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Start the Project Flashcards

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Stakeholders

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Listed in business case and benefits management plan

May be actively or passively involved, with interest that might be positively or negatively impacted by the project

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Stakeholder mapping - 2d grids

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Maps a stakeholders power & interest

Other methods:
Power & influence
Impact & influence

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Stakeholder mapping - 3d cube

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P. I. A

power, influence, attitude

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Salience model

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A method for stakeholder mapping

vendiagram with power, legitimacy and urgency

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Directions of influence

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A method for stakeholder mapping; helpful in understanding a stakeholders influence on a project

Upward - sr mgmt
Downward - team or specialists
Outward - Client, end user
Sideward - Peers, other org depts

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Stakeholder registry

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Captures important information about the stakeholders

Ex: name, role, influence, areas of interest, etc.

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Communication methods

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Push
Pull
Interactive

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SEAM

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Stakeholder Engagement Assessment Matrix (SEAM)

Compares the current and desired engagement levels of stakeholders

Unaware
Resistant
Neutral
Supporting
Leading

Acronym to help - URNSL (Uncle Ralph Never Stops Laughing)

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Self organizing team

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A cross-functional team in which people fluidly assume leadership as needed to achieve the team’s objectives
Agile

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Servant leadership

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leading the team by focusing on understanding and addressing the needs and development of team members in order to enable the highest possible team performance

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Resources

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People, equipment, supplies and services, logistics

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T-shaped people

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Combine breadth and depth of knowledge

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SWOT analysis

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Tool to make better business decisions

Strengths
Weaknesses
Opportunities
Threats

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PMI code of ethics

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4 values
Responsibility
Respect
Fairness
Honest

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Team charter

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A document created with the team on how the team should work together, expectations, etc.
Includes communication expectations
Not necessary for teams familiar with each other

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Project vision statement

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Created by sponsor
Clear vision of the desired objectives and alignment with the organization’s strategic goals

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Acceptance criteria

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Used in predictive projects - reporting & verification criteria for objectives

18
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DoD

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Definition of Done
Used in agile projects in addition to iteration outputs to verify if work met objectives

19
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Product box exercise

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Exercise to internalize the vision from the customer’s point of view and emphasize the product/project value

20
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XP metaphor technique

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Explains a complex idea in simple & familiar terms

21
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Project charter

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Formally authorizes the project; provides project mgr with authority to apply resources

Included:
- PM
- Measurable objectives
- High level requirements
- Stakeholder list
- Project approval requirements

22
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Predictive vs. Agile vs. Hybrid

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Predictive
- plan driven, linear
- high certainty of requirements
- change possible but controlled

Agile
- change-driven
- incremental & time-boxed
- unclear on requirements at start
- high degree of change

Hybrid
- tailored approach combining predictive + agile

23
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Product vs. project

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Product is part of a project; products have their own life cycles

24
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Development approach vs. project life cycle

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Development approach: Predictive, Agile or Hybrid

Project life cycle: Initiating, Planning, Executing, Controlling & Monitoring, Closing

25
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Stacey complexity model

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Model for assessing complexity

Technical capability vs. requirements
Maps from simple > complicated > complex > chaos

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Cynefin framework

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Model for assessing complexity

simple, complicated, complex, chaos

Idea is to identify which domain you are in and then choose the appropriate action based on its characteristics

27
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Radar chart

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Model for accessing suitability
Map the project, team and culture

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Scrum

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Agile framework at a product dev team level to organize and maximize value to end user; roles include scrum master who facilitates sprints

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Scrum ceremonies

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Spring planning - team collaborates w/ product owner to plan work

Daily scrum - short daily meetings

Sprint review - can include a demo

Sprint retrospective - team identifies improvement opportunities

project retrospective - held at end of project

Backlog refinement - product owner prioritizes items on the backlog

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Sprint 0

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Initial start up activities in agile

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