1. PMDPro WORDSEARCH NVALSWNKSQCGJSE SOPUPFRAVGTPTLG MEIPLVQBOHBNAON TEUTCCRASHINGGA YCZSARRDFASECVH GNHLSTIPRCLBOPC HAXYCINTHPVKNGT FMRACISEIMQDTUU MRHNNNDRMCAWRJK LOQGOUTKKEAXOFN SFQCLMOFKILLLQF YRSEROQNBTNPSPP QEKTCQFFNHQWMZY CPQPPUXYFDMLDIK RCKROWTENVQMQTR CHANGE CPA IMPLEMENTATI ON NETWORK SCHEDULE CONTROLS CRITICAL LOG RACI CONSTRAINTS CRASHING ISSUES PERFORMANCE TRIPLE

2. Implementation Schedule Management Change management Issue Management Roles and Responsibilities Lingos 4 week PMDPro course He has half the deed done who has made a beginning.” – Horace

3. THE IMPLEMENTATION PHASE “Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work.” — Peter Drucker

4. PROJECT CHANGES Have you ever managed a project where the scope, budget or calendar has changed mid-course? “When the territory and the map disagree, believe the territory.” — Swiss Army Manual

5. WHAT GOES WRONG? What lead to these changes being made? "You can't cross a sea by merely staring into the water.“ — Rabindranath Tagore

6. CONTROLLING CHANGES Was there a clear process for managing (controlling) these changes? No – it was total chaos Somewhat – but we were barely coping Yes – we did ok and survived to see another day Yes – we were good and bordering on amazing ! "The secret to getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one.“ — Mark Twain

7. CONTROLLING CHANGES: TOOLS What tools did you use to manage the changes? How effective were they? “We become what we behold. We shape our tools, and thereafter our tools shape us.” ― Marshall McLuhan

8. ISSUE LOGS "Do not lie in a ditch, and say God help me; use the lawful tools He hath lent thee.“ — old English Proverb IssueOwnerStatusDate Opened Date Closed Resolution Two days of rain have resulted in no work being accomplished Provide Name of Owner 7/11 – Rain stopped today. Will review work to see if work is resumed.. 7/12 – Construction site has dried. Work has resumed. July 11July 12Will work 3 extra hours to mitigate the schedule delay. How would this help?

9. MAKING IT WORK How would you make an issue log work in your context? Who could change it? When? How? How often? Write your comments on the screen. “You can’t keep it all in your head. Project control tools are an absolute necessity for the control of large projects.” -– Louis Fried

10. SCHEDULES: NETWORK DIAGRAMS Quality Audit Train Community Train WASH Committee Build Structure Install Latrine Slab/Cap Dig Hole Build Latrine Slab/Cap start START END

11. NETWORK DIAGRAM: ANSWER

12. NETWORK DIAGRAMS Start Train WASH committee to build latrine Dig hole WASH Comm Quality Audit Install Latrine Cap Build Latrine Cap Build Structure “Each completed task establishes certain parameters and imposes constraints on the next task.” -– Louis Fried

13. CRITICAL PATH (CPA) start Train WASH Committee 1 Dig hole 14 Quality Audit 1 end Train Community 1 Install Latrine Cap 3 Build Latrine Cap 6 Build Structure 7 The critical path is the series of tasks that determines the minimum amount time required to complete project activities. This sequence of tasks represents the longest path between the project’s start and its end “Working ten hour days allows you to fall behind twice as fast as you could working five hour days.” -– Issac Asimov

14. ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES How do you allocate roles and responsibilities in your projects? “Get the right people. Then no matter what all else you might do wrong after that, the people will save you. That’s what management is all about.” -– Tom DeMarco

15. RACI Responsible Responsible for performing a task Task Accountable Person accountable for the task being complete Consulted People communicated with prior for input and opinions Informed Parties notified after a task is performed. How a would the RACI matrix help your projects? “Assumption is the mother of all screw-ups.” — Wethern’s Law of Suspended Judgement

16. Questions? “A project without a critical path is like a ship without a rudder.” — D. Meyer

17. See you next time