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1. How do you ensure that key stakeholders share the same definition of the project?

1. Make risks less likely 2. Make risks less seriousLikelihood (1-5) x serious (1x5)1. Facilitate 1st kickoff meeting where you ask stakeholders what they want. 2. Go away and do steps 2-8. 3. Came back for 2nd kickoff meeting and share a few options. (Share disappointing news...but they have it in writing and commit).1. Define 2.-8. Planning 2. List all tasks 3.Estimate time and costs for each part 4. Add up time and costs 5. What do you do if it takes too much time 6. Make a Gantt Chart 7. Look at resources 8. What might go wrong? Reduce risks 9-11. During the Project 9. Monitor time 10. Monitor costs 11. Reschedule;re-resource 12. Project review

2. 12 Steps

1. Facilitate 1st kickoff meeting where you ask stakeholders what they want. 2. Go away and do steps 2-8. 3. Came back for 2nd kickoff meeting and share a few options. (Share disappointing news...but they have it in writing and commit).Likelihood (1-5) x serious (1x5)1. Make risks less likely 2. Make risks less serious1. Define 2.-8. Planning 2. List all tasks 3.Estimate time and costs for each part 4. Add up time and costs 5. What do you do if it takes too much time 6. Make a Gantt Chart 7. Look at resources 8. What might go wrong? Reduce risks 9-11. During the Project 9. Monitor time 10. Monitor costs 11. Reschedule;re-resource 12. Project review

3. Step 8: How to reduce risk?

Likelihood (1-5) x serious (1x5)1. Facilitate 1st kickoff meeting where you ask stakeholders what they want. 2. Go away and do steps 2-8. 3. Came back for 2nd kickoff meeting and share a few options. (Share disappointing news...but they have it in writing and commit).1. Define 2.-8. Planning 2. List all tasks 3.Estimate time and costs for each part 4. Add up time and costs 5. What do you do if it takes too much time 6. Make a Gantt Chart 7. Look at resources 8. What might go wrong? Reduce risks 9-11. During the Project 9. Monitor time 10. Monitor costs 11. Reschedule;re-resource 12. Project review1. Make risks less likely 2. Make risks less serious

4. Step 8: How to calculate risk?

1. Define 2.-8. Planning 2. List all tasks 3.Estimate time and costs for each part 4. Add up time and costs 5. What do you do if it takes too much time 6. Make a Gantt Chart 7. Look at resources 8. What might go wrong? Reduce risks 9-11. During the Project 9. Monitor time 10. Monitor costs 11. Reschedule;re-resource 12. Project reviewLikelihood (1-5) x serious (1x5)1. Facilitate 1st kickoff meeting where you ask stakeholders what they want. 2. Go away and do steps 2-8. 3. Came back for 2nd kickoff meeting and share a few options. (Share disappointing news...but they have it in writing and commit).1. Make risks less likely 2. Make risks less serious

5. Step 11: How do you report rescheduling needs?

1. Define 2.-8. Planning 2. List all tasks 3.Estimate time and costs for each part 4. Add up time and costs 5. What do you do if it takes too much time 6. Make a Gantt Chart 7. Look at resources 8. What might go wrong? Reduce risks 9-11. During the Project 9. Monitor time 10. Monitor costs 11. Reschedule;re-resource 12. Project review1. Facilitate 1st kickoff meeting where you ask stakeholders what they want. 2. Go away and do steps 2-8. 3. Came back for 2nd kickoff meeting and share a few options. (Share disappointing news...but they have it in writing and commit).1. Make risks less likely 2. Make risks less seriousSpent to date + Projected Expenditures

6. Step 6: How do you put floating tasks in?

1. Make risks less likely 2. Make risks less seriousIdentify time constraints with vertical lines to place floating tasks1. Facilitate 1st kickoff meeting where you ask stakeholders what they want. 2. Go away and do steps 2-8. 3. Came back for 2nd kickoff meeting and share a few options. (Share disappointing news...but they have it in writing and commit).1. Define 2.-8. Planning 2. List all tasks 3.Estimate time and costs for each part 4. Add up time and costs 5. What do you do if it takes too much time 6. Make a Gantt Chart 7. Look at resources 8. What might go wrong? Reduce risks 9-11. During the Project 9. Monitor time 10. Monitor costs 11. Reschedule;re-resource 12. Project review

7. Step 9: what are the two ways to color a Gantt chart?

1. Define 2.-8. Planning 2. List all tasks 3.Estimate time and costs for each part 4. Add up time and costs 5. What do you do if it takes too much time 6. Make a Gantt Chart 7. Look at resources 8. What might go wrong? Reduce risks 9-11. During the Project 9. Monitor time 10. Monitor costs 11. Reschedule;re-resource 12. Project review1. Color when complete 2. Proportional coloring1. Make risks less likely 2. Make risks less serious1. Facilitate 1st kickoff meeting where you ask stakeholders what they want. 2. Go away and do steps 2-8. 3. Came back for 2nd kickoff meeting and share a few options. (Share disappointing news...but they have it in writing and commit).

