1/ WHY LEARN PROFESSIONAL PROJECT MANAGEMENT
- do it right
- bring more ideas to reality
- less stress
- do it right
- bring more ideas to reality
- less stress
2/ It turns out there's actually an established way of doing projects.
I found out about professional project management when I was in corporate tech. It made me look back at my college years. If only I knew this back then, I would have done a better job with less stress.
I found out about professional project management when I was in corporate tech. It made me look back at my college years. If only I knew this back then, I would have done a better job with less stress.
3/ I'm not a natural organizer.
I know people who get a kick out of organizing parties & weddings. I avoid these as much as possible.
But I was promoted as project manager, and eventually I started my own business. I needed to do the job well despite not being a natural at it.
I know people who get a kick out of organizing parties & weddings. I avoid these as much as possible.
But I was promoted as project manager, and eventually I started my own business. I needed to do the job well despite not being a natural at it.
4/ Professional project management is really just two things:
- a way of breaking down a project (instead of one messy blob of project work)
- processes for doing these components of project work
It is professional because these tools came from generations of professional PMs.
- a way of breaking down a project (instead of one messy blob of project work)
- processes for doing these components of project work
It is professional because these tools came from generations of professional PMs.
5/ Professional project management helps us to do our projects the right way. Or at least *a* right way—there are different approaches.
The tools I'm sharing in the rBook are the ones I found most useful from the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK). See 1/ for a pic.
The tools I'm sharing in the rBook are the ones I found most useful from the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK). See 1/ for a pic.
6/ The PMBOK is published by the PMI, the biggest professional project management organization in the world. PMP is their flagship certification.
PM is a skill, so you need experience to be good at it. But you'll get better faster with the right foundations.
PM is a skill, so you need experience to be good at it. But you'll get better faster with the right foundations.
7/ These PM tools also act like a checklist. You'll rest assured that you didn't miss anything in your work as PM. If you need to neglect certain aspects, you at least neglect them consciously (it's always a tradeoff between time and thoroughness).
8/ These tools allow you to document your PM work. That frees up your head for other work and lessens worry.
Documenting your PM work is a favor you are doing to your future selves. If you need to lead a similar project in the future, you don't start from scratch.
Documenting your PM work is a favor you are doing to your future selves. If you need to lead a similar project in the future, you don't start from scratch.
9/ If you have many ideas you want to bring to reality, you can use professional PM to manage as many projects as you can fit in your time.
This is one reason for using Roam for PM. All your projects can be managed in one software. I'll demo this in the chapter on productivity.
This is one reason for using Roam for PM. All your projects can be managed in one software. I'll demo this in the chapter on productivity.
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This thread is #7 in this series of threads for the rBook I'm writing.
This thread is #7 in this series of threads for the rBook I'm writing.
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