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• Efficiency and Effectiveness

Connecting the dots:

• (sustainable) project management

• Why, How, What (The Golden Circle Model)
• Goal Hierarchy
• Work break down structures
• SMART goals ([1],[2])
• FAST Goals
• The paradox of project planning
• The rolling wave

• Identification
• Assessment of stakeholders (analysis)
• Managing stakeholders

• Outputs, outcomes and benefits
• Benefit realization management
• Impact (sustainability)

• Identification
• Temporal context of projects
• Organizational context
• Project based organisations
• Matrix organisations
• Project organization

• Stage gate model
• Waterfall model
• Agile (Adaptive) model
• Scrum
• Concurrent models
• Over the wall (Chinese whispers)

• Business case([3])
• Net Present Value (NPV) - Discounted cash flow
• Internal Rate of Return (IRR)

• Iron triangle
• Project Success vs. Project Management Success
• Conformance vs. Performance

Connecting the dots:

• Rework by google “Psychological Safety” ([4])

• Group vs teams
• High performing teams ([5])
• Cohesiveness ([6])
• Diversity ([7])
• Roles([8],[9])
• Social loafing ([10])
• Project management competencies (IPMA) ([11])
• Belbin's team roles([12],[13],[14],[15])
• The big five (OCEAN)([16],[17],[18])
• Tuckmans model for Team Development ([19])

• Shannon & Weavers Model for communication ([20])
• Perception filters ([21])
• Choosing the appropriate medium (oral – written – hybrids) ([22])
• Managing "emails" ([23])

• Conflicts and controversy ([24], [25])
• Sources of conflicts ([26],[27])
• Conflict ladder ([28])
• Constructive communication ([29])

• Active Listening Technique ([30],[31])
• Self-Awareness! ([32])

• Scientific management
• ' The Hawthorne studies
• McGregor's X & Y theory([33])
• Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs([34])
• Extrinsic motivation
• Intrinsic Motivation

• Management vs leadership qualities
• Blake-Mouton Managerial Grid([35])
• Situational leadership - Hersey and Blanchard

• Getting Things Done (GTD)([36])
• The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People for Successful Leadership([37])
• Emotional Intelligence and Leadership
• Stress
• Eisenhower decision matrix

• Systems engineering ([38], [39])

Connecting the dots:

• When – the scientific secrets of perfect timing

• Pooled, Sequential & Reciprocal dependence([40])
• Work break down structure (WBS)([41])

• Top-down vs ground up estimations([42])
• Estimation Techniques([43], [44])
• Program Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT)([45],[46])
• Reference class forecasting([47],[48], [49])
• Successive principle (cost or schedule)([50])

• Double diamond([51],[52], [53], [54])
• Kanban([55],[56], [57])
• SCRUM ([58], [59], [60], [61])
• GANTT([62], [63], [64], [65])
• Milestone plan ([66])
• Location Based Scheduling([67],[68])
• Temporal dependencies/ Lag & Lead([69],[70])
• Network Planning ([71])
• Parkinson’s Law ([72], [73])

• Type of resources ([74])
• Critical chain ([75], [76], [77])

• Cost build up
• Cost planning ([78])
• Cash flow ([79], [80])

• Multi-tasking
• Resources leveling and crashing ([81])
• Lean construction([82],[83])
• Last planner system ([84])
• Value added work ([85], [86])

• Types of contracts ([87])
• Fee-based contracts
• Fixed-price contracts ([88])
• Incentive contracts
• Adversarial Relations ([89], [90])
• Integrated Project Delivery (IPD)([91], [92])

• The Johari window / Rumfelds matrix ([93])
• Types of uncertainty: Epistemic / Aleatory([94]])
• Levels of uncertainty (i.e. risk, uncertainty, ignorance)

Connecting the dots:

• Resilient projects & organizations ([95])
• Antifragility ([96], [97])

• Risk Identification([98],[99], [100]
• Pre-mortem analysis ([101], [102])
• Fishbone diagram / root cause analyses ([103], [104])
• SWOT Analysis([105], [106])
• Brainstorming ([107],[108])
• Risk register ([109], [110],[111])
• Risk assessment([112],[113])
• Risk treatment ([114])
• Contingency plans ([115],[116])
• Technology and System Readiness ([117])

• Conformance / performance
• Milestone trend analysis ([118])
• Burn down charts ([119])
• Earned value ([120], [121], [122])
• Project reporting ([123])
• Project war rooms ([124], [125])
• Project dashboard ([126])

• Corrective and Preventive Actions ([127])
• Adaptation and agile ([128])
• Scope creep ([129])
• Change requests
• Resilience management

• Paradox for project planning ([130])
• Learning plan ([131], [132])
• Lessons learned ([133])
• Risk-based Learning ([134])
• Continuous Improvement ([135],[136])

• Scenario Analysis ([137], [138])
• Satisficing
• The Decision Matrix ([139])
• Choosing by Advantages (CBA)
• Eisenhower matrix ([140],[141])
• Robust Decision Making ([142],[143])

• Biases ([144])
• Kahneman - Two Thinking Systems([145],[146])
• Strategic misrepresentation ([147],[148])
• The Affect Heuristic ([149])
• Social Amplification of Risk