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Jacqui Hogan
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MBA CITP MBCS FCMI
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• 30+ years in IT (from coder to
delivery director)
• Mentoring and training IT
managers/business owners
since 2003
• Bridge between technology,
ideas and people
• Author and professional
speaker
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Background
A series of tasks designed to
produce:
• An agreed outcome
• Of an agreed quality
• For an agreed cost
• Within an agreed timescale
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A Project is
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Reusable approach
More predictable
Saves time and effort
Saves money
Less risk
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Benefits of Project Management
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If it works in your
business life, why not
use it in your personal
life?
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Possible Projects
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Key Project Processes
Planning
Management
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Completion
Initiation
Project Initiation
• Objectives and goals
• Risks and resources
• Success Criteria
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• Timescales
Planning - milestones
• Rewrite your CV
• Contact 5 people on
LinkedIn
• Write a book chapter
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• Get 2 interviews
Planning - approaches
• Post-it-note boards
• Family ‘scrums’
• Checklists
• Excel
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• PM s/w tools
Project management
• Do it
• Review progress
• Manage your resources
• Manage your time
• Communication
• Manage change!
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• Manage your costs
End of Project
• Review
• Celebrate your success!
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• Learn
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“There’s only two things you can
start without a plan: a riot and a
family, for everything else you
need a plan”- Groucho Marx
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Questions?