What I wish I knew earlier in my career | PROJECT MANAGEMENT 101

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1. Project Management 101 Project Management 101 A Special Edition BY HA DINH - MARCH 26TH 2021
3. a guide to Project management 101 A detailed guide on what to consider and useful tools to manage your project
4. What are you most excited about for capstone? Name + Program + Capstone Partner
5. The ultimate goal & action Use this ultimate goal and the actions that come from the result of your capstone as your North Star.
6. Limited time 8 weeks of Capstone - what can you achieve? Let's be honest with ourselves here ... Fall back plan If you don't have enough time for everything, prioritize and deliver what is doable and useful. Parking lot For things that you can do to improve the deliverables, or things that partner wants to add in the middle of the project but you don't have enough time to do. Set Clear expectation for deliverables
7. Context is KING Data context Context about stakeholders Including: 1. 2.
8. How to get context? Industry, products/services, customers Meaning behind the data How metrics were defined Data context: the circumstances around collecting the data. Who they are Why are they personally excited about this project Level of data literacy Context about stakeholders
9. Build trust with your team The success of your project lies in your collective hands!
10. How to build trust within your team? Be transparent about your feelings, plans and ideas Give constructive feedbacks rather than attacking personally Motivation - what's in it for each of you? Healthy skepticism - question everyone's ideas, poke holes in goodwill "Hey I notice [give exact incident]. It makes [give exact consequence]. I think we can [how you suggest to improve the situation]. What do you think?"
11. have a designated project manager Make sure the project is on track, and everyone is on the same page at all times.
12. impact reasonable method time & resource limit Capstone is your opportunity to practice this!
13. your support network Business partner + Mentor + Alumni network + YOUR TEAM
14. share 1 takeaway that you find most helpful Name + Program + Capstone Partner
15. Questions? Comments? Feel free to share your feedback. LinkedIn