In this video I answer the question, what is Rolling Wave Planning? And I also look at how to create a rolling wave plan: the rolling wave planning process.

In an earlier video, I described how to create a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS). In this video, I will show you how to turn it into a network diagram.

Health and Safety is nobody’s idea of a fun discipline. But Health & Safety is another thing that is your responsibility as a Project Manager. So, if you decide it is a necessary document to have, how do you write a Health &...

Two common terms in many projects – particularly traditional, predictive projects – are Workstream and Workstream Leader. So, what are they?

Whether you call it a project master plan, program, terms of reference, or 'Book of the Plan', what are the things you need to include?



Dr Mike Clayton, author of How to Manage a Great Project and founder of...

In the world of business transformation, what is the master plan that guides the definition and planning of your project? It's a Business Blueprint. So, what is a Business Blueprint?

The Work Breakdown Structure (or WBS) is one of the most basic and most important of your Project Management toolset.<b<br/>r/>

So, what is a Work Breakdown Structure?

The Work Breakdown Structure (or WBS) is one of the few truly fundamental tools of Project Management. But how do you create one?



I am not going to start with...

The great Scottish comedian, Billy Connolly, said 'There’s no such thing as bad weather. Just the wrong clothes.'



[Note after recording: I subsequently learned that this is also a Norwegian proverb. Sorry

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In this video, I'm focusing on Project Planning, and asking what is the key deliverable in your project plan?



It started with a question I
was asked:
What is the main deliverable if you are asked to create
a...

It is never a good idea to take over a project someone else has started. There is too much risk that they will not have set it up to succeed. But, if you have to, you're going to need my Project Takeover...

In an earlier video, I described what a Gantt Chart is, in under 5 minutes. But I keep getting asked how to create one. So, in this video, I’ll show you exactly how to make a Gantt Chart.



What...

A new Project Plan needs a Baseline. It's how we keep ourselves honest, as Project Managers. But, what is a Project Baseline?



A baseline is the final, approved version of the project plan, its schedule, budget, and...

Milestone or Deadline?

Of all the tools we use as Project Managers, none is as simple yet powerful as the milestone. We use milestones to mark essential points along the project journey, and to track our...

In this video, I will take you through 5 stages and 21 steps for creating a Project Schedule.



Stage 1: Schedule
Framework
Start by getting all the core time-related data
into your plan.
Sta
ge 2: Task...

In this video, I answer the question, what is a Project Roadmap? And I also look at why we use them, how they differ from a Gantt Chart, and how to create a Roadmap.



A project roadmap is a visual overview of the...

The 20th Century Egyptian writer and 1988 Nobel Laureate for Literature, Naguib Mahfouz, said 'You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions.'



In this short,...

Project Management Fundamentals is a short project management course that will introduce you to the absolute essentials of the four stages of Project Management.



It collects four short videos...

What are the 10 things you need to build into your Project Plan?



A large part of the success of your project will be down to your planning. Consequently, there are a lot of planning tools to choose from. But which will be...

Planning is fundamental to all Project Management, and one of the most basic and robust approaches to planning is Milestone Planning.<b<br/>r/>

But what exactly is Milestone Planning?

Capabilities Based Planning (CBP) is an important way of starting your project planning process. So what is Capabilities Based Planning, exactly?

Before you get funding and approval for your project, you will first need to produce a Business Case. So, what is a Business Case?

The Gantt Chart is pretty much the poster-child for Project Management. When most people think of project management, it's a Gantt Chart they see in their mind's eye. <b<br/>r/>

So, <br/>what is a Gantt Chart?
...and who invented it?

Resource constraints often drive your project planning. So, what is resource levelling?