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Project Management: Solving Common Project Problems

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Overview

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Professional PM trainer Chris Croft outlines techniques for addressing the most common people, quality, cost, and time-management problems that arise when working on projects.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Welcome
1. Avoiding People Problems
  • Managing stakeholders who have conflicting requirements
  • Engaging team members throughout the process
  • Communication
2. Avoiding Quality Problems
  • Ensuring customer expectations are met
  • Defining quality
3. Avoiding Cost Problems
  • Making sure that nothing gets forgotten
  • Generating realistic estimates
  • Controlling scope creep
  • Discovering hidden overspends
4. Avoiding Lateness Problems
  • Missing the real critical path
  • Avoiding and minimizing the effects of mistakes
  • Losing resources to other projects
  • Monitoring and adjusting the schedule
Conclusion
  • Performing actions in sequence
Frequently Asked Questions
  • How do I estimate tasks?
  • When should I tell the customer that the project is running late?
  • How often should I have progress meetings?

Taught by

Chris Croft

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