Project Management

Outline of Project Analysis (requirement/project/task)

  1. Analysis
    1. Knowledge Acquisition (Requirements Analysis)
      1. Storyboard
      2. Observations (field)
    2. Critical Decision Method to elicit expert knowledge
      1. Intent based system
    3. Operational analysis
    4. Scenario Based Analysis
      1. Hypothetical cases
    5. Reporting / communicating captured knowledge
  2. Workflow analysis (context analysis, work centered evaluation)
    1. Usability
    2. Usefulness
    3. Impact
  3. What if Analysis
    1. Constraints (limitations)
    2. Bias/errors
  4. System Performance Analysis
  5. Exception Analysis
    1. Alarm flow analysis
  6. User Innovation
  7. Cognitive task/work Analysis

Outline of Project management skills

  1. What is project management
  2. Project management techniques and processes
    1. The project management life cycle concept with structured stage gate reviews
    2. Project planning and execution
    3. Scope Development best practices
    4. Creating the Work Break-down Structures (WBS)
    5. Project scheduling and resource planning
    6. Project cost management and project estimating
    7. Risk management process (including risk identification, analysis, mitigation, control, and reporting)
    8. Troubleshooting projects and programs and getting them back on track
    9. Project monitoring and control tools (including earned value analysis)
    10. Project close-out and best practices in conducting “lessons-learned” session

Outline of Soft skills

  1. Soft skills and emotional intelligence
  2. Communication style summary and analysis
  3. Personality type categorization and discussion
  4. Managing through influence
  5. Organizational savvy : effectiveness within the company
  6. Conflict resolution, difficult conversations and listening skills

Outline of Leadership overview

  1. Formulas for productive meetings
  2. Leading  (‘Geeks’)
  3. Introduction to leadership theory and styles
  4. Situational leadership

 

Readings:

  • Covey, Stephen R. 1989. The seven habits of highly effective people: restoring the character ethic. New York: Simon and Schuster.
  • Buckingham, Marcus, and Curt Coffman. 1999. First, break all the rules: what the world’s greatest managers do differently. New York, NY.: Simon & Schuster.
  • Carnegie, Dale. 1981. How to win friends and influence people. New York: Simon and Schuster.
  • Fisher, Roger, William Ury, and Bruce Patton. 1991. Getting to yes: negotiating agreement without giving in. New York, N.Y.: Penguin Books.
  • Hax, Arnoldo C. 2010. The delta model reinventing your business strategy. New York: Springer. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-1480-4.
  • Tufte, Edward R. 1983. The visual display of quantitative information. Cheshire, Conn. (Box 430, Cheshire 06410): Graphics Press.
  • Whitten, Neal. 1995. Managing software development projects: formula for success. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons.

 

References:

  • Blanchard, Kenneth H., Jim Ballard, and Frederic E. Finch. 2004. Customer mania!: it’s never too late to build a customer-focused company. New York: Free Press.
  • Blanchard, Kenneth H., and Spencer Johnson. 1982. The one minute manager. New York: Morrow.
  • Brandon, Rick, and Marty Seldman. 2004. Survival of the savvy: high-integrity political tactics for career and company success. New York: Free Press.
  • Buckingham, Marcus, and Curt Coffman. 1999. First, break all the rules: what the world’s greatest managers do differently. New York, NY.: Simon & Schuster.
  • Carnegie, Dale. 1981. How to win friends and influence people. New York: Simon and Schuster.
  • Collins, James C. 2001. Good to great: why some companies make the leap–and others don’t. New York, NY: HarperBusiness.
  • Covey, Stephen R. 1989. The seven habits of highly effective people: restoring the character ethic. New York: Simon and Schuster.
  • Doumont, Jean-Luc. 2009. Trees, maps, and theorems: effective communication for rational minds. Kraainem, Belgium: Principiæ.
  • Drucker, Peter F. 2001. The essential Drucker: selections from the management works of Peter F. Drucker. New York: HarperBusiness.
  • Fisher, Roger, William Ury, and Bruce Patton. 1991. Getting to yes: negotiating agreement without giving in. New York, N.Y.: Penguin Books.
  • Gallo, Carmine. 2005. 10 simple secrets of the world’s greatest business communicators. Naperville, Ill: Sourcebooks.
  • Gladwell, Malcolm. 2000. The tipping point: how little things can make a big difference. Boston: Little, Brown.
  • Gladwell, Malcolm. 2008. Outliers: the story of success. New York: Little, Brown and Co.
  • Harvard Business School. 2005. The results-driven manager: motivating people for improved performance. The results-driven manager series. Boston, Mass: Harvard Business School Press.
  • Harvard Business School. 2006. Retaining your best people. The results-driven manager series. Boston, Mass: Harvard Business School Press.
  • Harvard Business School. 2006. Making smart decisions. 2006. Boston, Mass: Harvard Business School Press.
  • Hax, Arnoldo C. 2010. The delta model reinventing your business strategy. New York: Springer. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-1480-4.
  • Kawasaki, Guy. 2004. The art of the start: the time-tested, battle-hardened guide for anyone starting anything. New York: Portfolio.
  • Krass, Peter. 1999. The book of entrepreneurs’ wisdom: classic writings by legendary entrepreneurs. New York: Wiley.
  • Maxwell, John C. 2002. Leadership 101: what every leader needs to know. Nashville: Thomas Nelson.
  • McGrath, Rita Gunther, and Ian C. MacMillan. 2000. The entrepreneurial mindset: strategies for continuously creating opportunity in an age of uncertainty. Boston, Mass: Harvard Business School Press.
  • Miller, John G. 2001. Qbq!: the question behind the question. [S.l.]: Denver Press.
  • Nelson, Bob. 1999. 1001 ways to take initiative at work. New York: Workman Publishing.
  • Pink, Daniel H. 2009. Drive: the surprising truth about what motivates us. New York, NY: Riverhead Books.
  • Reynolds, Garr. 2010. Presentation zen design: simple design principles and techniques to enhance your presentations. Berkeley, Calif: New Riders.
  • Stone, Douglas, Bruce Patton, and Sheila Heen. 2000. Difficult conversations: how to discuss what matters most. New York, N.Y.: Penguin Books.
  • Swanson, James A., Michael L. Baird, and Michael L. Baird. 2003. Engineering your start-up: a guide for the high-tech entrepreneur. Belmont, CA: Professional Publications.
  • Templar, Richard. 2005. The rules of work: the unspoken truth about getting ahead in business. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Prentice Hall.
  • Tracy, Brian. 2004. Time power: a proven system for getting more done in less time than you ever thought possible. New York: AMACOM.
  • Tufte, Edward R. 1983. The visual display of quantitative information. Cheshire, Conn. (Box 430, Cheshire 06410): Graphics Press.
  • Whitten, Neal. 1995. Managing software development projects: formula for success. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons.