Lessons in Project Management

1. The Year Begins—On a Slippery Note
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2. Understand the Characteristics of a Project
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3. Always Have an Identified and Committed Sponsor
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4. Report Status on All Projects
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5. Focus on Deadline Dates
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6. Apply Some Level of Project Management Discipline
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7. Define and Plan the Work First
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8. Don’t “Microbuild” or Micromanage the Workplan
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9. Hire a Diverse Project Team
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10. Define the Many Aspects of What Is In Scope and Out of Scope
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11. Use the “Big Three” Documents
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12. Use Scope Change Management
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13. Collect Metrics
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14. Give Performance Feedback Routinely
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15. Ensure Issues Management Is Everyone’s Responsibility
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16. Shorten Long Meetings to Sharpen the Focus
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17. Identify the Root Cause of Problems
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18. Use Quality Assurance to Validate Project Status
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19. Cancel Projects That Lose Business Support
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20. Use Risk Management to Discover Potential Problems
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21. Focus Quality Management on Processes, Not People
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22. Don’t Use Your Estimating Contingency for Scope Changes
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23. Develop a Communication Plan for Complex Projects
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24. Scale Your Processes Based on Project Size
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25. Plan the Project Even If You Start the Work at the Same Time
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26. Identify the Critical Path and How This Path Drives the End Date
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27. Change Assumptions to Revise an Estimate
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28. Don’t Forget Face-to-Face Communication on Your Project
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29. Make Quality a Mindset and Ongoing Process
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30. Batch Small Scope Change Requests for Sponsor Approval
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31. Manage Your Vendor Projects Proactively
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32. Look for Risks Inherent to Your Project
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33. Get Sponsor Approval Before Investigating Large Scope Change Requests
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34. Make Sure the Cost of Collecting Metrics Does Not Exceed Their Value
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35. Use Multiple Estimating Techniques
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36. Keep Your Schedule Up to Date
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37. Use Issue Management to Choose the Best of Bad Alternatives
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38. Collect Metrics That Can Lead to Fundamental Improvements
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39. Evaluate All Risk Response Options in the Risk Plan
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40. Manage Client Expectations
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41. Use Milestones to Track Overall Progress
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42. Catch Errors as Early as Possible
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43. Gain Sponsor Approval for Scope Changes Requiring Budget and Deadline Deviation
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44. Be Proactive to Accelerate the Project Schedule
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45. Use the Work Breakdown Structure to Identify All the Work
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46. Write Your Status Reports from the Reader’s Perspective
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47. Update Your Risk Plan Throughout the Project
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48. Don’t Deliver More Than the Client Requested
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49. Make One Person Responsible for Each Activity
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50. Focus on Deadlines to Keep Your Project from Wandering
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51. Gain Agreement on Project Metrics Ahead of Time
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52. Year-End Recap
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