I am a believer in the power of project management: a PM Believer.
As a professional project manager for nearly twenty years I have witnessed project success drive business results. I have also proven that project management can change lives and help achieve personal transformation. Now I am sharing some practical tips and techniques that you can use to help achieve your own personal goals, live your best life and become a PM Believer.
We are wired to process visual information much more quickly than written information. This means that using a burndown chart is a very effective way to track our progress versus our plan. At the same time, burndown charts are a great motivation and accountability tool. Are you ready to burn down that goal?
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What is the least amount of work you can do to achieve your goal? Once you know what your minimum viable product is, you can focus on that first and begin to see results. This will help you build both the knowledge and the momentum needed to build on these successes to achieve your ultimate goal.
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Take time to regularly pause and reflect on what you have done so far in your project. What went well? What would you have changed? What are you going to do differently in the next sprint? By doing this you will not only be able to celebrate your successes but you will be able to move forward even stronger and crush that goal. When is your next retrospective? Download my free retrospective template to help.
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A daily stand-up meeting is an effective way to keep an Agile project team focused, accountable and productive. You can extend this idea to your personal goal projects by starting each day reflecting on your goals. In short, you can get up, stand up. Stand up for your goals!
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Life is cyclical and you can use this to your advantage. If you pursue your goal through a series of sprints you can easily measure progress, embrace uncertainty and quickly adjust when needed. What can you accomplish this week?
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Meet Coach TonyI am a certified Master Life Coach and project manager and am committed to helping individuals and companies achieve their most important goals so we can build a world where no goal dies of loneliness.
1. Coaching Intake: before our first session, you will complete a brief questionnaire to help us focus our efforts.
2. Session #1 – Goal Project Kick-off: we will discuss your vision & begin to narrow our focus to the 1-2 priority goals.
3. Session #2 – Goal Project Charter: we will finalize your goal project “charter,” commit to your goal & start building your roadmap.
4. Session #3 – Goal Project Roadmap: we will finalize your roadmap to success, including your “wills” and “won’ts.”
5. Sprinting To Success: we will work together to execute your roadmap in 2-week cycles called “sprints.” During these sprints, we will meet biweekly to review progress and plan the next sprint.
6. Final Coaching Session – Goal Project Wrap-up: once you have reached your goal, we will meet to celebrate your wins, review what you’ve learned & commit to your plan to keep the changes alive.
