Course curriculum
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Chapter 1: Preliminaries
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1.1 Meet your instructor
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1.2 Share a bit about yourself with your instructor
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1.3 Some observations about the course design
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1.4 Course and certification requirements
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1.5 Course resources
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1.6 Kick-off session for cohorts : Meeting login instructions
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Chapter 2: Introduction to the Big Concepts
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2.1 Project Management Methodologies
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2.2 Introduction to Just Enough Project Management
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2.3 Assignment 1 - Discussion Forum
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2.4 Meet-up
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2.5 Assignment 2 - Submit proposal for case study
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2.6 Assignment 3 - Final description of case study
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2.7 Supplementary materials
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Chapter 3: Intake
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3.1 Intake Overview Part 1: Triage
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3.2 Intake Overview Part 2: CLOC Resources
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3.3 Matter Management
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3.4 Intake Risk (Part 1)
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3.5 Intake Risk (Part 2)
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3.6 Assignment 4 - Observations about Intake
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3.7 Meet-up
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3.8 Cost-Benefit of a Project (Part 1)- Working with other functions
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3.9 Cost-Benefit of a Project (Part 2) - Working with other functions
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3.10 Cost-Benefit of a Project: Supplement Computations
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3.11 Rating the project - Introduction
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3.12 Rating the Project - Application to a case study
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3.13 Assignment 5 - Intake Challenges
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3.14 Meet-up
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3.15 Supplementary materials
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Chapter 4: Why?
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4.1 "WHY?" A key component of Intake and Planning. What does a successful outcome look like?
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4.2 Why: Identify key stakeholders to start on the path to success
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4.3 Why: Stakeholder Analysis - Make sure to reconcile the interests of stakeholders
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4.4 Assignment 6 - Prepare a stakeholder analysis for your project
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4.5 Meet-up
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4.6 Supplementary materials
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Chapter 5: Planning - The Panoramic View
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5.1 Converting Why into What: Assumptions and Risks
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5.2 What will the output of your work look like?
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5.3 When: Are there time boundaries or constraints on the work?
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5.4 The Statement of Work or "Project Charter" provides the roadmap and expectations for the work
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5.5 Project Charters when working with law firms or vendors
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5.6 Assignment 7 - Prepare a draft Statement of Work for your demonstration project
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5.7 Meet-up
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5.8 Supplementary materials
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Chapter 6: Planning the Work: The Details
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6.1 A work plan is a road map that provides visibility on getting things done and where check points are required
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6.2 Illustrating how to use a work plan in a familiar situation
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6.3 Work plans aim towards have milestone events
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6.4 Gates - As the work progresses, gates are points at which to make critical decisions about proceeding, recalibrating or scrapping the undertaking (work plans).
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6.5 After all the other steps have been considered, identify the appropriate team members
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6.6 The Matter Schedule is the timeline that sets targets at the outset
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6.7 Assignment 8 - Prepare a first draft of a work plan for an aspect of your demonstration project
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6.8 Meet-up
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6.9 Supplementary materials
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Chapter 7: Planning: Communication and managing change fostered by the project's goal
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7.1 Communication planning
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7.2 Communications on changes fostered by the project and its results
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7.3 Assignment 9 - Prepare a communication plan or communications/change strategy for an aspect of your demonstration project
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7.4 Meet-up
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7.5 Supplementary materials
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Chapter 8: Planning: Budgeting and costs
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8.1 Budgeting: What's the process: who's involved
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8.2 Developing a budget. What are the assumptions
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8.3 Budgets are always works in progress: preview to monitoring and reporting
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8.4 Assignment 10 - Use your timeline to add resources and a Budget
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8.5 Meet-up
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Chapter 9: Executing and Monitoring
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9.1 Deliver!
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9.2 The kick off meeting is critical to assure that everyone is on the same page.
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9.3 Status meetings and checkpoints are part of the communications plan
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9.4 Managing changes and variation in a project or matter: Traditional and Agile Approaches
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9.5 Tools for change and variation management: Traditional and Agile Approaches
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9.6 Assignment 11 - Prepare to conduct a status meeting on an aspect of your demonstration project
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9.7 Quality Control and Feedback
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9.8 Troubleshooting
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9.9 Assignment 12 - Troubleshooting- Gates and Go/No-Go events
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9.10 Meet-up
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9.11 Supplementary materials
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Chapter 10: Closing the project and after action reviews
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10.1 IILPM 10.1-Benefits of After-Action Reviews
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10.2 IILPM 10.2-Using After Action-Reviews in other fields
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10.3 IILPM 10.3-How to do an After-Action Review
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10.4 IILPM 10.4-Tools for After-Action Reviews
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10.5 CLOC MLM Resources for Closing the Matter
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10.6 Assignment 13 - What are the key lessons learned that you will apply asap?
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10.7 Meet-up
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10.8 Supplementary materials
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Chapter 11: Presentations
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11.1 Assignment 14 - Presentation to your cohorts
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11.2 Meet-Up Presentations #1
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11.3 Meet-up: Presentation #2
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IILPM Certification Course
Qualify for a designation as a Legal Project Associate (LPA) or Legal Project Practitioner (LPP) from the International Institute of Legal Project Managment
