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10 PRINCIPLES EVERY MANAGER NEEDS TO KNOW ABOUT PROJECT MAMAGEMENT... SS es Principle 1: Clearly define a project goal # Start at the finish and work backwards = Include project man

10 PRINCIPLES

EVERY MANAGER NEEDS TO

KNOW ABOUT

PROJECT MAMAGEMENT

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Technical Issues AND People

Issues are Extremely Important

™Principles 1-4: Plan

™ Principles 5-10: Manage

SS es Principle 1: Clearly define a project goal

# Start at the finish and work

backwards

= Include project manager, team

members, end users

# Iterative Is this what you want?

= Should be specific and measurable

Principle 2: Determine project objectives

# At least 1 for each team member

= Frequent reminders of what trying to accomplish

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Principle 3: Establish Checkpoints,

Activities, Relationships & Time

Estimates

= Develop an action plan

# Ask “what if” & “what can go wrong”

questions

= Do not lose sight of project goal

# Establish needed resources

time, information, who .

SS = 8=——s Principle 4: Draw a Picture of the Project Schedule

= GANTT Chart

bar chart with activities, start/stop, duration, etc

#= PERT Chart

flow chart showing sequence and dependencies

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Principle 5: Direct People

Individually and as a Project

Team

= Understand perspective of others

™ Be open to learning about people

= Lessons learned

™ Expect differences we all have

different “filters”

SS ee Principle 6: Reinforce

Commitment and Excitement of

Project Team

# Volunteers

= Commitment

# Rewards

Your customerˆs satisfaction, learning, grades, your own

Principle 7: Keep Everyone

Connected with Project Informed

™ Regular and frequent

= Update plan

=" Be a good listener

Principle 8: Build Agreements

that Vitalize Team Members

# Conflicts & disagreements are

unavoidable

# Conflict can be good: implies

interest, energy, unleashes creativity

= Several approaches to resolving

#= Reasoning, logic, negotiation

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Principle 9: Empower All

Members of Project Team

= Honesty

= Competence

# Direction

# Inspiration

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Principle 10: Encourage Risk

Taking & Creativity

™ Express yourself freely

= Plan time for thinking,

experimenting, creative behaviors

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Final thought

“Creative projects do not make for

Smooth sailing The most stimulating and rewarding projects are somewhat like a roller coaster ride You never

really know where the dips, twists,

and turns will come You have to

enjoy the challenge and feel confident

| your ability to stay the ride through

to the end Like the turtle, project

managers make significant progress

Onilv when they ctick their necke ort ”