style? - quiz: here
How good of a listener are you? - quiz: here
Listening skills: here
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Communications Management Plan template: here
The cost of poor communications - A PMI report: here
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Charts
Online diagram drawing application: 
draw.io
Chart diagram notation definitions: Flow chart - BPMN - UML - Azure -
Entity Relationship
A complex influence diagram: here

Week 08 - Risk, Procurement & Stakeholder Management

022 - risk02
023 - risk03
024 - risk04, procurement
025 - stake, project
For you to do :
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Project Charter, WBS, Schedule & more
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FINAL ASSIGNMENT
   outline
   sample
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A one page status report example:
see "My One Page Project Status Report" here
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A Flow Chart describing a known process. Use draw.io
Here are some diagram samples: here
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Risk Register Template: here
Risk Management Plan Template: here
Create your own Monte Carlo simulator! here
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Procurement management plan template: here
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RFP examples & bid opportunities: here , here, here and here
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Sample bid evaluation matrix: here
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A link to a list of many of the templates we've used and more: here


Week 09 - Executing Process Group, Quality & Human Resources

026 - executing, quality
027 - hr01
028 - hr02
029 - hr03
A one page project status report template: excel & pdf
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Team role quiz: here
The results of this quiz are based upon the Belbin 'team roles' of 
behavioural strengths and weaknesses. A summary of these roles can be found here.
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What is you negotiating style? here
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Personality type:
Myers-Briggs type indicator assessment: here
Myers-Briggs type indicator assessment interpretation: here  -  find your Star Wars personality equivalent here
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What motivates you quiz: here
How to respond to the different motivation types: here
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Team health check questionnaire: here
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5 dysfunctions assessment: here
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: summary here
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Behavioural Competencies:
An extensive reference guide can be found here
Is often discussed in relation to conducting interviews: here and here
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A good list of links to team building resources: here

Week 10 - Communications, Procurement, Stakeholders and EMV

030 - comm&pro
031 - stake m&c
032 - change
033 - scope
034 - time
Templates:
Change request, Change log and Change management plan: 1 & 2
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Project milestone templates: 1, 2 & 3
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A change management workbook
Change management beyond PMI: 1, 2 & 3
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A video introduction to Scrum
Learn Scrum here
Scrum (or similar) software offering free versions: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7
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Learn Prince2 here


Week 11 - EVM & Closing

035 - cost (evm)
036 - evm formula
037 - quality & communication
038 - procure & stake
039 - closing
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Thursday December 11, 1:00-2:30
Guest Speaker: Kim Hickson
- Ms. Hickson is the Director of Staffing and Human Resources at FT Services

Semaphore history:
1, 2, 3 and for the best example look at: 4 (starting at 1:05)
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Common quality metrics
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In class EVM quiz at Quizlet 


Week 12 - Review & Presentations

040 - review
I T T O - A spreadsheet of all (with some duplication) of the ITTOs
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A PMBOK explorer showing "how the knowledge areas, processes, deliverables, and tools & techniques interconnect"
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The second best project management site in the world (created in German and not PMP based). Here are links to their interactive roadmap and desktop calendar and chart. It's also available for your android and apple phone.
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PMP talk:
PMP hangout - general discussion
PMP lessons learned - discussion by those who have passed the pmp exam
 A Linkedin project management discussion group
Geoff Crane is a professor of project management at Durham College and author of the project management website 
The Papercut Project Manager - a very good site from an project management educator

Here are 2 collections of project management and leadership advice
from 92 working professionals which I hope you'll find interesting:

Project Leadership -- Lessons from 40 PPM Experts on Making the Transition from Project Management to Project Leadership from Studio B Productions, Inc.
52 Tips to Break Into Project Management from Geoff Crane

Thank you.