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The Lean Project Manager
Doing more with less
Table of Content
A lean history of Lean
History
Principles
Philosophy
Lean Today
Quality
But for Heaven's sake, what does the customer want?
Implementations
Caveats
Yes, it is Lean!
Approach
Project Management vs. Project Manager
It is all about people
This is a Lean, Lean world...
The value of a project manager
The lazy project manager...
The proposal
The three customers
Defi nitions
Notation
The Lean PM
LPM technical skills
Pre-project: The business side of projects
Setting up an Andon cord: The project governance
“Time spent on building governance is never wasted.”
The good start
Managing requirements
Principle One: No Meetings
How much documentation?
Principle Two: Adapt the method
Doing
Controlling
Principle Three: Use and abuse of checklists!
Measuring
Principle Four: Measure well
Principle Five: Pull reporting
This is the end, my friend.
Principle Six: Fail (and learn about it)
Celebrate success and failure
So now what?
LPM Soft skills
The House of Soft Skills (or the House of Lean Leadership)
The House of Lean Leadership: the base
Know thyself
Knowing them
The power of attitude
Respect
Communication
Tips for improving your communication
How to lean the communication?
Kaizen opportunities
Interpersonal skills
Team leading
Conflict resolution
Reputation management
Time management
Organizational & political savvy
Customer centricity
Influence & Negotiation
Influence
Negotiation: a pie story, with lions and foxes
Beyond projects
Organizations and maturity
“There is not a greater waste than a useless project correctly executed.”
Conclusion
Lean
The Lean PM principles
The house of soft skills
Lean organizations
Productivity hacks
Conclusion