1	Project Management One Approach
2	Goals: To Demystify To Streamline To Simplify To Automate To Standardize (while allowing flexibility) To arrive at optimal outcomes To “git ‘er done!”
3	Four Short Stories The Cone of Uncertainty Thanksgiving Dinner The Rats and the Snake Mark Twain on Letters
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5	Thanksgiving Dinner
6	The Rats and the Snake
7	The Moral – Stagger the Workload to Avoid Bottle Neck Delays
8	Mark Twain on Letters “I wanted to write you a short letter, but I didn’t have the time, so I wrote you a long one instead.”
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10	Project Management is: Not that complicated – A set of tools, templates, strategies and approaches An art and a science
11	Step 1 – Basic Need Start with a high level basic needs statement or “lay explanation.” Evoke empathy here. What is the basic problem you want to solve? Stay with the primary problem here – Additional important rationale will be added in Step 2.
12	Step 2 - PGOS Purpose: In addition to meeting the basic need as outlined in Step 1; outline the other key needs that will be addressed by the project Goal(s): What does this project intend to accomplish and deliver? Objectives: How will we go about accomplishing our Goal(s)? Succinct Definition: Remember Mark Twain
13	In Most Instances, Try to Steer Away from “Battleship Galactica” Solutions Remember the 80/20 rule or we may come up with an un-funded solution
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15	The Swiss Cheese Approach to Project Management