8. Recommendation for granularity?

1. Facilitate 1st kickoff meeting where you ask stakeholders what they want. 2. Go away and do steps 2-8. 3. Came back for 2nd kickoff meeting and share a few options. (Share disappointing news...but they have it in writing and commit).1. Make risks less likely 2. Make risks less serious1. Define 2.-8. Planning 2. List all tasks 3.Estimate time and costs for each part 4. Add up time and costs 5. What do you do if it takes too much time 6. Make a Gantt Chart 7. Look at resources 8. What might go wrong? Reduce risks 9-11. During the Project 9. Monitor time 10. Monitor costs 11. Reschedule;re-resource 12. Project reviewTasks that don't exceed 1 week

9. Step 6: How do you show events in the Gantt chart?

1. Make risks less likely 2. Make risks less seriousAn icon or vertical line1. Facilitate 1st kickoff meeting where you ask stakeholders what they want. 2. Go away and do steps 2-8. 3. Came back for 2nd kickoff meeting and share a few options. (Share disappointing news...but they have it in writing and commit).1. Define 2.-8. Planning 2. List all tasks 3.Estimate time and costs for each part 4. Add up time and costs 5. What do you do if it takes too much time 6. Make a Gantt Chart 7. Look at resources 8. What might go wrong? Reduce risks 9-11. During the Project 9. Monitor time 10. Monitor costs 11. Reschedule;re-resource 12. Project review

10. Step 9: which coloring technique is better?

1. Define 2.-8. Planning 2. List all tasks 3.Estimate time and costs for each part 4. Add up time and costs 5. What do you do if it takes too much time 6. Make a Gantt Chart 7. Look at resources 8. What might go wrong? Reduce risks 9-11. During the Project 9. Monitor time 10. Monitor costs 11. Reschedule;re-resource 12. Project reviewDepends, but stick to the technique you choose!1. Make risks less likely 2. Make risks less serious1. Facilitate 1st kickoff meeting where you ask stakeholders what they want. 2. Go away and do steps 2-8. 3. Came back for 2nd kickoff meeting and share a few options. (Share disappointing news...but they have it in writing and commit).

11. Step 6: Gantt Chart: when was it created?

19101. Facilitate 1st kickoff meeting where you ask stakeholders what they want. 2. Go away and do steps 2-8. 3. Came back for 2nd kickoff meeting and share a few options. (Share disappointing news...but they have it in writing and commit).1. Define 2.-8. Planning 2. List all tasks 3.Estimate time and costs for each part 4. Add up time and costs 5. What do you do if it takes too much time 6. Make a Gantt Chart 7. Look at resources 8. What might go wrong? Reduce risks 9-11. During the Project 9. Monitor time 10. Monitor costs 11. Reschedule;re-resource 12. Project review1. Make risks less likely 2. Make risks less serious

12. Step 10: What six possibilities analyze spent budget and amount of project?

1. Define 2.-8. Planning 2. List all tasks 3.Estimate time and costs for each part 4. Add up time and costs 5. What do you do if it takes too much time 6. Make a Gantt Chart 7. Look at resources 8. What might go wrong? Reduce risks 9-11. During the Project 9. Monitor time 10. Monitor costs 11. Reschedule;re-resource 12. Project review1. Make risks less likely 2. Make risks less serious1. Facilitate 1st kickoff meeting where you ask stakeholders what they want. 2. Go away and do steps 2-8. 3. Came back for 2nd kickoff meeting and share a few options. (Share disappointing news...but they have it in writing and commit).Budget (Good, fair, poor) + Progress (Good, fair, poor)

13. What is The forbidden O" word? Why?"

1. Define 2.-8. Planning 2. List all tasks 3.Estimate time and costs for each part 4. Add up time and costs 5. What do you do if it takes too much time 6. Make a Gantt Chart 7. Look at resources 8. What might go wrong? Reduce risks 9-11. During the Project 9. Monitor time 10. Monitor costs 11. Reschedule;re-resource 12. Project review1. Make risks less likely 2. Make risks less seriousOn-going. If you say a task is ongoing, it will never end and you're project will never end or be wisely managed.1. Facilitate 1st kickoff meeting where you ask stakeholders what they want. 2. Go away and do steps 2-8. 3. Came back for 2nd kickoff meeting and share a few options. (Share disappointing news...but they have it in writing and commit).

