Simple Project Management for Startups

Simple Project Management for Startups Gerard Hartnett Sep-09

Ideas X Execution Derek Sivers [7]

Ideas X Execution Derek Sivers [7] • Awful -1 • None $1 • Weak 1 • Weak $1,000 • So-So 5 • So-So $10,000 • Good 10 • Good $100,000 • Great 15 • Great $1,000,000 • Brilliant 20 • Brilliant $10,000,000

Ideas X Execution Derek Sivers [7] • Awful -1 • None $1 • Weak 1 €13.71 • Weak $1,000 • So-So 5 • So-So $10,000 • Good 10 • Good $100,000 • Great 15 • Great $1,000,000 • Brilliant 20 • Brilliant $10,000,000

Ideas X Execution Derek Sivers [7] • Awful -1 • None $1 • Weak 1 €13.71 • Weak $1,000 • So-So 5 • So-So $10,000 $500k • Good 10 • Good $100,000 • Great 15 • Great $1,000,000 • Brilliant 20 • Brilliant $10,000,000

Ideas X Execution Derek Sivers [7] • Awful -1 • None $1 • Weak 1 €13.71 • Weak $1,000 • So-So 5 • So-So $10,000 $500k • Good 10 • Good $100,000 • Great 15 • Great $1,000,000 • Brilliant 20 $200M • Brilliant $10,000,000

Startups = Juggling It’s Easy • To get overloaded • To do the bits you like • To procrastinate • To become interrupt driven It’s hard Photo by http://ﬂickr.com/photos/janekm/ © 2009 coclarity.com - Conﬁdential

Startups = Juggling It’s Easy • To get overloaded • To do the bits you like • To procrastinate • To become interrupt driven It’s hard • To switch contexts Photo by http://ﬂickr.com/photos/janekm/ © 2009 coclarity.com - Conﬁdential

Smorgasbord • Gannt Charts • Theory of Constraints • PERT • Getting Things Done • Scrum/Agile • Covey/Eisenhower • TSP • Four Hour Work Week • PRINCE2 • Pomodoro

A Plan a Day • First thing ... • Before Email / Twitter / Facebook / Bebo • Decide two meaningful things to do • Write them down • Look at yesterday’s - don’t beat yourself up © 2009 coclarity.com - Conﬁdential

A Plan a Day • First thing ... • Before Email / Twitter / Facebook / Bebo • Decide two meaningful things to do • Write them down • Look at yesterday’s - don’t beat yourself up • Do Email etc only twice a day © 2009 coclarity.com - Conﬁdential

A plan for the month • List the projects (align with goals) • Try not to add to the list during the month - keep another list for new stuff • Review once a week • End of month - deliver & celebrate © 2009 coclarity.com - Conﬁdential

Scrum • Computer guys borrowed from “New New...” • Called it Scrum • I suspect they were never in a real Scrum Photo credit ﬂickr.com/photos/bohane/

Scrum Overview • You can manage any kind of project with Scrum • I’ve used on tiny and large projects • Not rocket science or expensive (although an “industry” has popped up) Copyright © 2009 coClarity Ltd. 14

Scrum Overview • You can manage any kind of project with Scrum • I’ve used on tiny and large projects • Not rocket science or expensive (although an “industry” has popped up) • It works & viral Copyright © 2009 coClarity Ltd. 14

Chickens and Pigs • All projects have chickens and pigs • Pigs are happy: no status reports or boring meetings • Chickens are happy: they know what’s happening without getting in the way Copyright © 2009 coClarity Ltd. 15 Photo credit ﬂickr.com/photos/7326810@N08

The Project Diagram by Lakeworks http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Scrum_process.svg • Punctuated Equilibrium - balance team focus, management visibility, and adaptability

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Actions and Projects • Action: always something that needs to be done ﬁrst (score one goal [2]) • Each action has a context • Project: requires more than one action • Don’t need to plan projects in detail but deﬁne outcome Copyright © 2009 coClarity Ltd. 19

Actions and Projects • Action: always something that needs to be done ﬁrst (score one goal [2]) • Each action has a context • Project: requires more than one action • Don’t need to plan projects in detail but deﬁne outcome • Choose actions based on context Copyright © 2009 coClarity Ltd. 19

Find Out More 1. cstadvertising.com/blog/2009/03/11/if-you-don’t-do-it-it-won’t-happen/ 2. cstadvertising.com/blog/2009/03/09/just-score-one-goal/ 3. Wikipedia, Books, Blogs (GTD, Scrum, T4HWW) © 2009 coclarity.com - Conﬁdential

Find Out More 1. cstadvertising.com/blog/2009/03/11/if-you-don’t-do-it-it-won’t-happen/ 2. cstadvertising.com/blog/2009/03/09/just-score-one-goal/ 3. Wikipedia, Books, Blogs (GTD, Scrum, T4HWW) 4. loiclemeur.com/english/2008/12/how-you-can-start-a-business-in-2009-with- passion.html © 2009 coclarity.com - Conﬁdential

Find Out More 1. cstadvertising.com/blog/2009/03/11/if-you-don’t-do-it-it-won’t-happen/ 2. cstadvertising.com/blog/2009/03/09/just-score-one-goal/ 3. Wikipedia, Books, Blogs (GTD, Scrum, T4HWW) 4. loiclemeur.com/english/2008/12/how-you-can-start-a-business-in-2009-with- passion.html 5. paulgraham.com/relres.html © 2009 coclarity.com - Conﬁdential

Find Out More 1. cstadvertising.com/blog/2009/03/11/if-you-don’t-do-it-it-won’t-happen/ 2. cstadvertising.com/blog/2009/03/09/just-score-one-goal/ 3. Wikipedia, Books, Blogs (GTD, Scrum, T4HWW) 4. loiclemeur.com/english/2008/12/how-you-can-start-a-business-in-2009-with- passion.html 5. paulgraham.com/relres.html 6. The Dip, Seth Godin © 2009 coclarity.com - Conﬁdential

Find Out More 1. cstadvertising.com/blog/2009/03/11/if-you-don’t-do-it-it-won’t-happen/ 2. cstadvertising.com/blog/2009/03/09/just-score-one-goal/ 3. Wikipedia, Books, Blogs (GTD, Scrum, T4HWW) 4. loiclemeur.com/english/2008/12/how-you-can-start-a-business-in-2009-with- passion.html 5. paulgraham.com/relres.html 6. The Dip, Seth Godin 7. Sivers.org, Derek Sivers © 2009 coclarity.com - Conﬁdential

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