Question:

This activity will provide you with an opportunity to share your thoughts on one of the project management topics.

The class interaction will foster a learning environment in which you will learn from each other's experiences and opinions. In addition to that, you will practice speaking the project management lingo and expressing your opinions in a professional manner.

A reoccurring question in the project management field is:

How do we not only learn from our mistakes but also ensure that these mistakes are not repeated on future projects?

Project managers would agree that although it is important to identify Lessons Learned for the project, the more important and challenging task is to ensure that the Lessons Learned are utilized in order to prevent the same mistakes from being repeated on future projects. This activity will encourage students to brainstorm on this topic and identify strategies that would ensure that Lessons Learned on previous projects improve the results of future projects.

Read the following:

. Gido, J., & Clements, J. P. (2012). Successful project management. Mason, OH: South-Western Cengage Learning.

o Chapter 4: Defining Scope, Quality, Responsibility, and Activity Sequence

o Chapter 13: Project Management Organizational Structures

View the following:

. PowerPoint presentations:
o Chapter 4: Defining Scope, Quality, Responsibility, and Activity Sequence

o Chapter 13: Project Management Organizational Structures

Based on the following statement, respond to the questions below:

A consistent lesson learned is that we don't learn from lessons learned.

Do you agree with the above quote?

What steps do you think a Project Manager should take in order to increase the likelihood that lessons learned from previous projects are used to effectively improve the results of future projects?