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Start Here (6)
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8 MIN READWhat Is Project Management?
Managing Complex Tasks and People
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23 MIN READ
How Good Are Your Project Management Skills?
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9 MIN READ
Agile Project Management
Organizing Productive, Flexible Projects
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10 MIN READ
Program Management
Structuring Projects as Part of a Program
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9 MIN READ
The Iron Triangle of Project Management
Balancing Your Budget, Scope, and Schedule
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13 MIN READ
Words Used in... Project and Program Management
Project Management Framework (14)
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11 MIN READ
The Planning Cycle
A Planning Process for Medium-Sized Projects
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11 MIN READ
Project Management Phases and Processes
Structuring Your Project
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9 MIN READ
How to Write a Business Case
Getting Approval and Funding for Your Project
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19 MIN READ
How to Write a Design Brief
Getting Your Design Project Off to a Great Start
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9 MIN READ
Project Initiation Documents
Getting Your Project Off to a Great Start
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10 MIN READ
Project Charters
Getting Your Project Off to a Good Start
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10 MIN READ
Request for Proposal Documents
Getting Better Terms With a Competitive Bidding Process
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11 MIN READ
Project Issue Management
Identifying and Resolving Issues
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8 MIN READ
Benefits Management
Getting the Greatest Possible Benefit From a Project
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7 MIN READ
Managing Project Uncertainty
Planning for the Unknown
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14 MIN READ
Managing Project Finances
Understanding and Controlling Project Costs
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9 MIN READ
Business Testing in Projects
Involving Real Users as an Important Testing Step
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9 MIN READ
Project Close Activities
Ending Projects Properly
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10 MIN READ
Rationalizing Your Project Portfolio
Delivering Strategic Benefits With Limited Resources
Scheduling (12)
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6 MIN READ
Action Plans
Small-Scale Planning
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10 MIN READ
How to Use Burndown Charts
Keeping Your Projects on Track
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8 MIN READ
Gap Analysis
Reaching Your Ideal Future State
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11 MIN READ
"Planning Poker" in Agile Project Management
A Fun and Useful Tool for Estimating
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10 MIN READ
Estimating Time to Complete
Calculating Realistic Project Timelines
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8 MIN READ
Project Schedule Development
Planning the Timing and Sequence of Project Activities
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8 MIN READ
Kanban Boards
Managing the Delivery of Your Projects
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10 MIN READ
Gantt Charts
Planning and Scheduling Team Projects
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11 MIN READ
Critical Path Analysis and PERT Charts
Planning and Scheduling More Complex Projects
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3 MIN READ
Planning Large Projects and Programs
Planning Large-Scale Projects
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9 MIN READ
The MoSCoW Method
Understanding Project Priorities
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12 MIN READ
Logframes and the Logical Framework Approach
Planning Robust, Coherent, Successful Projects
Scope Management (4)
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7 MIN READ
Scope Control
Avoiding Too Many Changes in Projects
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9 MIN READ
Business Requirements Analysis
Clearly Agreeing What You're Going to Deliver
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6 MIN READ
Work Breakdown Structures
Mapping Out the Work Within a Project
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10 MIN READ
User Stories in Agile Project Management
Empowering Project Teams to Make Good, Customer Focused Decisions
Communicating and Delegating (8)
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9 MIN READ
Working With Project Sponsors
Using Your Sponsor's Drive, Authority and Support
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10 MIN READ
Project and Program Governance
Using Senior Management Support to Ensure Project Success
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10 MIN READ
Stakeholder Analysis
Winning Support for Your Projects
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7 MIN READ
What Is Stakeholder Management?
Planning Your Stakeholder Communications
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9 MIN READ
Effective Scrum Meetings
Keeping Your Team Members Coordinated and Energized
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9 MIN READ
Influence Maps
Uncovering Where the Power Lies in Your Projects
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6 MIN READ
The Responsibility Assignment Matrix (RAM)
Knowing Where the Buck Ultimately Stops
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8 MIN READ
The RACI Matrix
Structuring Accountabilities For Maximum Efficiency and Results
Reporting Progress (2)
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6 MIN READ
Project Dashboards
Quickly Communicating Project Progress
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7 MIN READ
Project Milestone Reporting
Keeping Projects On Track by Monitoring Significant Check Points
Change Management (15)
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11 MIN READ
Immunity to Change
Overcoming Unconscious Assumptions
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10 MIN READ
The Four Principles of Change Management
How to Support Change in Your Organization
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20 MIN READ
How Good Are Your Change Management Skills?
