Using project management tools and techniques to be successful in your life.

1. TransformTransitionManage

2. Computers were the future

3. Differentiate yourself from all the others Took a job as a student programmer Recognized holes in my education

4. Transform To change in form, appearance, or structure To change in condition, nature, or character

5. The case for transformation The need for change

6. Back to VA Academic Computing The 7 Hacking Building skillset

7. planning

8. Transition Passage or change from one position, state, to another

9. positioned for Opportunity

11. You do what? I’m qualified for what? Ahhh., okay

12. Hey I like this job But… Old skills atrophy Do I like it that much?

15. Change No loyalty No security Under Appreciated Self-reliance Constant

16. Bigger GOALS New company New challenges New skills

17. Project Management Project – a means of organizing activities which has a distinctive beginning and end

18. Hey I already do that but without labeling it PM Targeted Education – models, methodologies A ‘to-do’ list is similar to a task list Building a Bigger Network –identifying resources

19. Manage Develop a Roadmap Set Goals Set Timeframes Parallel not linear task timetable Keep track of changes

20. Success is a direct result of ambition, connections, or a really good to-do list