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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 ([33])
• McGregor's X & Y theory ([34][35])
• Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs([36],[37])
• Extrinsic motivation ([38])
• Intrinsic Motivation ([39])
• Daniel Pink on Motivation ([40])

• Management vs leadership ([41],[42])
• Blake-Mouton Managerial Grid([43],[44])
• Situational leadership - Hersey and Blanchard ([45],[46])

• Getting Things Done (GTD)([47],[48])
• The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People ([49],[50])
• Emotional Intelligence and Leadership ([51],[52])
• Stress ([53],[54])
• Eisenhower matrix ([55],[56])

• Systems engineering ([57], [58])

Connecting the dots:

• When – the scientific secrets of perfect timing

• Pooled, Sequential & Reciprocal dependence([59])
• Work break down structure (WBS)([60])

• Top-down vs ground up estimations([61])
• Estimation Techniques([62], [63])
• Program Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT)([64],[65])
• Reference class forecasting([66],[67], [68])
• Successive principle (cost or schedule)([69])

• Double diamond([70],[71], [72], [73])
• Kanban([74],[75], [76])
• SCRUM ([77], [78], [79], [80])
• GANTT([81], [82], [83], [84])
• Milestone plan ([85])
• Location Based Scheduling([86],[87])
• Temporal dependencies/ Lag & Lead([88],[89])
• Network Planning ([90])
• Parkinson’s Law ([91], [92])

• Type of resources ([93])
• Critical chain ([94], [95], [96])

• Cost build up
• Cost planning ([97])
• Cash flow ([98], [99])

• Multi-tasking
• Resources leveling and crashing ([100])
• Lean construction([101],[102])
• Last planner system ([103])
• Value added work ([104], [105])

• Types of contracts ([106])
• Fee-based contracts
• Fixed-price contracts ([107])
• Incentive contracts
• Adversarial Relations ([108], [109])
• Integrated Project Delivery (IPD)([110], [111])

• The Johari window / Rumfelds matrix ([112])
• Types of uncertainty: Epistemic / Aleatory([113]])
• Levels of uncertainty (i.e. risk, uncertainty, ignorance)

Connecting the dots:

• Resilient projects & organizations ([114])
• Antifragility ([115], [116])

• Risk Identification([117],[118], [119]
• Pre-mortem analysis ([120], [121])
• Fishbone diagram / root cause analyses ([122], [123])
• SWOT Analysis([124], [125])
• Brainstorming ([126],[127])
• Risk register ([128], [129],[130])
• Risk assessment([131],[132])
• Risk treatment ([133])
• Contingency plans ([134],[135])
• Technology and System Readiness ([136])

• Conformance / performance
• Milestone trend analysis ([137])
• Burn down charts ([138])
• Earned value ([139], [140], [141])
• Project reporting ([142])
• Project war rooms ([143], [144])
• Project dashboard ([145])

• Corrective and Preventive Actions ([146])
• Adaptation and agile ([147])
• Scope creep ([148])
• Change requests
• Resilience management

• Paradox for project planning ([149])
• Learning plan ([150], [151])
• Lessons learned ([152])
• Risk-based Learning ([153])
• Continuous Improvement ([154],[155])

• Scenario Analysis ([156], [157])
• Satisficing
• The Decision Matrix ([158])
• Choosing by Advantages (CBA)
• Robust Decision Making ([159],[160])

• Biases ([161])
• Kahneman - Two Thinking Systems([162],[163])
• Strategic misrepresentation ([164],[165])
• The Affect Heuristic ([166])
• Social Amplification of Risk