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10 MIN READ
The Change Curve
Accelerating Change, and Improving Its Likelihood of Success
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9 MIN READ
Lewin's Change Management Model
Understanding the Three Stages of Change
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7 MIN READ
Beckhard and Harris' Change Equation
Overcoming Resistance to Change
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12 MIN READ
Kotter's 8-Step Change Model
Implementing Change Powerfully and Successfully
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10 MIN READ
Overcoming Cultural Barriers to Change
Moving to a High Performance Culture
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8 MIN READ
Leavitt's Diamond
An Integrated Approach to Change
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16 MIN READ
The Burke-Litwin Change Model
Unraveling the Dynamics of Organizational Change
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7 MIN READ
SIPOC Diagrams
Making Sure Your Change Process Serves Everyone
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10 MIN READ
The ADKAR® Change Management Model
Using Goals to Accomplish Change
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8 MIN READ
Bridges' Transition Model
Guiding People Through Change
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10 MIN READ
Changing People's Habits
Encouraging and Sustaining New Behaviors
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9 MIN READ
Why Change Can Fail
Knowing What NOT to Do
Project Improvement and Review (5)
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15 MIN READ
Sprint Retrospectives in Agile Project Management
Five Steps for a Successful Review Process
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8 MIN READ
After Action Review (AAR) Process
Learning from Your Actions Sooner Rather Than Later
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10 MIN READ
Post-Implementation Reviews
Making Sure That What You Delivered Actually Works
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9 MIN READ
Conducting a Project Healthcheck
Finding Out How a Project is Progressing
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11 MIN READ
Why Do Projects Fail?
Learning How to Avoid Project Failure
Further Resources
Bite–Sized Training (6)
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60 MIN READ
Stakeholder Management
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60 MIN READ
Winning Support for Your Project
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60 MIN READ
Managing Change
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60 MIN READ
Managing Stakeholders
Scenario Training
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60 MIN READ
Planning Small Projects
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60 MIN READ
Project Management Basics
Learning Streams (1)
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2 MIN READ
Manage Change Learning Stream
Book Insights (7)
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15 MIN READ
Switch
By Chip Heath and Dan Heath
If you've ever tried to make a significant change, then you know how hard...
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15 MIN READ
The Three Laws of Performance
By Steve Zaffron and Dave Logan
Find out more about how to implement change AND make it stick for the...
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15 MIN READ
A Sense of Urgency
By John P Kotter
In this book, John Kotter, one of the world's leading authorities on leadership and...
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15 MIN READ
How to Succeed With Continuous Improvement
By Joakim Ahlstrom
In this book, consultant Joakim Ahlstrom outlines how he focused on simplicity and “flow”...
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15 MIN READ
Fail Better
By Anjali Sastry and Kara Penn
When a project fails, it can open the door to success - if you...
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15 MIN READ
The Six Secrets of Change
By Michael Fullan
This book explores six things that you can do to implement change effectively in...
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15 MIN READ
The Relational Lens
By John Ashcroft, Roy Childs, Alison Myers, and Michael Schluter
Organizations will struggle if they don't pay attention to their relationships. John Ashcroft, Roy...
Expert Interviews (7)
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30 MIN READ
Innovations in Office Design
Diane Stegmeier
What difference does the design of your office make to productivity levels? Diane Stegmeier...
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30 MIN READ
Beyond Measure: The Big Impact of Small Changes
Margaret Heffernan
Margaret Heffernan explains how allocating time to different types of tasks can build social...
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30 MIN READ
The Digital Helix
Michael Gale
Authors Michael Gale and Chris Aarons discuss how organizations can and should fully embrace...
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30 MIN READ
Scrum
Mike Cohn
Scrum is a key part of Agile project management, and it's becoming more widely...
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30 MIN READ
Buy-In
John Kotter
In this interview, change management guru John Kotter tells us how to gain support...
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30 MIN READ
Fast Projects
Fergus O'Connell
Learn a foolproof system for successful project management from Fergus O'Connell, and find out...
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30 MIN READ
Reorg: How to Get it Right
Stephen Heidari-Robinson
Reorganizations can be painful and ultimately unproductive. Author Stephen Heidari-Robinson explains how to turn...