14. Step 12: Why ask what was bad?

1. Define 2.-8. Planning 2. List all tasks 3.Estimate time and costs for each part 4. Add up time and costs 5. What do you do if it takes too much time 6. Make a Gantt Chart 7. Look at resources 8. What might go wrong? Reduce risks 9-11. During the Project 9. Monitor time 10. Monitor costs 11. Reschedule;re-resource 12. Project review1. Facilitate 1st kickoff meeting where you ask stakeholders what they want. 2. Go away and do steps 2-8. 3. Came back for 2nd kickoff meeting and share a few options. (Share disappointing news...but they have it in writing and commit).1. To learn 2. NOT to blame people1. Make risks less likely 2. Make risks less serious

15. Step 6: why does each task have its own line in a Gantt Chart?

1. Define 2.-8. Planning 2. List all tasks 3.Estimate time and costs for each part 4. Add up time and costs 5. What do you do if it takes too much time 6. Make a Gantt Chart 7. Look at resources 8. What might go wrong? Reduce risks 9-11. During the Project 9. Monitor time 10. Monitor costs 11. Reschedule;re-resource 12. Project reviewSo that you can show slippage and put extra information on its own line1. Make risks less likely 2. Make risks less serious1. Facilitate 1st kickoff meeting where you ask stakeholders what they want. 2. Go away and do steps 2-8. 3. Came back for 2nd kickoff meeting and share a few options. (Share disappointing news...but they have it in writing and commit).

16. Which estimates are most important to estimate accurately?

1. Facilitate 1st kickoff meeting where you ask stakeholders what they want. 2. Go away and do steps 2-8. 3. Came back for 2nd kickoff meeting and share a few options. (Share disappointing news...but they have it in writing and commit).1. Make risks less likely 2. Make risks less seriousThe critical tasks1. Define 2.-8. Planning 2. List all tasks 3.Estimate time and costs for each part 4. Add up time and costs 5. What do you do if it takes too much time 6. Make a Gantt Chart 7. Look at resources 8. What might go wrong? Reduce risks 9-11. During the Project 9. Monitor time 10. Monitor costs 11. Reschedule;re-resource 12. Project review

17. Step 10: How do you monitor costs?

6 possible combinations1. Facilitate 1st kickoff meeting where you ask stakeholders what they want. 2. Go away and do steps 2-8. 3. Came back for 2nd kickoff meeting and share a few options. (Share disappointing news...but they have it in writing and commit).1. Define 2.-8. Planning 2. List all tasks 3.Estimate time and costs for each part 4. Add up time and costs 5. What do you do if it takes too much time 6. Make a Gantt Chart 7. Look at resources 8. What might go wrong? Reduce risks 9-11. During the Project 9. Monitor time 10. Monitor costs 11. Reschedule;re-resource 12. Project review1. Make risks less likely 2. Make risks less serious

18. Why is overlapping problematic?

It involves a degree of risk1. Make risks less likely 2. Make risks less serious1. Facilitate 1st kickoff meeting where you ask stakeholders what they want. 2. Go away and do steps 2-8. 3. Came back for 2nd kickoff meeting and share a few options. (Share disappointing news...but they have it in writing and commit).1. Define 2.-8. Planning 2. List all tasks 3.Estimate time and costs for each part 4. Add up time and costs 5. What do you do if it takes too much time 6. Make a Gantt Chart 7. Look at resources 8. What might go wrong? Reduce risks 9-11. During the Project 9. Monitor time 10. Monitor costs 11. Reschedule;re-resource 12. Project review

19. Step 11: what is the fifth option re. Rescheduling the project?

Do nothing and hope (a very bad idea).1. Define 2.-8. Planning 2. List all tasks 3.Estimate time and costs for each part 4. Add up time and costs 5. What do you do if it takes too much time 6. Make a Gantt Chart 7. Look at resources 8. What might go wrong? Reduce risks 9-11. During the Project 9. Monitor time 10. Monitor costs 11. Reschedule;re-resource 12. Project review1. Facilitate 1st kickoff meeting where you ask stakeholders what they want. 2. Go away and do steps 2-8. 3. Came back for 2nd kickoff meeting and share a few options. (Share disappointing news...but they have it in writing and commit).1. Make risks less likely 2. Make risks less serious

