Video Series: Become a Project Management Minimalist

This series of free online videos (also available on DVD) is designed to help you apply "just enough" project management (PM) to manage your projects effectively -- without burdening your team (and you!) with a bunch of unnecessary PM administrivia. This  series, along with the one-page reference, 10 Steps to Project Success, can be used as stand-alone basic PM training. It also serves as an in-depth introduction to the Book, The Project Management Minimalist.

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[Note: All of the videos listed here and more -- 12 in all -- are available on a single DVD: The Project Management Minimalist Video Series -- So you can order them and use anywhere with your project teams!]

Intended Audience

This series is suitable for...

• Absolute PM newbies
• Buyers of  (or people thinking about buying) The Project Management Minimalist: Just Enough PM to Rock Your Projects!
• Project managers & team leaders who want a PM refresher, with a focus on the essences
• Supervisors & trainers of project managers who are looking for a simple, straightforward PM approach

Video Summaries

Below is a summary of each video in the series. A couple of suggestions...

• I recommend you view them in sequence, beginning with Video 1.
• I also recommend you download & print the PDF reference tool: 10 Steps to Project Success.

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[optional] Overview: The Project Management Minimalist, 2nd edition [Running time, 7:38]

• An overview of the book, how it's organized, etc.

[optional] Quick Start Guide for the PM Minimalist [9:59]

• What if you could manage a project using a one-page checklist? This video shows you how.
• (Learn more/download the PDF Quick Start Guide here. )

Video 1:  Become a PM Minimalist [6:44]   

• Overview of PM
• The PM Minimalist Approach
• Overview of Series

Video 2-A:  PM Nuts & Bolts [9:59] (!! Get the PDF reference tool: 10 Steps to Project Success.)

• 1. Define the project concept, then get support & approval.
• 2. Get your team together and start the project.
• 3. Figure out exactly what the finished work products will be.

Video 2-B: PM Nuts & Bolts [9:52]

• 4. Figure out what you need to do to complete the work products. (Identify tasks & phases.)
• 5. Estimate time, effort, and resources.

Video 2-C: PM Nuts & Bolts [5:02]

• 6. Build the schedule.
• 7. Estimate the costs.

Video 2-D: PM Nuts & Bolts [7:24]

• 8. Keep the project moving.
• 9. Handle scope changes.
• 10. Close out phases, close out the project.

[optional] Video 3-A: 10 Strategies to Create More Inspired Project Teams [9:03]

• Trust your judgment.
• Let go of perfectionism.
• Celebrate the chaos within.
• [Note... this is the first of 3 videos supporting "10 Strategies for More Inspired Project Teams" The others are available on The Project Management Minimalist Video Series DVD]

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[Noteworthy video...]  A PM Minimalist’s Perspective on Agile, Scrum, & Waterfall [5 min.]
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All of the videos listed here and more -- 12 in all -- are available on a single DVD: The Project Management Minimalist Video Series -- So you can order them and use anywhere with your project teams!