Overview
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Approach project management from a new perspective: by exploring what NOT to do. Learn the 10 most common mistakes project managers make and how to avoid them.
Syllabus
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Introduction
- What to expect
- Introduction
- What is a project?
- Why projects are difficult
- My thoughts on PRINCE2
- My thoughts on agile
- The Association for Project Management (APM) method
- The 12-step process
- Project management qualifications
- Wrap-up
- Introduction
- Tip 1: Having a plan in your head
- Making your plan
- Demo: Gantt chart in Excel
- Tip 2: Saying "maybe" or "I'll try"
- Tip 3: Answering the killer question
- Tip 4: Not involving teams enough
- Tip 5: List of tasks vs. a Gantt chart
- Tip 6: Not planning across projects
- Tip 7: Stories vs. Gantt
- Tip 8: Thinking underspend is OK
- Tip 9: Rescheduling too late
- Tip 10: Not reviewing
- Wrap-up
- Why do these mistakes happen?
- Congratulations
- Gantt chart in Excel, part 1
- Gantt chart in Excel, part 2
- Gantt chart in Excel, part 3
- Gantt chart in Excel, part 4
- Gantt chart in Excel, part 5
- Gantt chart in Excel, part 6