20. Step 4: Should you involve the team in the post it note diagram?

1. Make risks less likely 2. Make risks less serious1. Facilitate 1st kickoff meeting where you ask stakeholders what they want. 2. Go away and do steps 2-8. 3. Came back for 2nd kickoff meeting and share a few options. (Share disappointing news...but they have it in writing and commit).1. Define 2.-8. Planning 2. List all tasks 3.Estimate time and costs for each part 4. Add up time and costs 5. What do you do if it takes too much time 6. Make a Gantt Chart 7. Look at resources 8. What might go wrong? Reduce risks 9-11. During the Project 9. Monitor time 10. Monitor costs 11. Reschedule;re-resource 12. Project reviewYes

21. Step 4: Add up time and costs? What is the first sub-step?

Step 4: Create a network diagram/PERT chart (a post-it note diagram).1. Facilitate 1st kickoff meeting where you ask stakeholders what they want. 2. Go away and do steps 2-8. 3. Came back for 2nd kickoff meeting and share a few options. (Share disappointing news...but they have it in writing and commit).1. Make risks less likely 2. Make risks less serious1. Define 2.-8. Planning 2. List all tasks 3.Estimate time and costs for each part 4. Add up time and costs 5. What do you do if it takes too much time 6. Make a Gantt Chart 7. Look at resources 8. What might go wrong? Reduce risks 9-11. During the Project 9. Monitor time 10. Monitor costs 11. Reschedule;re-resource 12. Project review

22. Step 8: what are customers going to want to know about risk?

1. Facilitate 1st kickoff meeting where you ask stakeholders what they want. 2. Go away and do steps 2-8. 3. Came back for 2nd kickoff meeting and share a few options. (Share disappointing news...but they have it in writing and commit).1. Define 2.-8. Planning 2. List all tasks 3.Estimate time and costs for each part 4. Add up time and costs 5. What do you do if it takes too much time 6. Make a Gantt Chart 7. Look at resources 8. What might go wrong? Reduce risks 9-11. During the Project 9. Monitor time 10. Monitor costs 11. Reschedule;re-resource 12. Project review1. Make risks less likely 2. Make risks less serious1. You've looked at risk 2. You're on top of risks 3. They're still exposed to risk

23. Who invented Gantt Charts?

1. Facilitate 1st kickoff meeting where you ask stakeholders what they want. 2. Go away and do steps 2-8. 3. Came back for 2nd kickoff meeting and share a few options. (Share disappointing news...but they have it in writing and commit).1. Make risks less likely 2. Make risks less seriousHenry Gantt In 19101. Define 2.-8. Planning 2. List all tasks 3.Estimate time and costs for each part 4. Add up time and costs 5. What do you do if it takes too much time 6. Make a Gantt Chart 7. Look at resources 8. What might go wrong? Reduce risks 9-11. During the Project 9. Monitor time 10. Monitor costs 11. Reschedule;re-resource 12. Project review

24. At what steps along the project do you use other project reviews?

1. Facilitate 1st kickoff meeting where you ask stakeholders what they want. 2. Go away and do steps 2-8. 3. Came back for 2nd kickoff meeting and share a few options. (Share disappointing news...but they have it in writing and commit).1. Make risks less likely 2. Make risks less seriousStep 2: List he steps and Step 8: Risk analysis1. Define 2.-8. Planning 2. List all tasks 3.Estimate time and costs for each part 4. Add up time and costs 5. What do you do if it takes too much time 6. Make a Gantt Chart 7. Look at resources 8. What might go wrong? Reduce risks 9-11. During the Project 9. Monitor time 10. Monitor costs 11. Reschedule;re-resource 12. Project review

25. What are non-critical or floating tasks?

1. Define 2.-8. Planning 2. List all tasks 3.Estimate time and costs for each part 4. Add up time and costs 5. What do you do if it takes too much time 6. Make a Gantt Chart 7. Look at resources 8. What might go wrong? Reduce risks 9-11. During the Project 9. Monitor time 10. Monitor costs 11. Reschedule;re-resource 12. Project reviewTasks that aren't key to the longest continuous path so they don't create a time bottleneck1. Make risks less likely 2. Make risks less serious1. Facilitate 1st kickoff meeting where you ask stakeholders what they want. 2. Go away and do steps 2-8. 3. Came back for 2nd kickoff meeting and share a few options. (Share disappointing news...but they have it in writing and commit).

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