Project Management and Practice

Chapter 1. Project Initiation

• Payback analysis
• Payback Analysis example 1
• Payback Analysis example 2
• Payback Analysis example 3
• NPV Analysis
• NPV Analysis example
• Multi-Weighted Scoring Model
• Multi-Weighted Scoring Model example
• Project Charter template
• Stakeholder Power-Interest Grid
• Stakeholder mapping on Power-Interest Grid template
• Possible Assignment 1: Project Selection
• Possible Assignment 2: Project Selection
• Possible Assignment 3: Project Charter
• Possible Assignment 4: Stakeholder Analysis

Chapter 2. Project Planning

• WBS
• WBS Dictionary
• Responsibility Matrix
• Outline format WBS template
• WBS Dictionary template
• RACI Chart template
• Possible Assignment 1: WBS
• Possible Assignment 2: Responsibility Matrix

Chapter 3. Project Risk Management

• Risk identification
• Risk assessment or analysis
• Risk Matrix
• Risk Response Strategies
• Risk Matrix template
• Risk Response Plan template
• Risk Register template
• Possible Assignment 1: Risk Response Plan
• Possible Assignment 2: Risk Register

Chapter 4. Project Scheduling

• Project scheduling with minimal information
• Project scheduling with resource allocation information
• Creating a Gantt chart using ProjectLibre
• Changing project start date
• Gantt chart with summary task
• Gantt chart with Start and End milestones
• Gantt chart with one resource
• Gantt chart with two resources
• Gantt chart with three design engineers (DE) available
• Gantt chart with three design engineers (DE) and two software engineers (SE) available
• Possible Assignment 1: Resource-constrained Schedule
• Possible Assignment 2: Crashing
• Possible Assignment 3: Fast Tracking

Chapter 5. Conflict Management

• Conflict
• Conflict Resolution Strategies
• Possible Assignment 1: Conflict Resolution

Chapter 6. Creative Problem Solving

• Creativity
• Blocks to Creativity
• TRIZ
• Technical Contradiction
• Physical Contradiction
• Administrative Contradiction (Effects Database)
• Design Thinking
• GenAI & Creative Problem Solving
• Possible Assignment 1: TRIZ
• Possible Assignment 2: Design Thinking

Chapter 7. PM Methods and Tools

• SWOT Analysis
• SWOT Analysis template
• Kano Model Analysis
• Kano Model Analysis template
• Fishbone Diagram
• Fishbone Diagram template
• ProjectLibre
• Possible Assignment 1: SWOT Analysis
• Possible Assignment 2: Kano Model Analysis
• Possible Assignment 3: Fishbone Diagram