How to Manage Small Projects

One of the major causes of project failure is poor project management. You spend up to 75% of your time in project-related work. Much of this work consists of small projects that you don’t normally manage as projects. Rather, you treat it as work that needs to be done by the end of the month. Thus, this unmanaged work just "happens". In this era of rapid responsiveness and quality improvement, letting small projects "happen" is no longer acceptable.

Can our project management methods help small projects in the same way that methods help larger projects? Yes! This case-oriented workshop shows how to apply basic, proven techniques to managing, understanding and coordinating small projects. At the same time, the techniques are fully compatible with our methods for larger projects. Although this is a general project management course, all the techniques are applicable to requirements gathering sub- projects.

Discuss the challenges of small projects
List the skills needed to make small projects successful
Describe the purpose and benefits of each phase of the 3D Project Life Cycle
Select the best requirements gathering methods based on project parameters
Prioritize multiple current projects using importance and urgency indicators
Describe how to produce better estimates using the Small Project Worksheet
Schedule tasks with methods best suited for one-person or multi-person staffing
Develop effective strategies for involving others in appropriate project activities
Describe Quality Assurance Reviews and Change Control in small projects
Describe the Design and Deliver Phases and discuss the value of each activity
Apply minimum-effort project tracking methods and evaluate project progress.
Scale small project management techniques to smaller or larger projects.
Describe the benefits of using small project management techniques

ILT: 2 days
Virtual: 0 Mods

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