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Welcome to our Conceptbox - an online resource for project management tools, methods and theories.

The concepts are organized in the following table, inspired by the Project Canvas and in line with the four perspectives on projects:

PURPOSE, PEOPLE, COMPLEXITY and UNCERTAINTY.


This page is mostly oriented for project management information-seekers students or practitioners.

Contents

PURPOSE

Table 1.-Project aspect:PURPOSE
Enabler Project Canvas
PURPOSE Vision
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Scope
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Success Criteria
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Project Vision Statement Project Scope Control Management The Triple Constraint in Project Management
SMART goals - A Project Manager Tool Project Scope Management Limitations of the iron triangle
Project Charter Work Breakdown Structure Beyond the Triple Constraint
Value Proposition Canvas Requirements management Efficiency vs. Effectiveness
Brainstorming technique Scope creep Project Management Success Factors
Project governance framework Feasibility Study Managing Successful Programmes (MSP)
Fuzzy Front End Management Fuzzy Front End Management Benefits Realization Management to Maximize Project Effectiveness
Future workshop method Planning fallacy Key Performance Indicators (KPI)
Business Case Goal hierarchy or Goal Breakdown Structure Implementing KPIs

PEOPLE

Table 2.-Project aspect:PEOPLE
Enabler Project Canvas
PEOPLE

Basic

Managing yourself

Project Management and leadership competences

Team
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Stakeholders
Stakeholders.PNG
Users
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Maslow hierarchy of needs Stakeholders Value Proposition Canvas
Meetings Management Stakeholder Management Value to whom? (no content)
Roles and responsibilities in project team Stakeholders from a dynamic and network perspective Benefits Map
Team development Dealing with conflicts (sources, escalation, containment) Programmification of work (context) (no content)
Organisational structures and Project organization Active listening Agile Methodology
Belbin Team Roles Expectations Management Challenges in cross-cultural project management
MBTI Negotiating successfully Agile & Traditional PM cocktail
Meeting strategies Dan Pink on Motivation - Autonomy, mastery and purpose
How to successfully go through the Five Stages of Team Development Project sponsor

COMPLEXITY

Table 3.-Project aspect:COMPLEXITY
Complexity
0. Foundational elements:
  • Systems engineering ([1], [2])


Connecting the dots:

  • When – the scientific secrets of perfect timing


1. Scoping: What to do?:
  • Pooled, Sequential & Reciprocal dependence([3])
  • Work break down structure (WBS)([4])
2.Estimating: ?
  • Top-down vs ground up estimations([5])
  • Estimation Techniques([6], [7])
  • Program Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT)([8],[9])
  • Reference class forecasting([10],[11], [12])
  • Successive principle (cost or schedule)([13])
3. Scheduling: When to do it?:


4. Resourcing: Who does what?:
5. Costing: How much?: 6. Improving: Can we do it better?:
  • Multi-tasking
  • Resources leveling and crashing ([44])
  • Lean construction([45],[46])
  • Last planner system ([47])
  • Value added work ([48], [49])


7. Contracting: Make or Buy?:
  • Types of contracts ([50])
  • Fee-based contracts
  • Fixed-price contracts ([51])
  • Incentive contracts
  • Adversarial Relations ([52], [53])
  • Integrated Project Delivery (IPD)([54], [55])


UNCERTAINTY

Table 4.-Project aspect:UNCERTAINTY
Enabler Project Canvas
UNCERTAINTY Constraints
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Change
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Risk & Opportunities
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Recovery Project Management Ideation tools (Brainstorming technique, 6 thinking hats) Risk and Opportunities Management
The light at the end of the tunnel: managing challenges at Heathrow Express Project Change order Impact and Probability in Risk Assessment
Construction modularization from a lean perspective Project Control Risk register
Dealing with conflict in project management Contingency Reserves Delphi Method (expert for identification)
Crises Management - 3Rs - Regret, Reason, Remedy Including Risk Management in Construction Projects
Management of Project Change Risk tolerances
Antifragility Risk Identification
Coaching - Project Manager as Change Agent Decision Tree
Management of Project Change Risk Quantification and Methods
SWOT analysis
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