Brainnest July 25, 2021

Our Project
Management
Journey A visual brainstorm
session to add
structure to our project.
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1 Team Check-in and Ice Breaker

Today's 2 Planning your project

Agenda 3 Implementing your project

4 PM Techniques

5 Summary and Action Items

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Course Modules

Introduction to 1
SESSION I
Introduction to Project Management

the Course 2 Planning Your Project

What is this course about?
Become proficient in project management
terminologies and their applications
Produce different project management artifacts
Work in teams spread across vast geographies
Grow into PM role within any organization implementing
Scrum
Set up and handle projects on different PM software's
Apply best practices crucial for getting the maximum
value from project management methodology
SESSION II
3 Implementing Your Project
4 Project Management Techniques
SESSION III
5 Business and Financial Issues
6 The Project From Start to Finish
SESSION IV
7 People in the Project
8 Your Career in Project Management
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Before we start with the session, let's warm up a little
with this icebreaker question:

What did you have

Below are suggestions for icebreaker questions: for breakfast today?
What's your morning routine?
What did you have for breakfast today?
What’s a random act of kindness you did for a stranger?
What's the most challenging thing you've done in life?
What's your favorite dessert?

Time: 5 minutes
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Are you ready?

Let's begin!
1 Identify & Meet with Stakeholders 4 Create the Project Schedule

Present the Project Plan to

2 Set & Prioritize Goals 5 Stakeholders
After You Create Your Project Plan:
3 Define Deliverables 6 Schedule a project kickoff meeting
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1 What's your vision for the project?

Planning Your 2 What's your mission for to project?

Project 3 What are you goal of the project?

Imagine that your project is a ship sailing to the What is a WBS and how to do it? What
islands that represent its goals. What factors can help 4 are our project's milestones?
or obstruct the ship's voyage? There are questions
How long will the project last? What is
we will answer to add structure to the journey.
5 it estimated cost?

6 Who are the most important

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Advantages of good PM planning

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Vision, Mission and Goals of the Project

A project vision statement is a description or declaration of what an organization/project
team wants to obtain or accomplish upon the completion of a project. While the vision is the
grand idea, the vision statement is a clear and concise announcement and description of the
big picture. Its aim is to guide, motivate and inspire the people working on the project.

A mission statement is a written document that defines the objectives, purpose, and goals a
business or project will pursue. ... For example, when you're in the middle of planning a
project, and you have a choice to make, a mission statement can be beneficial.

A project goal describes the projects impact: the long-term effects that should (also) be
triggered. ... The project goal provides the link between the project and its direct effects
(project objective), and the overarching goals both within and outside the organisation.
 1 Concise and easy to understand

2 Specify, but do not limit

3 Look into the future

4 Inspirational and challenging

5 Write about who you are

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yBUBmciQBk&t=203s
Examples of
vision
How to create a
mission statement?

1 Start with a big picture

2 Brainstorm adjectives

3 Define your audience

Address the four core
4 elements of a mission
statement
5 Get feedback from
stakeholders
Examples of
mission
Examples of
good goals
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6 P's of Project Management

WBS
Work-breakdown structure (WBS) is
a deliverable-oriented breakdown of
a project into smaller components.
It is a key project deliverable that
organizes the team's work into
manageable sections.

WBS is used to define and organize

the total scope of a project.

*100% rule
WBS
examples
Deliverable
based WBS
Phase
based WBS
Milestones
Milestones are tools used in project management
to mark specific points along a project timeline.
These points may signal anchors such as a project
start and end date, or a need for external review or
input and budget checks.
Examples
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Scope, Time and

Cost of the Project
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Constraints of the Project

Stakeholders
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management plan
Key Areas & Processes of PM
Project planning fundamentals

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Project planning fundamentals

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Project planning fundamentals

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Project planning fundamentals

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RACI Matrix July 25, 2021

Responsibility assignment matrix describes the participation by various roles in completing

tasks or deliverables for a project or business process. RACI is an acronym derived from the four
key responsibilities most typically used: responsible, accountable, consulted, and informed. It is
used for clarifying and defining roles and responsibilities in cross-functional or departmental
projects and processes.
Example of
RACI Matrix
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feasibility of a project
Project plan should answer following questions:
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Managing Risks
1 Create risk register 4 Determine likelihood and impact 7 Assign owners

2 Identify risks 5 Determine the response 8 Regularly review risks

3 Identify opportunities 6 Estimation

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Vision, mission and goals of the

1 project

Lecture - 2 WBS and Milestones

Summary 3 Scope, Time and Cost of the project

Managing stakeholders, Identifying and

4 delivering on your client's priorities
Planning Your Project Developim project management plan +
5 RACI Matrix
Assessing project's feasibility and
6 managing its risks
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Determine projects vision, mission,

1 goals, stakeholder and risks

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Let's go back to the previous pages and
synthesize what next actions are appropriate
for us to move forward in your projects.
2 quality, resources and other
knowladge areas of PM
3 Fill out Project book sheets: 3., 4., 6., 8. & 11.
Decide on PM software (MS Office
4 Project, MS Office Excel, Trello etc.)
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Idowu Koyenikan

The mind is just like a muscle

— the more you exercise it,
the stronger it gets and the
more it can expand.
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Thank
you!Have a great
day ahead.
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Fun facts,
questions and
disscusion
What's your favorite company?
Does it have project management?
Does it have any projects? Which ones?
What are they about?...
What kind of project would like to work
on? Why?