Managing Project complexITy using The Project Management Trifecta EXPLORING THE TRIFECTA - Managing Project complexITy using The Project Management Trifecta

WHAT TO EXPECT FROM THE TRIFECTA

The Trifecta explores the traditional phases of project management, agile frameworks, and DMAIC that make up Six Sigma, while examining the tools and techniques of each. Below are the main topics for each chapter in the book. Take the time to review each section. The exciting part of this companion to the book is that you can take a microcourse explaining each one. As the 5-minute micro courses are available, you will be able to access them as links in the accordion sections below.

PROJECT MANAGEMENT

INITIATION 25

Introduction to the Intiation Phase 25

The Business Case 26

The Feasibility Study 28

The Statement of Work (SOW) 30

The Project Charter 33

QUIZ: Test Your Knowledge & Earn the Initiation Badge

PLANNING 38

The Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) 44
The Project Schedule 49
The Project Costs and Budget 56
The Project Stakeholders 68
Risks and Issues 77

EXECUTION, MONITORING & CONTROLLING 83

Scheduled Project Work 84
Resource Management 85
Communications Management 86
Risk Management 87
Procurement Management 87
Quality Management 88

PROJECT CLOSE 89

Postmortem
Lessons Learned
Archiving
Closing Agreements
Transfer to O&M
Celebrtion

AGILE

BEING AGILE VERSUS DOING AGILE 94

Declaration Of Interdependence 95
The Values of the Agile Manifesto 97
The 12 Principles of the Manifest Adapted for the Trifecta 98

AGILE LIFECYCLES 106

Life cycles here

AGILE METHODOLOGIES 106

Scrum Methodology 107
Kanban Methodology | The Agile Board 114
Extreme Programming (XP) 120
Crystal Agile Framework 124
Feature-Driven Development (FDD) Methodology 127
Dynamic Systems Development Method (DSDM) 129
Adaptive Project Framework (APF) 134

LEAN SIX SIGMA

WHAT IS LEAN SIX SIGMA? 139

The Belts 140
The History of Lean and Six Sigma 141

THE SIX SIGMA PROJECT LIFECYCLE: DMAIC 145

Define
Measure
Analyze
Improve
Control

LEAN SIX SIGMA TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES 154

Lean Six Sigma Tools for Project Management
Lean Tools
Current State Process Analysis
Process Mapping
Lean Six Sigma in the Organization

Syllabus

Interested in using Managing Project complexITy using The Project Management Trifecta: Project Management, Agile, and Lean Six Sigma as the text for your course?

Here is a great starter on creating you courses syllabus.

TRIFECTA SAMPLE SYLLABUS

TOOLS & TECHNIQUES

Dive deeper into the tools and techniques in the Trifecta

THROUGHPUT YIELD

Learn to use first-time and rolled throughput yield on your projects to improve your processes.

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