The Top 10 Project Management Mistakes—and How to Avoid Them

Approach project management from a new perspective: by exploring what NOT to do. Learn the 10 most common mistakes project managers make and how to avoid them.

Introduction

• What to expect

1. Project Management Guide

• Introduction
• What is a project?
• Why projects are difficult
• My thoughts on PRINCE2
• My thoughts on agile
• The Association for Project Management (APM) method
• The 12-step process
• Project management qualifications
• Wrap-up

2. Top Ten Mistakes

• Introduction
• Tip 1: Having a plan in your head
• Making your plan
• Demo: Gantt chart in Excel
• Tip 2: Saying "maybe" or "I'll try"
• Tip 3: Answering the killer question
• Tip 4: Not involving teams enough
• Tip 5: List of tasks vs. a Gantt chart
• Tip 6: Not planning across projects
• Tip 7: Stories vs. Gantt
• Tip 8: Thinking underspend is OK
• Tip 9: Rescheduling too late
• Tip 10: Not reviewing
• Wrap-up

Conclusion

• Why do these mistakes happen?
• Congratulations
• Gantt chart in Excel, part 1
• Gantt chart in Excel, part 2
• Gantt chart in Excel, part 3
• Gantt chart in Excel, part 4
• Gantt chart in Excel, part 5
• Gantt chart in Excel, part 6