Index

Practical notes on managing projects. Find a topic, work through an example, and try the ideas in a simulation.

Foundations

Running a project kickoff

Building a WBS

Making project decisions

How simulations carry decisions forward

Communication under pressure

Projects, programs & portfolios

Schedule

Fast tracking & crashing

Effort & duration

The critical path

Recovering a late schedule

Adding people & Brooks’s Law

Cost & value

Estimating cost to complete

Project cost & value

Earned value & CPI

Risk

Risks, issues & assumptions

Risk & uncertainty

Monte Carlo analysis

Evaluating an AI review

Cost contingency

Scope & leadership

Scope & change

Adapting your leadership

Credentials

PE vs. PMP

The PE stamp & project pressure

Tools & Labs

Urban Hydrology Lab

NRCS Hydrograph Calculator

All tools & labs

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