Work Lessons from the Movie ‘The Great Escape’
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Projects and work need to be well planned, executed and tracked to be done fastest, cheapest, and best. Then we will not have to work long hours because of poor planning and the re-work that it caused. We will be able to spend more time with our loved ones and in doing things for ourselves.
Here is a series of video clips that describe how work (project) was planned and executed from the historic Movie "The Great Escape."
These may look too "technical", but lessons can be drawn and used for our day-to-day work too.
Have Fun! And Learning!!! :)
1. Introduction
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2. Integration Management
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3. Scope Management
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4. Time Management
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5. Cost Management
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6. Quality Management
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7. Risk Management
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8. Human Resource Management
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9. Communication Management
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10. Procurement Management
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Project Challenge | Proof of Concept Challenge
In this Project Challenges series I will be presenting project challenges faced by participants of my training programs, along with my recommendation of how to handle such a challenge. I invite readers to share their recommendations and thoughts by commenting on the post.
Project Challenge
Our clients asked us to prove ourselves and come up with a proof of concept for a challenge they were facing within 30 days, without access to client and detailed requirements. We were given a one line statement of work.
Recommendation
Communicate to the client before accepting the project that you want to succeed in this assignment, and to succeed in this requires both them and you to work together.
Let the client know their roles, responsibilities, deliverables and target dates, and agree on these before signing off on the completion date of 30 days. The deliverables would include sign-off requirements, any other reviews required by them along with target dates.
Tell them that if they are not able to deliver as per agreed timelines, the project time and/or cost will be at risk, and will increase. Also tell them that the status of the deliverables of the project team and the client will be reported every week highlighting delays, risks and impacts, if any.
Then religiously do this status reporting, and escalating till project completion!
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Managing Risks
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