ConceptBox Projects

Revision as of 12:30, 7 September 2021

Welcome to the Conceptbox of Project Management, an online resource, special edition for Project management tools, methods and theories.

The concepts are organized in the following table, and are diversified through their influence area.

PURPOSE

Table 1.-Project aspect:PURPOSE

Enabler	Project Canvas
PURPOSE	Vision	Scope	Success Criteria
	Project Vision Statement	Scoping	Triple Constraint / Iron triangle
	SMART goals - A Project Manager Tool	Project Scope Management	Limitations of the iron triangle
	Project Charter	The work breakdown structure in project management	Beyond the Triple Constraint
	Value Proposition Canvas	Requirements management	Efficiency vs. Effectiveness
	Brainstorming technique	Scope creep	Success factors
	Project governance framework	Feasibility Study	Managing Successful Programmes (MSP)
	Fuzzy Front End Management	Resource-Constrained Critical Path Method	Benefits Realization Management to Maximize Project Effectiveness
	Future Workshop	Planning fallacy	Key Performance Indicators (KPI)
	Resource allocation and crashing	Project Scope Control Management	Projects integrating Sustainable Methods (PRiSM)
	Goal hierarchy or Goal Breakdown Structure	Implementing KPIs	Business Case

PEOPLE

Table 2.-Project aspect:PEOPLE

Enabler	Project Canvas
PEOPLE Basic Shannon & Weaver Model for Communication Managing yourself Stephen Covey's seven principles David Allen's getting things done Project Management and leadership competences The periodic table of project management competence elements Hersey and Blanchard's Situational Leadership Model Leadership vs. management Decision-making skills in project management	Team	Stakeholders	Users
	Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs	Stakeholder Management	Value Proposition Canvas
	Meetings Management	Stakeholder Management Processes in Projects
	Roles and responsibilities in project team	Stakeholders from a dynamic and network perspective	Benefits Map
	Team Development	Conflict Resolution in Project Management	Programmification of work
	Managing projects in a functional organization	Improve communication with active listening	Agile Methodology
	Belbin's Team Roles	Expectations Management	Challenges in cross-cultural project management
	MBTI	Negotiation Skills	Agile & Traditional PM cocktail
	Meeting strategies	Dan Pink on Motivation	Communication and Media Richness Assurance in High-performance Projects
	How to successfully go through the Five Stages of Team Development	Project sponsor

COMPLEXITY

Table 3.-Project aspect:COMPLEXITY

Project Canvas
Results	Timeline & Monitoring	Actions	Resources
Benefits Realisation Management (BRM)	Life Cycle Model	Choosing between critical path, PERT or Gantt as your project scheduling method	Project Management: Cost vs. Price
Benefits of systems engineering	Stage-Gate Process	Dependency in project management	Estimations: Basic Techniques
Output, Outcome and Benefit in PRINCE2	Agile Methodology	PERT/CPM	Reference Class Forecasting (RCF)
Benefits Map	Fuzzy Front End Management	Design thinking	Optimism bias, strategic misinterpretation and reference class forecasting
Creating a positive culture around failure in project management	Governance of Project Management	Types of activities	Partnering
Negotiating successfully	Gantt Chart in Project Management	Construction scheduling using Location Based Scheduling instead of CPM	Earned Value Analysis
Benefits Realization Management to Maximize Project Effectiveness	Milestones in Project Planning	The procurement process	Financial appraisal of projects
	Project Control	Simon's four levels of control	Resources in Project Management
	The best milestone plan is simple but with depths!	Theory of Constraint	Contracting and procurement
	Simon's four levels of control	Critical chain project management (CCPM)	Cost Estimation Techniques for Projects
	Cash flow and milestone payments	Resource-Constrained Critical Path Method	Integrated Cost and Schedule Control

UNCERTAINTY

Table 4.-Project aspect:UNCERTAINTY

Enabler	Project Canvas
UNCERTAINTY Epistemic vs. Aleatory uncertainty Lessons learned Simon's four levels of control Earned Value Analysis Agile One Page Project Management Cognitive biases The A3 report Application of Balanced Scorecard in Portfolio Management Organisational resilience with mindfulness Scenario Planning Strategy	Constraints	Change	Risk & Opportunities
	Recovery Project Management	Ideation tools (Brainstorming technique, Six 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)
	Resource-Constrained Critical Path Method	Crisis management	Including Risk Management in Construction Projects
	The Triple Constraint in Project Management	Management of Project Change	Risk tolerances
	Resource-Constrained Critical Path Method	Antifragility	Risk Identification
	Optimism bias, Strategic Misinterpretation and Reference Class Forecasting (RCF)	Coaching - Project Manager as Change Agent	Decision Tree
		Management of Project Change	Risk Quantification and Methods
		Crisis Management in Construction Projects	SWOT analysis