Speak like a PM
A temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product, service, or result.
What is a project?
Envision what needs to be accomplished.
What is initiation?
This is a visualization that groups project deliverable components into achievable chunks.
What is a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)?
What is Communication (with team members, stakeholders, executives, suppliers, public, media, etc.)?
Represents observable evidence that the project outcome has been completed.
What is a deliverable?
The application of knowledge, skills, and techniques to execute projects effectively and efficiently.
What is Project Management?
A tool that includes what is in scope and what is not in scope.
What is a scope problem statement?
The level in a WBS that should be measurable and assignable.
What is the lowest level?
A tool that anticipates what information will need to be communicated to specific audience segments.
What is a Communication Plan?
Project is contingent on other work, resources, or assets that are outside the core project
What are dependencies?
Factors that are considered to be true.
What are assumptions?
The phase that creates reports, measures variances and shares progress.
What is Monitoring and Controlling?
The order in which activities are performed.
What is sequence?
Can contribute to project failure.
What is poor communication?
Task relationship: Can't leave before you pack
What is finish to start task relationship?
Major events for the project.
What are milestones?
A phase that formally starts the project.
What is Initiation?
Longest time to complete a project.
What is Critical Path?
Needs to be accessible to all team members.
What is communication technology?
Most effective way to communicate in a virtual environment.
What is real-time data conference (or electronic meeting) with audio/video, text, and graphic support?
MVP
What is Minimum Viable Product?
A phase where the comprehensive project management plan is created and baselined.
What is planning?
Length of each individual activity.
What is duration?
Your project will NOT succeed without this.
What is the right communication to the right people throughout the life of the project?
Simple way to crystallize ideas, think outside the box, and communicate in a way that people simply get it.
What is draw it on the back of a napkin (or prototype)?