Video: Tale of Two Projects-Episode #3: Project Planning

Watch as a project manager works with the team on planning their project using the techniques that are the common practice. See the PM’s techniques and then listen to the team members’ reaction to the session as we interview them in private. Last, hear an expert’s analysis of the PM’s work.

 

Regards,

Dick Billows, PMP

Project Approval Games

Project managers and executives play lots of games during the project approval process. They also have fantasies about how the process works. Let’s explore these fantasies or insight into how both sides think. Read the article

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Dick Billows, PMP

Managing Project Conflict

Watch as a project manager walks in on a raging conflict among his team members and uses best practices techniques to get the team focused on their deliverables.
Dick Billows, PMP

Requirement and risk management

Requirements Gathering Best Practices: Video
We can gather requirements like one of Santa’s elves finding out what everyone wants.  That encourages scope creep and late finishes.  Listen to a better way that leads to project success.

Risk Management Techniques for Small Projects: Article
A few minutes of risk management on even the smallest project gets a good return for the effort. We just need to scale risk management so the payback is proportional to the cost. Here's our 3-tiered approach for projects of different scales and significance.

Dick

Dick Billows, PMP
President 4pm.com

Project Teams and a Bit of Satire

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We have two offerings this week:

Project Team Moments of Truth
During a project a PM faces three moments of truth with their team and how those MOTs are handled determines the fate of the project.  Read about the wrong way to handle them and then the correct techniques to use.

Video: 537 Ways to Screw up a Project (Humor)
These folks make all the classic mistakes that screw up  projects.  Come laugh at them and maybe see some of the screw-ups your organization makes

Dick Billows, PMP
president
www.4pm.com

Video: Don’t Get Stumped by Tough Executive Questions; Learn What to Say

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Watch three executives ask nasty questions of a project manager. Then an expert explains how to handle each situation and steer the executive down the path to project success.  Watch the Video

Add your comments about how you would handle the ssituations.

Dick Billows, PMP
Project Management Training and Certification
http://www.4pm.com/

The Work Breakdown Structure: Common Mistakes & Best Practices

Video Lecture: The work breakdown structure is the key to good assignments and accurate tracking. Dick Billows, PMP, discusses the common mistakes and the best practices for the WBS. Join Dick as he hikes the critical path in Kauai, Hawaii. Watch the video