Issacons - information/communication

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IAC1001 discusses four fundamentally different "Areas of Project Management Application" (APMA), i.e. different types of project each requiring different approaches to their management.

IAC1002 describes the structure of the "Issacon Knowledge" in terms of level in a knowledge hierarchy.

1001 (General) | 1030 (PM Guidelines) | 1060 (WBS, Planning)
1100 (Risk) | 1125 (Scope) | 1150 (PM Models) | 1175 (Quality)
1200 (PM Forms) | 1275 (Job Descriptions) | 1300 (Time) | 1325 (Cost) | 1350 (People)
1400 (Contract/Procurement) | 1430 (Info/Coms)

In this final project management knowledge group we have brought together the major processes and techniques of "Info/Coms" that we believe are essential for project managers to perform effectively. We hope you agree.

1430. Project Info/Coms Management: What should I know about information and communications in project management?
1430a. Project Info/Coms Management: Can you explain the communications part of project info/coms management?
1431. Characteristics of Communication: What else should I know about communication in project management?
1432. Communication Models: What are communication models, and why should I know about them?
1432a. Communication Skills: What are the communication skills required of a project manager?
1432b. Spreading the Word: Can you give me tips on "spreading the word"?
1432c. More Effective Messaging: Can you give me tips on making my project communications more effective?
1432d. Holding difficult conversations: My project has a morale problem. How do I hold a "difficult conversation"?
1433. Active Listening: Why do you think "active listening" is the hardest part of project communication?
1434. Filters and Barriers: What are some of the filters and barriers to communication?
1435. Positive Body Language: Can you describe some positive body language so that I know how to read it?
1436. Negative Body Language: Can you describe the questionable or negative body language I need to know?
1437. PM Meetings Policy Statement: We would like to establish a policy on holding project meetings. Any suggestions?
1438. Planning Project Info/Coms: Do I really need a plan for project I/C and if so, what would it look like?
1438a. Document storage and retrieval: Projects generate a lot of documents. What advice do you have for storage and retrieval?
1439. Project Info/Coms Links: What are the project manager's communication links?
1440. Stakeholder Management - Part A: Why do I need to "manage" external stakeholders, and who might they be?
1440a. Stakeholder Management - Part B: Having identified numerous stakeholders, how do I "manage" them?
1441. Stakeholder Analysis: What is a stakeholder analysis, and why might I need one?
1441a. Stakeholder Examples: Can you give me examples of stakeholders, especially ones I should not overlook?
1442. Planning Project Meetings: Are there different kinds of meetings and how do I plan for them?
1443. Handling Effective Project Meetings: How do I make my project meetings more effective?; How do I make my meetings work better?
1444. Evaluation, Assessment & Caution: Do you have any tips for better meeting performance?
1445. Workshop Planning: How do I plan for a workshop, and similar meetings?
1445a. Project Kickoff Workshops: How do I plan for a workshop, and similar meetings?
1445b. Project Closeout Workshops: Why conduct a project closeout workshop? And how do I go about it?; What is brainstorming, and how do I go about it?
1447. Advice on brainstorming: Brainstorming sounds easy. Is there more that I should know?
1447a. Project Requirements: Please explain, what are "Project Requirements?"
1447a1. Requirements Gathering: How do I go about gathering "Requirements"?
1447b. Interviewing Techniques: How do I go about interviewing to gather Requirements
1447c. Project Mind Mapping: What is mind mapping, and how do I go about it?

1448. Preparing a presentation: I have to make a project presentation. What advice can you give on preparing it?; I have prepared a project presentation. What advice can you give on presenting it?
1450. Project Progress Reporting: What should I include in a regular project progress report, or final report?
1450a. Communicating a Problem: A difficult problem has emerged. How do I communicate it to my sponsor, project team?
1450b. Concise Project Reporting: Do you have any tips for concise but effective project progress reporting?
1451. Project Report Writing: I have to write a major project report. How should I go about it?
1451a. Record Keeping: What should I know about record keeping to keep my project out of trouble?; I have to prepare a project proposal. How do I go about it?
1453. Author's Presentation Guide: What specific guidelines do you suggest for preparing a paper or paper presentation?
1454. Project Decision Making: Can you help with how to make better decisions on our project?
1455. Major Problem Solving: We have a major problem on our project. Can you help with a process for finding a solution?
1456. Negotiating: What should I know about negotiating in project management?; Can you help me with some negotiating rules and gambits?
1457b. Negotiating: Strategy & Strategic Behavior: Tell me about strategy and what to avoid
1458. Project Information Evaluation: We seem to be drowning in data. What can we do to improve the situation?
1459. Project Information Evaluation: We are drowning in data. How do we conduct an information evaluation or audit?
1460. Project Management Information System: We are considering a project management information system. What are the general requirements?; We are considering a project management information system. What should be our strategy?
1461. Project Management Information System: We are considering a project management information system. What are the detailed requirements for each phase?
1462. Document Control/Versioning: Do you have suggestions for how we can keep better track of our electronic documents?
1463. Project Document Management: What are your recommendations for storage a retrieval of project documents?

1001 (General) | 1030 (PM Guidelines) | 1060 (WBS, Planning)
1100 (Risk) | 1125 (Scope) | 1150 (PM Models) | 1175 (Quality)
1200 (PM Forms) | 1275 (Job Descriptions) | 1300 (Time) | 1325 (Cost) | 1350 (People)
1400 (Contract/Procurement) | 1430 (Info/Coms)

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1001 (General) | 1030 (PM Guidelines) | 1060 (WBS, Planning) 1100 (Risk) | 1125 (Scope) | 1150 (PM Models) | 1175 (Quality) 1200 (PM Forms) | 1275 (Job Descriptions) | 1300 (Time) | 1325 (Cost) | 1350 (People) 1400 (Contract/Procurement) | 1430 (Info/Coms)

Issacons© (Issues and Considerations) – Project Information/Communications Management

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1001 (General) | 1030 (PM Guidelines) | 1060 (WBS, Planning)
1100 (Risk) | 1125 (Scope) | 1150 (PM Models) | 1175 (Quality)
1200 (PM Forms) | 1275 (Job Descriptions) | 1300 (Time) | 1325 (Cost) | 1350 (People)
1400 (Contract/Procurement) | 1430 (Info/Coms)

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