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.
The Top 10 Project Management Mistakes—and How to Avoid Them
Overview
Syllabus
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
Taught by
Chris Croft
