Free Project Management Videos from Andy Kaufman, PMP
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Free Project Management Videos from Andy Kaufman, PMP
Free Project Management Videos to Help You Deliver
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How to Calculate Critical Path
This is the second of two videos we have for critical path. This video provides an overview of how to calculate critical path by hand. This can help y...
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Critical Path Overview
This is the first of two videos we have for critical path. This video provides an overview of critical path, including some practical applications.
Work Breakdown Structure: Demonstration
Sometimes it’s easier to understand how to facilitate a WBS exercise if you can see one in action. In this video, Andy Kaufman shows you how to facili...
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Activity Sequencing: Demonstration
The guys at the Manager Tools podcast talk about Horstman’s Law of Project Management, which is “Who Does What By When”. That’s not a bad summary, all...
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Leading Cause of Project Failure: Denial of Risk
Risk. It can be a four-letter word in some organizations! Bring up a risk and you could be viewed as not being a team player or as being negative.
Leading Cause of Project Failure: Unrealistic Timeframes
Ever been given a timeframe that seems impossible to hit? If you’ve managed projects for any length of time, you know what I mean. Your boss or custom...
Leading Cause of Project Failure: Inappropriate Experience
Hey, I’m pretty good at the game “Flight Simulator” on the computer! Want to hop on a real flight with me at the stick?
I’m guessing not!
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Leading Cause of Project Failure: Continual & Unregulated Change
We can reasonably argue that continual change is not a problem with projects.
It is, of course, but it’s not worth complaining about because it’...
Leading Cause of Project Failure: No Clear Objectives
Think of the last project that you delivered…. How do you know whether or not it was considered to be a success?
I get to ask that question to p...
Leading Cause of Project Failure: Poor Project Management
How would you describe your project management culture? I have the privilege of intersecting with hundreds of organizations and many effectively descr...
Leading Cause of Project Failure: Difficulty Defining Work in Detail
From 30,000 feet, every project is pretty easy!
Same with projects. From a high-level it can be easy to think, “Hey, how tough can this be?”
Leading Cause of Project Failure: Insufficient Involvement
I’m amazed at what you can get away with if you manage expectations.
You can deliver late. You can over-spend. But only if you manage expectati...
Leading Cause of Project Failure: Lack of Formal Methodology
Pop quiz for you and your team: How would you describe your project management methodology?
I’ve been to many organizations where, if the questi...
Leading Cause of Project Failure: Lack of Executive Support
One of the single most important indicators of whether you will deliver successfully or not comes down to the support you’re getting from your sponsor...
Improving Your Ability to Deliver: The Triple Constraint
As we discussed in the video on Continual and Unregulated Change, it’s not a matter of if change will occur on your project–it’s only a matter of wh...
Improving Your Ability to Deliver: Develop a Project Charter
A basic practice that has proven to help project success is to develop a Project Charter.
You’ve heard that, right? But who likes to create more...
Improving Your Ability to Deliver: Identify All Stakeholders
In previous videos we’ve talked about the importance of managing stakeholder expectations. It’s critical.
The first key to managing stakeholder...
Improving Your Ability to Deliver: Identify Assumptions
Every project has assumptions–things we don’t know whether they are true, real, or certain. Yet we often don’t sufficiently document those assumption...
Improving Your Ability to Deliver: Define Success
In a previous video we discussed how unclear objectives lead to project failure.
So, how do we go about creating measurable objectives? In this...
Improving Your Ability to Deliver: Create a Work Breakdown Structure
Create a WBS? Can anything with the letters “BS” be a good idea?
From the standpoint of the Project Management Institute (PMI), the Work Breakdo...
Improving Your Ability to Deliver: The Delphi Technique
Group-think. We’ve all experienced it. Maybe it’s when a problem is being talked about and you don’t feel comfortable bucking the discussion trend. Or...
Improving Your Ability to Deliver: Sequencing
Eventually project management comes down to “who does what by when,” and that’s what sequencing is.
It’s easy to talk about the concept of seque...
Improving Your Ability to Deliver: Influence Techniques
What do you do when you’re being asked to deliver scope in a timeframe that just isn’t doable? Some project managers just give in. Others become the “...
Improving Your Ability to Deliver: Risk Management
In a previous video we discussed the dangers of “denial of risk”.
A solid risk management process can significantly improve your ability to suc...