Bird view on projects

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Bird view on the project in most companies!

Based on PMI methodology (PMBOK, 5th edition)

By Volodymyr Chugai’s

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Be practical!Current situation in most companies

Team 10 + on one project

Outsourcing

Amazing people, but lots of questions

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Be practical!TOP-Manager’s high-level questions

Team?Plan quickly!

Rules has changed!

There is nobody to work?!

PM is always guilty.

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Be practical!Low-level questions

There is nobody to work?!

Gossip

Get lost!

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Quick Project Management

Guide

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• Project phases with the processes

• Inputs and outputs of each project phase

• Learned lessons

• Project management tools

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Be practical!Project phases with processes

Initiation Start project / phase

Create a plan

We measure progress, compare plan / fact and make adjustments

We act according to plan

Completion Close the project / phase or obligations under the contract

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Be practical!Initiation. Input-Output

Initiation

Project Charter

Requirement matrix

Stakeholder register

Meetings

Gathering requirements

Initiation

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Be practical!Execution. Input-Output

Project Charter

Requirement matrix

Contract

Project plan

Team register

Project concept

Risk register

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Monitoring and Control. Input-Output

Project plan

Project concept

Fixing the outcome of the meeting on the protocol

Existing plans update

Project charter

Contract

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Be practical!Completion. Input-Output

Completion

Customer feedback

Lessons learned

Releasing resources

Job is done

Archiving of project documents

Templates update

Completion

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Learned lessonsThe main issues on the project and their solutions

№ Question Solution 1 - «Stealing resources»

- «Rules has changed»- «Then still say»…- «Get lost!»

Project charter

 2 - «Rules has changed»- «Disaster on the project»- «Intrigue, gossip» 

Stakeholder register, Requirement matrix

 3 - «Then still say»- «Get lost!»- «You are Project Manager» 

Project concept

 4 - «Stealing resources»- «Rules has changed»

Team register

 5 - «Tell me quickly»- «Answer for own words»- «Disaster on the project»

Knowledge base (scope of work, project cost, timeline)

 6 - «Tell me quickly»- «There is nobody to work?!»- «Answer for own words»- «Then still say»- «Disaster on the project»- «You are Project Manager»

Risk register

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TemplatesProject management tools

Please, feel free to use templates of project management tools, which you can find at my blog, section “Tools”.

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Thanks for attention!

Contact details:

Volodymyr Chugai

Volodymyr.Chugai@gmail.com

+38 050 335 75 94

Personal blog - https://vchugai.wordpress.com