1. Managing VS Leading Managing VS Leading Project

3. What is it you are supposed to accomplish by managing this project?

4. What is the project objective?

5. Determine Available Resources

6. What people, equipment, and money will be available to you to achieve the project objectives?

7. Check the Timeline

8. When does the project have to be completed?

9. If you decide to use overtime hours to meet the schedule, you must weight that against the limitations of your budget.

10. Assemble Your Project Team

11. Get the people on your team together and start a dialog.

13. What are the major pieces of the project?

14. If you don't know, start by asking your team.

15. List the Smaller Steps

16. List the smaller steps in each of the larger steps.

17. Again, it usually helps you remember all the steps if you list them in chronological order.

18. Develop a Preliminary Plan

19. Assemble all your steps into a plan.

20. Create Your Baseline Plan

21. Get feedback on your preliminary plan from your team and from any other stakeholders.

23. Every time you change from your baseline plan, write down what the change was and why it was necessary.

24. Every time a new requirement is added to the project write down.

25. You can't remember everything, so write them down so you'll be able to look them up at the end-of-project review and learn from them.

26. Keep Everyone Informed

27. Keep all the project stakeholders informed of progress all along.

28. Let them know of your success as you complete each milestone, but also inform them of problems as soon as they come up. Also keep you team informed.

30. How To Lead A Project Align people with the projects they are passionate about Put your best performers on your biggest opportunities

31. How To Lead A Project Find the balance between aggressive and realistic goals Trust your people -- and let them know it

32. How To Lead A Project Don't provide all the answers -- make your employees think Build consensus by letting people know "why"