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Burn down Chart

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Project review meeting with the new project manager

Boss: Sam, I hope the project is on track. Can I see the burn down chart?

Sam: Sure Boss, right away!

Sam: Here you go! The burn down chart of the project!

Burn down Chart
A burn down chart is a graphical representation of work left to do versus time.  Burn down charts are a run chart of outstanding work. It is useful for predicting when all of the work will be completed.

Work Life Balance

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Maya: Honey!! We have a situation here. I can't see my team on the call.. Infact I can't see nothing on this PC.

Maya's Husband: Honey! Just to let you know that you are in the kitchen right now, staring at our micro-oven.

Maya: Huh!

Work Life Balance
In the current context, the work-life balance seems more elusive than ever with technology allowing employees to be accessible every hour of every day. Work-life balance is about achieving harmony or integration between work life and personal life and creating a meaningful life that helps you feel happy and healthy overall.

Project Risk Management

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Boss: Hi Joe, how is the project going? Any new risks or issues, you see in the project?

Joe: Yes, Boss. I identified a new one yesterday and was updating the Risk Register.

Boss: Can you confirm if it is a risk or an issue?

Joe: Well, err..umm..give me a moment. I'll will be right back

Joe(Thinking) : Let me quickly flip the coin to decide...

Joe: Boss, I just confirmed. The newly found one is an issue, for sure.

Project Risk Management
An issue is an event that has already occurred whereas risk is an uncertain event that may or may not happen. Risk register and Issue log are two documents that are often wrongly combined, but they are distinct documents that should contain different information & drive different actions.

Project Communications Management

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Boss: Hello, Maya. I am scheduling a video call in the next 10 minutes for an urgent update I need.

Maya: Hello, Boss

After ten minutes...

Maya(Thinking): Oh God! He could have asked this over email. I wasted my time getting dressed for this call.

Boss: Did you send that presentation to our new client? It is quite urgent and I need to close on that at the earliest.

Project Communications Management
Virtual meeting fatigue is for real. Video meeting are more mentally taxing than writing an email-if it can be an email, just make it one. Unless we're sharing a document or talking through a presentation, it's usually quicker and more productive to make a voice-only call.