Project Management

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The First Meeting Ren meets his new client — and her PM

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The Project Bible What a charter really says

03

Scope Shock When the client wants everything

04

The Whiteboard War Defining what's in and what's out

05

Reading the Room A stakeholder map takes shape

06

Drawing the Line The scope statement gets real

07

What Do They Actually Need? Requirements gathering begins

08

Time Is Money The schedule takes shape

09

The Critical Question Which tasks can't slip?

10

The Estimation Game How long will this really take?

11

Show Me the Numbers The budget conversation nobody wants

12

Budget Battles When the numbers don't add up

13

The Flow Problem Why everything feels stuck

14

Seeing the System Making work visible

15

Stop Starting — Start Finishing Learning to limit work in progress

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The First Crisis When production breaks on a Friday

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After the Storm Documenting what went wrong

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Patterns in the Chaos Recognizing what repeats

19

The Roadmap Reveal Presenting the plan to the client

20

Tools of the Trade The PM's vocabulary expands

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Check Your Work The first real progress review