27 simple sentences that'll teach you more about project management than a $4,997 course:
If it doesn't have a clear goal, budget & deadline, it's not a project - it's just work.
Anything is possible if you break it down into small enough steps.
Continuously planning will teach you more than any plan ever will.
If you can't give a project manager a full-time, dedicated team and a clear mandate, don't bother.
Create one single source of truth for all documents, coordination, and communication.
Agreements are flexible, deadlines are not.
A bad executive is a distraction, a good executive shields a team from distraction.
The only acceptable answer to "who owns this" is one single name.
The daily check-in is the 10 most important minutes of the day.
If you want to build a real team, treat external and internal resources the same.
Re-assess your project risks every week to stay ahead of trouble.
Fight scope creep like your life depends on it, because it does.
Standardize or automate everything that occurs 3x or more.
Anything that works "out of the box" requires more work than you think.
Celebrate small wins every week to build momentum.
Don't expect software to be a magic bullet: build processes, train people, and support them with software.
Healthy debates, but one decision - one team, one voice.
Think two moves ahead - address obstacles before they hinder progress.
Engineers have a building bias: explore all alternatives before accepting a custom solution.
If your stakeholders don't agree on the definition of done, you'll never finish.
Include your end-users from day one to turn them from critics into fans.
It's not your job to have all the answers, but to facilitate your team to find the best answers.
Finish, document, reflect and learn before starting a new project.
You don't need any rules if a team culture is strong enough.
Accept that people will leave - don't allow for single points of failure.
Keep your team close, and your stakeholders closer.
No amount of planning can fix a people issue.
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