3. Problem: Who benefits from this project? How do they benefit from the project? Whose help do we need to deliver this project? What do we need from them?
Solution: stakeholder analysis
4. Problem: [[90% of a project manager's work is communication]]. How do you execute this?
Solution: communications plan
5. Problem: How do you manage multiple projects in one software?
Solution: project-driven productivity in Roam
I'll share my solution, which uses projects as bridges to your vision, and uses the stallionrider.com model for daily realization
11. Problem: How do you make sure our each member of our project team has the capability, capacity and motivation to execute their role in the project?
Solution: Project team plan
12. (Meta) problem: How do you plan how you will run this project?
Solution: the project management plan
How you'll learn these tools: you'll use them for an actual project of yours! Make sure it is a project you really care about. This makes it much easier to learn.
In Scripture, exorcists need to find out the name of a devil first before they could banish it.
h/t to @AlexanderELundy for naming a devil I've been attempting to exorcise: unelected leisure.
How do you defeat this boss?
2/ This devil wants you to spend your limited lifetime for entities which may not have your best interest in mind.
For instance, I have wasted so much of my lifetime in YouTube. Some entity bought my attention pretty cheap (I'm an advertiser so I know). And I mindlessly sold it.
3/ This also doesn't mean robotic productivity. I want a lot of rest and a lot of leisure, but I want them to be something I choose: lifting, biking, hiking, reading, hanging out with friends and family, watching a good movie.
1/ WHY LEARN PROFESSIONAL PROJECT MANAGEMENT
- 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.
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.
#RoamGames 1/ THE WBS: IMAGINING AND MANAGING THE WORK NEEDED TO BRING YOUR IDEA TO REALITY
The PM tools I introduce in the rBook are skills. We learn them by actual practice. To practice the WBS, first list down actual projects (we also learn best with actual needs/wants).
2/ In the rBook, you'll get prompts like this one. Here in Twitter, you can just reply if you want. Or do this in Roam, on paper or whatever you write on.
3/ Among the projects in your list, pick one among those that needs PM (projects that need coordination of many kinds of work), not projects that instead require deep work (consistent execution of few kinds of work, like writing or coding).
#RoamGames 1/ ROAM VS OTHER "PROJECT MANAGEMENT" SOFTWARE
In this thread:
- PM is much more than task coordination
- Roam vs the world
- @Mappletons tags + {{diagram}} video
Here's a breakdown of a PM's work. The colored tags are software I'd use for each of these work packages
2/ @Conaw I know you guys are aiming for world domination, but there is so much territory in the world of project management outside the much contested domain of traditional "PM" software, which are actually project teamwork and communication software
3/ Software like Asana, Trello and Basecamp are many times called project management software. It is more accurate to call them project teamwork software. They mainly help in coordinating tasks and team communication. Slack is also sometimes called PM software, it is more of a...
2/ When I was a novice, I looked at project work as one big messy blob.
Professional project management gave me the following:
- A template for breaking down project work
- Algorithms of thought for each component of project work
3/ I first heard of algorithms of thought from @cortexfutura
It's perfect for describing the tools I share in the book. They are processes designed—each in its unique way—to bring your project to reality.
Professional Project Management With Roam: bring your ideas to reality using the power of Roam and the secrets of PMP
Thread on ToC and my game plan.
2/ Here's the Table of Contents
Would love to hear your questions. It will help guide the writing of the rBook.
3/ You may remember that I started to create a course on using Roam for PMP-style project management some time in August 2020. In fact, you can still download the JSON of the introduction and the project risk management chapter of that course: