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"Wow, this is great stuff. If anyone ever asks you 'What does a Project Manager do?' direct them to this course." - Leah Henig.Would you like to give your project management career a three decade shortcut? Brought to you by the President of the Institute For Practical Project Management (IFPPM), the instructor has managed projects for more than 30 years, from just a few thousand dollars to $55M, and worked in senior roles on projects up to $3B. Based on this experience, this course describes the ten most important factors that contribute to project success. The course will make these learnings yours, jumpstarting your success. Ten short videos describe:The Magic Of Accountability. How to leverage the power of accountability to give you the *authority* you need to ensure project success. Includes the magic sentence that maximizes the probability of the organization giving you what you need.The Importance Of The WBS. How the work breakdown structure (WBS) makes everything else in PM easy. Includes a real life story of how, as a very junior lead, I once got a senior and rather aggressive team to become WBS believers. Also includes a real WBS my team prepared for a $140M aerospace project.The Power Of Process. The reason best practice process can solve almost any problem, no matter how complex. With an example of why the precedence diagram is your most important PM tool, even more important than the Gantt chart. Includes the real precedence diagram for the same $140M aerospace project. Planning The Risk Budget. How a well planned risk budget makes the entire PM life-cycle work. With eight common risks you should always consider including in your risk register. Why you should focus on managing only the top ten risks. And a download of a professional risk register template in Excel.Managing The Risk Budget. Hard won, real life tips on how to best manage the risks once underway. The rule of thumb for how much risk budget you should have as your project proceeds. And the show-stopping sentence that enables you to keep as much risk budget as possible when under pressure to give some up. Backfitting Scenarios When Needed. How scenario-based acceptance testing helps convince your customer the project will do what they need *and* signs off the requirements at the same time. With a real-life story of how backfitting scenarios once helped ensure the success of my $20M system integration project.Make Friends With Procurement. A real, slightly embarrassing story about why it is so important to formally close your procurements to prevent additional spending even by mistake. And why the PM should make friends with all the supporting departments to make their job much easier.The Top 3 Drivers Of Project Success. A useful, true story about a PM that made all three of the most common mistakes on a single project. And how the three most important drivers of project success could have saved him.Focus On The Success Path. The over-riding importance of the success oriented mindset that leaders should broadcast to their team. With a real example of how my team was able to shorten a 3.5 year schedule to 3 years because we believed there was a solution before we knew what it was, and how we did it.The Benefits Of Telling The Truth. Why the truth is the most solid ground. With a real story about how repeatedly telling the truth as a young project manager, when my boss obviously did not want to hear it, ended up being the best thing I could do for the project, my team, and my boss. And ended up getting me promoted me to be functional manager of a 55 person organization.Making these lessons yours will greatly increase the probability of your project management success, giving you a 30 year career shortcut. With PDF downloads of all the key points. The course also earns you two Professional Development Units (PDU's) in the Business Acumen (Leadership) category.InstructorWilliam Stewart is President of the Institute For Practical Project Management (IFPPM), and a PMI certified Project Management Professional (PMP) who has managed projects for more than 30 years, from just a few thousand dollars to $55M, and worked in senior roles on PM teams on projects up to $3B. He has managed projects in the domains of system integration, software development, business process, construction, real estate, and others. Internationally recognized, he has spoken twice as a keynote speaker at International Project Management Association (IPMA) conferences. He has delivered this course live more than 330 times to more than 3,300 people. Previously, he worked for aerospace, government, academia, and founded and led the cloud computing company Cirrus Computing. He has deep experience with project management, risk management, systems integration, software engineering, and negotiating. He earned his Ph.D. in Computer Science for discovery of an algorithm that builds multi-dimensional geodesic domes in optimum space and time, which to his knowledge has never been used for anything practical.Student Feedback"Decades of valuable project management experience." - Thibaut Lefebvre "Project management comes to life!" - April Bly-Monnen "Great information for all PMs both new and old, certified or not. Great use of time." - Gerald Gentle "Full of sound advice from years of experience. Recommend to any new or experienced PM." - Peter Hungiapuko "A great course that shares valuable experience and addresses soft skills. Loved it." - Carlos Camargo "In every lesson there is a golden nugget." - Isaac Leal "Actionable, real-world advice for both PMs and people interested in project management." - Alex Hadar "Clear, rational, calm and friendly, empowering!" - Peter Courtley "Good advice about communicating with executives." - Natalie Tangen "Very helpful, recommend to all PMs at any level." - Matthew Webber

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