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PM FUN-DAS (short for Project Management Fundamentals) is published every Wednesday. It demystifies and disseminates concepts around project management in a humorous way.

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Project Schedule Management

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Boss: In today's "lessons learned" meeting, I would like to hear the team's thoughts on the reasons for our project failure. Dev, what do you have to say?

Dev: My short answer is, "We should not have accepted unrealistic deadlines for a complex project like this."

Boss: Dev, are you trying to throw shade at me?

Dev: Nope! In fact, all through the project, we have seen enough through rose-colored shades. I thought it was time to throw some light on the ground realties.

Project Schedule Management
Flawed estimates mean missing deadlines and exceeding budgets. There are a number of estimation techniques to choose from viz. analogous estimating, parametric estimating, data analysis techniques, etc. Knowing the techniques and learning how to use them well is how you become better at estimating.

Project Resource Management

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Dev : Boss, I just read your email. You have assigned me to an under-funded project with unreasonable timelines.

Dev : And to top it all, you have assigned junior resources to work with me.

Boss : It is often said that necessity is the mother of invention, Dev.

Dev : Err ...Boss!

Boss : So instead of fussing so much, why don't you look at it as a glass half full rather than half empty!

Dev : How?

Boss : Creativity thrives best when we are constrained.

Dev : Huh!

Boss : These challenges can actually work as assets to fuel your team's creativity. And then you can use so many easily implementable techniques to overcome these constraints.

Project Resource Management
There are many techniques a project manager can use to enhance creativity or solve problems. Some of the popular ones are Brainstorming, Nominal group technique, Idea/mind mapping, Affinity diagramming, Force field analysis, Cause and effect diagramming, SWOT analysis and Root cause analysis.

Project Resource Management

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Dev : Boss, my team has been using an outdated collaborative tool for a long time now. It is eating into their valuable project time.

Dev : They complain that they cannot easily find the critical project documents and eventually waste time looking for project assets.

Dev : Boss, I suggest we buy this new cloud-based management tool which has received great reviews from the industry and peers. It will save the team's time on routine tasks and also will be a quick win for them.

Boss : Dev have you heard the saying, "A poor craftsman blames his tools"? My quick thought on this 'quick win' ...It is a sheer waste of money!

Dev : With his quick as a flash thinking we will surely get nowhere fast.

Project Resource Management
Quick wins are those that will stop wasting your resources and have more impact on your project with less effort. using quick wins on your project and team will get everyone motivated, increase the momentum of the project, and last but not the least will create a feel-good factor because of positive energy created from achievement.

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