Post date: Jan 13, 2019 5:46:59 PM
What did we do yesterday?
1. emotional intelligence
2. 5 pillars
3. deeper on initiation
4. how to use controls to mitigate risks
5. concentration
6. conscious
7. context - context sensitive
8. context awareness
9. requirement analysis
10. time mgmt system
11. checklist and template
12. communication
13. get everyone on same page - create a page
14. ask A+ questions
15. visit scope first - when initiating or planning
16. creating goal - realistic and attained.
17. law of conservation of energy
Subject - Quiz 1 - email to bobsingh75@gmail.com - please email by 9:20am.
1. How do you initiate projects? List and describe the steps.
2. What is a risk? and how is it related to controlling projects?
3. What are some techniques to run meetings productively?
Game 2 -
Planning and Control
- Bad plans - create a schedule only -
- MS Project - on one computer and not shared with the team
- Created by one person - without collaboration
- processes and tools (templates)
Quiz question for 1/19/19
1. What is the relationship between process and project planning?
2. What is the difference between a risk and a constraint?
3. How do you write a problem statement?
4. How do document problem statement to strategy or goals?
5. How do you define constraints?
6. How do you document success criteria?
Risk Register - private document - classify all issues + or - for taking actions - monitoring tool for PM.
First thing you are working on - Project Charter - using the template with 11 rows.
Team status -
PM Heros (5)
Flight 5 (6)
Thunderbirds (6)
Initiators (5)
PM Cinco (5)
RiskAverse - (5)
Chapter 2 - Project Definition and Approach.
Project Plan -
Intro - (3 to 4 sentences) - 10 mins
2.1 - Project Scope - Existing stuff and new stuff to be added - Use the picture from 1.1 (make sure you understand it) - 30 minutes
Context Diagram [done] - parties involved in making the project (who) - what we are building - interaction between "who" and "what".
Write a couple of paragraphs to introduce the project describing the scope and parties involved.
- Things that will be added in the product.
- How you will do program mgmt - (can borrow content from dellapro)
- Assumptions
- What is not included in the project
Section 2.2 - [25 minutes]
Intro
Architecture overview.
From Document #6 - copy Loan Process and explain it in 12 bullet points.
Section 2.3 -
Intro
Project Approach - [30 mins]
PMBOK - 5 steps and 5 pillars
SDLC - Software Development Life Cycle - Refer to ProjectProcessMethodolgies.ppt and choose and SDLC and write about it.
Loan Process (refer to section 2.2)
Section 2.4
Project Deliverables - Copy 1.2
Section 2.5
Program Structure -
No job titles - only department name and reporting structure of department.
Description of why you made the choices in reporting structure.
Departments to incorporate -
Software Development, Business Analysis, Customer Support, PMO, HR, Accounting, IT, QA, Procurement, Project Mgmt, Legal, Franchising, Sales, Marketing, Software Release, Building Design and Development
Quiz questions (potential) for Creating Org charts
1. What strategy (ies) do you use for creating an Org chart?
Project Definition and Approach - provides a solid basis for What, Who, How and Why for a project. Can be used for creating a project schedule, cost and budget.
Pl. upload Chapter 2 as a completed deliverable section 2.1 thru 2.5.