Christian's Topic Wishlist

As a part of the ongoing development of our basic course on project management I am looking for wiki articles on specific tools and concepts within each of the four perspectives: Purpose, People, Complexity, and uncertainty. Some of the topics are already covered in the ConceptBox but not all live up to our expected standards in terms of content, references and use of “own” figures. I thus particularly welcome wiki contribution on the following topics:

Purpose: 1. Defining scope a. The golden circle b. Goal hierarchy c. Work break down structures d. SMART goals e. FAST goals f. The paradox of project planning g. The rolling wave

2. Engaging stakeholders a. Identification b. Assessment of stakeholders (analysis) c. Managing the stakeholders

3. Realizing impact a. Outputs, outcomes and benefits b. Benefit realization management c. Impact (sustainability)

4. Understanding the context a. Temporal context of projects b. Organizational context c. Project based organisations d. Matrix organisations e. Project organization

5. Riding the life cycle a. Stage gate model b. Waterfall model c. Agile (Adaptive) model d. SCRUM e. Concurrent models f. Over the wall (Chinese whispers)

6. Investing in projects a. Business cases b. Net Present Value (NPV) -Discounted cash flow c. Internal Rate of Return (IRR)

7. Assessing project success a. Iron triangle b. Project Success vs. Project Management Success c. Conformance vs. Performance d. Efficiency and Effectiveness

8. Connecting the dots a. (sustainable) project management

TO BE CONTINUED