ConceptBox

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

• Systems engineering ([1], [2])

Connecting the dots:

• When – the scientific secrets of perfect timing

• Pooled, Sequential & Reciprocal dependence([3])
• Work break down structure (WBS)([4])

• 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])

• Double diamond([14],[15], [16], [17])
• Kanban([18],[19], [20])
• SCRUM ([21], [22], [23], [24])
• GANTT([25], [26], [27], [28])
• Milestone plan ([29])
• Location Based Scheduling([30],[31])
• Temporal dependencies/ Lag & Lead([32],[33])
• Network Planning ([34])
• Parkinson’s Law ([35], [36])

• Type of resources ([37])
• Critical chain ([38], [39], [40])

• Cost build up
• Cost planning ([41])
• Cash flow ([42], [43])

• Multi-tasking
• Resources leveling and crashing ([44])
• Lean construction([45],[46])
• Last planner system ([47])
• Value added work ([48], [49])

• Types of contracts ([50])
• Fee-based contracts
• Fixed-price contracts ([51])
• Incentive contracts
• Adversarial Relations ([52], [53])
• Integrated Project Delivery (IPD)([54], [55])

• The Johari window / Rumfelds matrix ([56])
• Types of uncertainty: Epistemic / Aleatory([57]])
• Levels of uncertainty (i.e. risk, uncertainty, ignorance)

Connecting the dots:

• Resilient projects & organizations ([58])
• Antifragility ([59], [60])

• Risk Identification([61],[62], [63]
• Pre-mortem analysis ([64], [65])
• Fishbone diagram / root cause analyses ([66], [67])
• SWOT Analysis([68], [69])
• Brainstorming ([70],[71])
• Risk register ([72], [73],[74])
• Risk assessment([75],[76])
• Risk treatment ([77])
• Contingency plans ([78],[79])
• Technology and System Readiness ([80])

• Conformance / performance
• Milestone trend analysis ([81])
• Burn down charts ([82])
• Earned value ([83], [84], [85])
• Project reporting ([86])
• Project war rooms ([87], [88])
• Project dashboard ([89])

• Corrective and Preventive Actions ([90])
• Adaptation and agile ([91])
• Scope creep ([92])
• Change requests
• Resilience management

• Paradox for project planning ([93])
• Learning plan ([94], [95])
• Lessons learned ([96])
• Risk-based Learning ([97])
• Continuous Improvement ([98],[99])

• Scenario Analysis ([100], [101])
• Satisficing
• The Decision Matrix ([102])
• Choosing by Advantages (CBA)
• Eisenhower matrix ([103],[104])
• Robust Decision Making ([105],[106])

• Biases ([107])
• Kahneman - Two Thinking Systems([108],[109])
• Strategic misrepresentation ([110],[111])
• The Affect Heuristic ([112])
• Social Amplification of Risk