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    This document provides an overview of project management fundamentals including philosophy for success, agile vs waterfall methodologies, managing scope, assessing impact, designing for the future, and career advice. The philosophy section emphasizes the importance of service, building quick solutions, and giving stakeholders a great experience. Agile is described as iterating quickly through prototypes compared to waterfall which involves more extensive requirements gathering. Managing scope involves balancing complexity and time to determine what can be built. Assessing impact establishes a baseline and measures how a solution created change and benefits. Designing for the future focuses on long-term viability. The career section notes the importance of solving problems quickly and fostering human connections over technical skills alone.

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    This document provides an overview of project management fundamentals including philosophy for success, agile vs waterfall methodologies, managing scope, assessing impact, designing for the future, and career advice. The philosophy section emphasizes the importance of service, building quick solutions, and giving stakeholders a great experience. Agile is described as iterating quickly through prototypes compared to waterfall which involves more extensive requirements gathering. Managing scope involves balancing complexity and time to determine what can be built. Assessing impact establishes a baseline and measures how a solution created change and benefits. Designing for the future focuses on long-term viability. The career section notes the importance of solving problems quickly and fostering human connections over technical skills alone.

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    This document provides an overview of project management fundamentals including philosophy for success, agile vs waterfall methodologies, managing scope, assessing impact, designing for the future, and career advice. The philosophy section emphasizes the importance of service, building quick solutions, and giving stakeholders a great experience. Agile is described as iterating quickly through prototypes compared to waterfall which involves more extensive requirements gathering. Managing scope involves balancing complexity and time to determine what can be built. Assessing impact establishes a baseline and measures how a solution created change and benefits. Designing for the future focuses on long-term viability. The career section notes the importance of solving problems quickly and fostering human connections over technical skills alone.

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    This document provides an overview of project management fundamentals including philosophy for success, agile vs waterfall methodologies, managing scope, assessing impact, designing for the future, and career advice. The philosophy section emphasizes the importance of service, building quick solutions, and giving stakeholders a great experience. Agile is described as iterating quickly through prototypes compared to waterfall which involves more extensive requirements gathering. Managing scope involves balancing complexity and time to determine what can be built. Assessing impact establishes a baseline and measures how a solution created change and benefits. Designing for the future focuses on long-term viability. The career section notes the importance of solving problems quickly and fostering human connections over technical skills alone.

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    PROJECT/CAREER

    MANAGEMENT
    FUNDAMENTALS
    CONTENTS
    1. Philosophy for Success
    2. Agile vs Waterfall
    3. Managing Scope
    4. Assessing Impact
    5. Designing for the Future
    6. Career
    PHILOSOPHY
    THE AVERAGE WORKER
    1. Does only what they’re paid to do
    2. Complains instead of presenting solutions
    3. Does not challenge themselves
    4. Does not listen for opportunities
    5. Treats stakeholders as disposable
    6. Complains about pay
    7. Gossips
    THE SUCCESSFUL WORKER
    1. Jumps on new solutions
    2. Looks for multiple ways to be of service
    3. Tries new things
    4. Seeks out experts
    5. Positive attitude and raises the team
    6. Takes accountability for each problem
    PHILOSOPHY
    Listen for problems
    others don’t want

    Build quick, simple


    Focus on service,
    and easy to
    not money
    understand solutions
    ‘If the goal is to gain
    career stability,
    financial security,
    opportunity
    abundance and Never complain
    Check in on
    stakeholders
    freedom, it starts with
    service’
    Give a great
    experience such that
    they come back
    AGILE VS WATERFALL
    AGILE VS WATERFALL
    Waterfall Agile

    Requirement
    s Gathering

    Modify Prototype

    Review
    AGILE VS WATERFALL FOR
    ANALYTICS
    Bridge Building, Construction,
    Software, Application, Digital
    Automotive
    1. Slow deployment 1. Quick prototype
    2. Extensive requirements gathering 2. Works with incomplete data
    3. Difficult to iterate 3. Better stakeholder feedback
    4. Poor stakeholder experience 4. More iterations
    5. No ad-hoc capability 5. Fail-fast
    AGILE – DAY IN THE LIFE
    Project: Stakeholder needs new
    Review and Iteration Stage
    Insights
    1. Who are the critical stakeholders? 1. What they loved, what they hated?
    2. Gather all “wish-list” requirements 2. Build version 2
    3. Select a few, easy to achieve goals 3. Send for review and present
    4. Build first prototype 4. Deploy
    5. Send for review and Present 5. Follow up
    MANAGING SCOPE
    HOW DO YOU MANAGE
    SCOPE?
    When it comes to Complexity
    managing scope,
    you’re weighing up
    two main things:
    How much to
    build?
    vs
    How long it will
    take?
    Time
    HOW DO YOU MANAGE Scope Creep

    SCOPE?
    When it comes to Complexity
    managing scope,
    you’re weighing up
    two main things:
    How much to
    build?
    vs
    How long it will
    take?
    Time
    Stakeholder ETA
    HOW DO YOU MANAGE
    SCOPE?
    ‘Under Promise and Over Deliver’
    Can the
    Do we need an
    change go
    overhaul build?
    into V2?

    Version Version Version Version Version


    1 2 3 4 5

    V3 idea is possible but


    will take 6 months
    ASSESSING IMPACT
    This helps your
    Resume and Career

    ESTABLISHING A BASELINE progression

    What is the current situation? What is the solution?


    1. How long does it take? 1. What was the impact of your
    solution?
    2. Where are the pain points?
    2. How did it make their life easier?
    3. What aren’t you able to do right
    now? 3. How much money or time did it
    save?
    4. Why can’t you solve this yourself?
    IMPACT
    Were you over service to everyone?
    Cause people talk!!

    Your Impact Annual Performance Review


    1. How did your solution create
    change?
    2. How wide-spread was your impact
    3. Did you make people around you
    better?
    4. Did you make the right allies?
    5. How much change? In customer
    experience, time spent, cost,
    complexity, skills?
    DESIGN FOR THE
    FUTURE
    YOU ONLY HAVE 8 HOURS!
    When you design anything, focus on its long term viability so that you don’t have to come back
    and repair/maintain the solution. This robs you of the opportunity to take on new work and
    opportunities

    New New Maintenance


    Maintenance
    Meetings Work Work Meetings

    Maintenance Meetings New Work


    CAREER
    ITS NOT THE TOOL….ITS THE
    PERSON
    My Friend Roger F. Gaps
    1. Been in the company a long time 1. You can be great technically, but you
    (40s) still need to foster that human
    connection
    2. Passed up repeatedly for promotions
    2. Establish your reputation for getting
    3. Same pay things done quickly, with no
    4. Highly skilled complaints
    5. Blames the system 3. Be transparent about what goes
    wrong
    6. Doesn’t understand the human side
    4. Have a sense of urgency
    THE PROMOTION CYCLE
    Problems arise

    Only a few rise You’re in


    through the competition
    When roles and
    You solve them
    ranks promotions
    quickly and give a
    become available,
    great experience
    managers gossip

    Word reaches more


    Managers and
    people and you get
    Stakeholders come Everyone talks
    more work thrown
    Limited slots up your way
    back for more and gossips on
    top who’s the best

    You help all levels

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