Project Management Principles
Project Structure & Role Types
Project Lifecyle
Project Management Principles (again)
Areas of Projects
100

Michael Scott does not easily adapt to new situations and has trouble recognizing what motivates his team. Michael is missing this Project Management Principle.

What is Leadership?

100

Is temporary, unique, and progressively elaborate.

What is a project?

100

A Project Lifecycle that is inflexible and executed sequentially. Also called Waterfall or Traditional. 

What is a Predictive Project Lifecycle?

100

Is a code of ethics but not a PM principle.

What is morals?

100

A way to keep all stakeholders active and alert on a project.

What is Stakeholder Engagement?

200

The Avengers embraced this Project Management Principle when they worked collaboratively rather than ineffectively as individuals to defeat Thanos. 

What is a Team?

200

A collection of Programs & Projects.

What is Portfolio Management?

200

A set of tasks that need to be complete to produce a deliverable.

What is a Phase?

200

Projects as ES always uphold this Project Management Principle due to our commitment to social & environmental impact.

What is Stewardship?

200

A potential event that can be negative or positive.

What is a risk?

300

A Project Team did not consider this PM Principle when they postponed a deliverable that impacted several other projects in a program.

What is Systems Thinking?

300

Most likely to conflict with the Project Manager over scheduling

Who is a Functional Manager?

300
The Project Lifecycle that embraces change and is flexible.

What is an Adaptive Project Lifecycle?

300

We all embraced this Project Management Principle through 2020, stayed strong, & quickly delivered high-quality outcomes. 

What is Adaptability & Resiliency?

300

Project Area that gets all information correctly to stakeholders at the right time.

What is Communication?

400

An AI Robot unexpectedly started tampering with your Monday.com board. You now must navigate which PM Principle?

What is complexity?

400

An organizational project structure with little power for the Project Manager and only part-time availability from the Project Team.

What is a Weak Matrix Organization?

400

A significant event or project achievement that marks a key point or completed deliverable.

What is a Milestone?

400

The creators of Fyre Festival did not consider this Project Management Principle and thus, delivered a unacceptable product to all stakeholders. 

What is Quality?

400

The customer's satisfaction of work.

What is Quality?

500

The Stakeholders at JC Penny did not enable this PM Best Practice to stay relevant in the age of online businesses. 

What is Change?

500

Manages ongoing activities to deliver goods & services with NO start and end date. Must consider acquisitions, developments, and utilization.

What is Operations Management?

500

The Project Lifecycle used when a client wants a website built with a set budget, but is flexible to whatever advanced features are recommended so long as they can be adjusted after the initial plan. 

What is a Hybrid Project Lifecycle?

500

Nabisco went through several iterations of the Oreo based on consumer's feedback to produce a high-value, low-cost cookie. They used what PM Principle create this unique product?

What is Tailoring?

500

Six aspects of a project that negatively impact Customer Satisfaction.

What is a Project Constraint?