What is ProjectLEAD?

• ProjectLEAD software is a decision making toolkit for project managers. Based on the best practices of over a thousand project managers, ProjectLEAD prompts you with practical tools and advisors to guide your team though planing and implementing challenges. Developed by Momentum Consulting, Inc., ProjectLEAD incorporates and reinforces the methodology and tools taught in the ProjectSuccess!™ workshop.

• Users can draft a project plan outline, troubleshoot issues and organize priorities with this self-guided, decision-making toolkit. Managers find ProjectLEAD to be unique because it focuses on those essential people activities which cannot be tracked on a schedule: building a strong project team, influencing critical stakeholders or negotiating with management.

• ProjectLEAD guides a new manager through the unknown and reminds an experienced manager of "what not to forget" in the art of leadership. ProjectLEAD's checklists are useful when starting-up a project, managing an existing project, restarting a project in trouble or helping coach other project managers. In a larger organization, ProjectLEAD can help establish a common language, framework and set of techniques to improve project managers' effectiveness.

• Worldwide customers include Autodesk, Bank of America, Bell Canada, Cadence Design Systems, Eli Lilly, IBM, Mobil Oil, NCR, PG&E, Raychem and US West. ProjectLEAD was introduced at Boston University's Project Management Conference and Project Management Institute's '97 Symposium.

Are You Dealing with People Issues?

Use ProjectLEAD software to manage essential people activities that can't be tracked on a schedule:


• Build a strong project team
• Influence critical stakeholders
• Negotiate with management
• Manage customer expectations

  
  When everyone turns to you for answers, ProjectLEAD prompts you with practical techniques and tips in the "art" of leadership. Draft a project plan outline, troubleshoot issues and organize your priorities with this self-guided toolkit for project managers' decisions.
  
  
  

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  ProjectLEAD is...

  • "A practical guide to the art of leading projects."

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  • "An intuitive and engaging decision-making tool for project leaders."

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  • ProjectLEAD prompts you with practical Tools and Advisors to successfully guide your team through planning and implementation challenges.

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  • ProjectLEAD emphasizes the people aspects of project management (e.g., how to build a productive team, influence critical stakeholders...)

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  • ProjectLEAD draws on experience leading projects and training more than 1000 project managers in Fortune 500 companies, high-tech start-ups and government organizations.

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  • ProjectLEAD is your mentor when everyone turns to you for answers!

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  • It will guide a new project manager through the unknown and remind an experienced manager of "what not to forget" in the art of leadership. Build skills, create tangible results, and successfully lead your team with this easy to use, intuitive software.

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  • If you are part of a larger organization, ProjectLEAD can help establish a common language, framework and set of techniques to improve the effectiveness of novice and experienced project managers.

When to use ProjectLEAD

Use ProjectLEAD to remind you of what not to forget in the "art" of leadership:

Start-up a new project

• Use checklists to scope project
• Draft a project plan outline
• Organize yourself during Planning with a personal priorities list
• Reference tips on teambuilding and influencing critical stakeholders

Manage an existing project

• Troubleshoot team/project issues
• Anticipate scope changes
• Organize yourself during Implementation with a personal priorities list
• Use checklists and worksheets to prepare for key decisions

Manage other Project Leaders or Program Office

• Establish a common language
• Increase predictability
• Coach others using ProjectLEAD's 100 Tools and techniques

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Outline of Features with Screenshots

• Overview (44k GIF image)
  • Quickstart
  • Select your Situation (52k GIF image)
  • Tutorial
  • Project Health Survey (29k GIF image)
  • PMBOK Correlation (35k GIF image)
• Activities (25k GIF image)
  • Planning Activities
    • 1. Assess Project
    • 2. Define Vision
    • 3. Identify Critical Success Factors
    • 4. Define Features
    • 5. Write Scope Statement
    • 6. Build Core Team
    • 7. Build Community
    • 8. Create Schedule
    • 9. Develop Budget
    • 10. Asses Risk
  • Implementing Activities
    • 1. Manage Self
    • 2. Lead Team
    • 3. Satisfy Customer
    • 4. Expand Community Buy-in
    • 5. Manage Progress
    • 6. Anticipate Change
    • 7. Transfer Ownership
    • 8. Integrate Improvements
• Planning Flowchart (26k GIF image)
  • Implementing Flowchart
• Priorities (29k GIF image)
• Troubleshooting Topics (25k GIF image)
  • Changes in Scope
  • Problems with Schedule
  • Conflict within Team
  • Resource Issues
  • Leadership Issues
  • Organizational Politics
  • Project Floundering
• Tool Topics (28k GIF image)
  • Change Management
  • Communication
  • Conflict Resolution
  • Decision-Making
  • Leadership
  • Meeting Management
  • Monitoring Progress
  • Problem-Solving
  • Reengineering
  • Schedule
  • Teambuilding
• Advisors (26k GIF image)
• Glossary (25k GIF image)
• ProjectSuccess!™ Templates (...more about ProjectSuccess!)
  • Composite Screenshot of Templates (32k GIF image)
  • Decision Analysis
  • Preserve/Avoid Analysis
  • Project Characteristics
  • Project Community Plan
  • Project Schedule
  • Project Schedule Deliverables
  • Project Scope
  • Project Scope Trade-offs
  • Project Status Report
  • Quantifying Risks
  • Responsibility Assignment Matrix
  • Risk Contingency Plan
  • Comfort Zone, Critical Success Factors, Identifying Risks, Project Assessment, Project Vision
• ProjectLEAD installer

  ProjectLEAD is Y2K compliant

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Some Companies using ProjectLEAD:

ABN AMRO Bank	IBM
Adaptec Inc.	IBM Labs, UK
Allied Group	Kinetix
Autodesk, Inc.	McDonald's Corporation
Bank of America	MDS SCIEX
Battelle Pacific NW Laboratories	Mobil Corporation
Bell Canada	Mpath Interactive, Inc.
Cadence Design Systems	National School Services
Cell Therapeutics, Inc.	Nations Bank Services
Central Illinois Light Company	Nationwide Insurance
Chromatic Research	NCR
City of Edmonton, Canada	New Zealand Police Department
City of Springfield, Oregon	PG&E
Cognos, Inc.	Raychem
Cosmos Consulting Group, Inc.	The SABRE Group
Eastman Kodak Company	Sargent & Lundy LLC
Eli Lilly & Company	System Development/Integration, Inc.
GES Exposition Services	Triple-I Corporation
GaSonics International	US West Communications
Harper College	WW Grainger, Inc.
Honeywell Satellite Systems

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ProjectLEAD User Quotes

• "A Good package, especially for project start-up. It's useful for someone starting out to help focus on the human factors of project management. ProjectLEAD offers really good ideas on how to set-up a team, manage meetings and resolve conflicts. Very easy to use." Marta Crespin - Manager, US West Communications

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• "ProjectLEAD offers me detailed advice and best practices on techniques in managing my project. It gives me different options, not just one way, which I can then tailor to fit my specific needs." Tim Wells - Project Manager, The SABRE Group

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• "I turn to ProjectLEAD when I've got an issue (risks, personnel issues); ProjectLEAD focuses on people issues that often arise; providing alternatives to resolve issues. ProjectLEAD is a good checklist on many things; it helps to have something to fall back on to make sure that you don't forget anything." Paula Carroll - Manager, US West Communications

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• "I use ProjectLEAD when I am looking for tools that I can use to help build and support project managers. Also tools that contain reference information on how to do things; the tools list is very useful." Ken Delcol - Project Manager, MDS/SCIEX

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• "I often refer to ProjectLEAD during the course of my job in mentoring and assisting other project managers. I am finding plenty of good advice in PL which offers a way forward in these situations." Ross Whiteman - Project Manager

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• "I turn to ProjectLEAD when I'm trying to think through a situation and I wonder what things I might have missed. ProjectLEAD offers different ways of looking at things; it is a good reminder offering lists of things to look at. ProjectLEAD has proven especially useful to me in start-up planning. It is a good tool with useful information; I'm impressed." Joe Stansbury - Project Manager, Honeywell Satellite Systems

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Download a Demo copy:

• Windows Demo of ProjectLEAD 1.5 - (1083 K)
• MacOS Demo of ProjectLEAD 1.2 - (2101 K)
• Installation Instructions (Readme text file) - (7 K)
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Prices & Ordering Info:

Customer Satisfaction Guarantee:
No Risk, 30 Day Return Policy: Customer must be completely satisfied with ProjectLEAD.

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Prices for ProjectLEAD v. 1.5.1 :

1 unit	US$395*
2-9 units	US$316*
10-24 units	US$296*
25-49 units	US$276*
Higher volume discounts, site licenses and customization options are available.

* Plus additional shipping and handling charges.
(2 day delivery by air within the United States, or within a week for any shipment worldwide.)

Prices subject to change without notice

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Ordering ProjectLEAD v. 1.5.1 :

ProjectLEAD info: sales@momentumC.com

Momentum Consulting, Inc.

1095 West 17th Avenue
Eugene, Oregon 97402-4024
541.683.5990 - voice
541.684.0750 - fax

Payment Options:

Credit Cards: Visa, MasterCard	Using secure online payment.
eCheck	Online bank account debit.
Personal Check	Product shipped when funds are verified.
Company Purchase Order	Net 30 days.

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Tradeshows

• Look for ProjectLEAD at PMI 2002 in San Antonio, Texas USA, October 6-8, 2002.
  • Stop by the PMI Bookstore booth in the Exhibition Hall, Sunday evening, Monday & Tuesday, October 6-8. ProjectLEAD will be featured in the software section.
  • We have a special show price for ProjectLEAD at PMI 2002. Contact us during this week if you were unable to attend the event.
  • See an announcement of ProjectLEAD in the March '97 issue of PM Network, p. 7.
  • See an advertisement of ProjectLEAD in the October '99 issue of PM Network, p. 55.
• ProjectLEAD was a sponsoring vendor at Microsoft Project '98 Solutions Expo in Portland, Oregon, October 19, 1999.
  • Stop by the ProjectLEAD exhibit, Tuesday 9:00AM - 12:30PM at the Portland OMSI location, 1945 SE Water Avenue. Register here for this event.
  • Discover how Microsoft Project and ProjectLEAD can put you and your team in control of any project, no matter how complex. This briefing is designed for anyone who oversees a team, plans a budget, juggles schedules, or has deadlines to meet.
  • We have a special show price for this event. Contact us during this week if you were unable to attend the event.
• ProjectLEAD was exhibited at the Project Management Institute's PMI '97 Symposium & Seminars in Chicago, PMI '98 in Long Beach, CA., and PMI '99 in Philadelphia, PA.
• ProjectLEAD was introduced during Boston University's Frontiers in Project Management Conference in April 1997. ProjectLEAD 1.0, software for project managers, began shipping to customers worldwide as of April 25, 1997. Momentum Consulting showcased ProjectLEAD software at ProjectWorld '96 and ProjectWorld '97.

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