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The Top 10 Project Management Mistakes—and How to Avoid Them

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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.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • What to expect
1. Project Management Guide
  • 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
2. Top Ten Mistakes
  • 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
Conclusion
  • 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

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