Project Management - Simplified Through the MPM Model
The purpose of this blog post is to provide a quick working overview of a project management methodology tailored for managers called the Manager Project Management or MPM model to start, execute, and finish a project.
The MPM model presents all of the pieces, tools, and steps essential to delivering a successful project, and also facilitates a time-saving approach to managing a project in less time on a daily and weekly basis and while still delivering results.
Insights into the Critical PM Pieces across the 3 Domains & 6 Segments
The purpose of this article is to explain some of the Project Management items or Pieces that are in the 6 segments.
In the MPM Model, the Pieces represent all of items you have to create to answer the 5 Ws and H questions: Why? Who? What? How Much? Where? When?
3 Domains & 6 Segments to Simplify Project Management
The purpose of this article is to cover adding the domains of project management knowledge into the MPM model to explain how the foundational questions are answered using project management domains of knowledge.
4 Model Secrets to the Project Management MPM model
The purpose of this blog post is to cover an overview of the concept of the Manager Project Mastery (MPM) model and discover four model secrets within the MPM model.
The MPM model shows how to view all of the Project items or Pieces essential to delivering a successful project, to provide the detail to the Tools that are utilized by the simple strategies and Steps to successfully manage a project on a daily and weekly basis.
Putting Joy and Discovery back into Project Management
The purpose of this blog post is to discuss how using the MPM model can begin putting the joy and discovery back into project management.
The Manager Project Mastery (MPM) model shows a view of all Project items or pieces essential to delivering a successful project and also how to successfully manage a project on a daily and weekly basis using particular tools at each stage that draw on the knowledge within each of the pieces.
3 Keys to Simplify Project Management
Project Management can seem overwhelming, especially what tool to use and when. The MPM (Manager Project Management) model is a view all of the project pieces essential to delivering a successful project.
3 Tiers for Support After the Project is Complete
The purpose of this blog post is to discuss the typical tiers of support required for a project after it is complete.
Understanding the support tiers required is an allocation of Resources project piece covered under Step 5, TRANSITION and CLOSE in the MPM Model.
1 Thing to Do and 1 Challenge with Resource Allocation
The purpose of this article is to cover one key activity that needs to be done regarding the allocation of resources, and correspondingly, one hard-to-control challenge that could happen no matter how diligently you go through that exercise.
Allocating resources for support is under the TRANSITION and CLOSE step in the MPM Model.
4 Types of Management Support Needed by Your Solution After the Project
The purpose of this post is to cover the four types of management needed to support your solution, so it continues to be current and deliver value.
Management Support is an aspect of managing Resources in the TRANSITION and CLOSE step, of the Project Management MPM model.
4 Important Data Pieces for Lessons Learned
The purpose of this blog post is to cover how to do lessons learned with a spreadsheet layout example to use for collecting and distributing the results and recommendations of the analysis.
Lessons Learned are under Step 5, TRANSITION and CLOSE, in the Project Management MPM model.
3 Steps for an Urgent Project Reboot
The purpose of this blog post is to cover how to do three quick re-boot steps to rescue a project or help a manager who is managing a project that feels out of control and needs to get it back on track.
Start with the project pieces that are in the PLAN domain then move to OVERSEE and then to LEAD.
3 Key Ideas to Managing Duration versus Effort in Your Project
The purpose of this blog post is to cover how to use 3 simple key ideas to managing the difference between Duration and Effort.
Estimating tasks for the Schedule is under the PLAN domain and in the Timing segment in the Project Management MPM model.
1 Way to Get Tasks Completed on Time for Your Project
The purpose of this article is to present how to ensure your plan is given priority amongst those who are assigned tasks so that your deliverables are finished when expected and your project is completed on time.
Creating and managing the plan is under the PLAN domain and within the Map segment in the Project Management MPM model.
How to PLAN your Project's Map and Timing for the Best Execution and Schedule
The purpose of this blog post is to cover PLAN from the MPM model, which is about defining how the project is going to be completed and the schedule for its completion. The PLAN part is one of the three parts in the MPM model that is performed on a daily and weekly basis as the project proceeds.
1 Critical Tenet to a Resilient Project Plan
The purpose of this blog is to cover making a plan approach that is deliverables-based, a fundamental tenet to a strong and resilient plan.
The Approach is a project piece in the Map segment which is in the PLAN domain of the MPM model.
1 Key to Building the Best Plan for Your Project
This article covers how to create the best plan, so your team is inspired to create the best approach to accomplishing their goals, and free to adapt to the best tasks to achieve those goals.
Creating and managing the Approach is under the PLAN domain and within the Map segment in the Project Management MPM model.
3 Simple Steps to Realistic Estimates for Your Project
The purpose of this blog post is to cover how to estimate project deliverables and tasks, and how to help the team members and you arrive at some realistic targets.
Estimating deliverables is a project piece in the OVERSEE domain of the MPM model and under the Outcomes segment. However, the deliverables provide critical input to the Approach piece which is in the PLAN domain and within the Map segment of the MPM model.
A Simple Framework for Testing for Your Project Deliverables
The purpose of this blog post is to describe a simple framework to follow for testing to ensure outcome acceptance and project success.
Testing or quality evaluation is a project piece in the OVERSEE domain and within the Outcomes segment in the Project Management MPM model.
Use 2 Criteria to Create Objectives That Work for You
The purpose of this article is to explain the importance of measurable objectives to your project’s success.
Objectives are project pieces under the OVERSEE domain and the Outcomes segment in the MPM model.
How to OVERSEE your Project’s Outcomes and Financials to Deliver the best Results
The purpose of this blog post is to cover the OVERSEE domain of the MPM model, which is about managing outcomes and financials.
The OVERSEE domain is one of three domains that contains all of the project pieces that answer the questions you need to answer when starting a project, they just come in different forms: why, who, what, how much, where, and when?