Project Management
Project management is a broad topic. Here at Twennie we plan to focus on the newest thinking on the subject.
When you think about it, you'll realize that project management is a bit of a misnomer. You're not actually managing a project, but rather the people completing it. This might be why project management is such a challenging discipline to learn. People are not technology. People have habits that need breaking and attitudes that need adjusting, but if you look at it that way, you will surely make them less inclined to engage with the work in a constructive way. Managing people is always best done as a pull rather than push strategy, because people don’t like being pushed. Pushing just makes them slam on the mental brakes. They want to think that everything they do is in some way their idea, which is when they do their best work, by the way. That is the biggest challenge for the project manager – to engage people in ways that help them experience satisfaction and inspiration in their work. The work they produce under these conditions will speak for itself.
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ARTICLE: A Systems Approach to (Re)Building a Business Unit
This article introduces a set of learning units designed for leaders inheriting teams in financial, cultural, or operational crisis. Based on real-world interviews with veteran business unit managers from engineering firms, this series distills their insights into a clear four-stage process: diagnose, plan, implement, and monitor. The foundation contains a set of five core team KPI sets: client relationships, personnel, project finances, quality of deliverables, and project scheduling used throughout to evaluate, improve, and track team performance.
VIDEO: 30-Day Systems Approach Diagnostic
This series is what we call a hub-series, which means it leads to other Twennie series depending on the unique challenges you’re facing in your operations. The diagnostic tools shown in this video are designed to not only help you rescue struggling business units, but to also help you plan your learning and development in a logical sequence, helping you learn, then fix what you must in the short term to develop more revenue. This video is the first in the series, A Systems Approach to (Re)Building a Business Unit.
PROMPT SET: Communication in Project Management
Communication is perhaps the most important element of effective project management, and it's not just writing good emails. When managing projects, good communication creates efficiencies, but only if it is managed carefully. This is a skill the whole team has to learn, and they should learn it together, because they will hold each other accountable for the results. This prompt set provides 20 helpful and enlightening group experiences that reveal and strengthen communication skills.
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PROMPT SET: Managing Risk While Managing Projects
Risk management is a cornerstone of effective project management, as it involves identifying, assessing, and mitigating potential threats that could disrupt a project's success. By proactively addressing risks, project managers can minimize uncertainty, protect resources, and maintain timelines and budgets. This prompt set challenges your team to analyze how they perform risk management work from the plan to the final deliverables.
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