Project Management Topics 

Project Management Basics

• What is Project Management?

• What is a Project?

• What is NOT a Project?

• What is a Program?

• Basics of a Project Portfolio?

• What are the differences between a Program and a Portfolio?

• What is the difference between Projects and Operations?

• When do we need Project Management practices?

• Why do we need Project Management?

Project Types

• What are the various types of Projects?

• What is Waterfall project?

• What is an Agile Project?

• What is a Technology project?

• What is Web-Development project?

• What is a Digital project?

Project Roles

• Who are the people involved in a Project?

• Who are the people involved in an Agile (Scrum) Project?

• What is a Team?

• Who is a Project Manager?

• Who is a Portfolio Manager?

• Who is a Program Manager?

• Who is a Product Owner?

• Who is a Scrum Master?

• Who is a Business Analyst?

• Who is a Graphical Designer?

• Who is a Software Developer?

• Who is a Quality Analyst?

• Who is a Project Sponsor (or simply Sponsor)?

• Who is a Stakeholder?

• What is PMO?

Project Scope Management

• What is Project Scope?

• Basics of Project Scope Management - How to manage the scope of a Project and keep it on the Track?

Project Schedule Management

• What is Project Schedule?

Project Cost Management

• What is Project Cost?

Project Quality Management

• What is Project Quality?

• What is Quality?

Project Risk Management

• What is a risk?

• What is project risk?

• Basics of Risk Register

• How to create a Risk Register?

• Two major types of risks

• What are risk attitudes?

• Risk response strategies for negative risks

Project Stakeholder Management

• Who is a Stakeholder?

• What is Stakeholder Management?

• Basics of Stakeholder Register

Project Release Management

• What is a Project Release?

• What is Project Release Management?

• Demystifying Go/No-Go

Product Management Topics

Finance & Market Topics

Foundation

• Investing vs. Trading

• Diversification

• Concentration

• Dollar-Cost Averaging

• Growth vs. Value Investing

• Cyclical vs. Secular Investing

• Defensive

• Hedging

Macro-Economy

• Are dot plots by the Fed a mistake?

• To hike or not to hike?

• Are we heading for a recession? Latest CPI read - slowdown on deflation

• Will the Fed pause first before pivoting?

• Why did the Fed fall behind the curve?

Research of Market Bubbles & Crashes

• 2023 Banking Crisis

  • Collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SIVB) - The Timeline

  • Collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SIVB) - Who is responsible?

  • Timeline of Credit Suisse collapse

• 2021 - Archegos Collapse

• 2020 - 2022 SPAC Mania and Collapse

• 2020 - 2022 Crypto Mania and Collapse

• 2020 Covid Pandemic and Recession

• 2013 Taper Tantrum

• 2010 Flash Crash

• 2007 - 2010 Great Financial Crisis

• 2004 - 2007 Housing Bubble

• 2000 - 2003 Dot Com Bubble Bust

• 1998 - LTCM Collapse

• 1995 - 1999 Dotcom Bubble

• 1990 Recession

• 1980’s - 1990’s - Savings & Loans Crisis

• 1987 Black Monday

• 1981/1982 Volker Recession

• 1970 - 1982 Inflation surge

• 1979 Iran Energy Crisis

• 1973 Oil Embargo Crisis

• 1969/1970 Recession

• 1960/1961 Recession

• 1957/1958 Recession

• 1953/1954 Recession

• 1948/1949 Recession

• 1945 Recession

• 19337/1938 Recession

• 1929/1933 Great Depression

• 1925 - 1928 - Florida Land Boom

• 1921 - Recession

• 1918/1919 - Recession

• 1913/1914 - Recession

• 1907 - Panic

• 1840’s - Railway Mania

• 1716 - Mississippi Bubble

• 1711 - The South Sea Bubble

• 1636/1637 - Tulip Mania

Macro Investing

• US Macro

• US-Canada Macro

• Global Macro

Equity Investing

• Overall Rating (A++, A+, A, B++, B+, B, C++, C+, C, F)

• Growth Rating (GA++, GA+, GA, GB++, GB+, GB, GC++, GC+, GC, GF)

• Cyclical Rating (CA++, CA+, CA, CB++, CB+, CB, CC++, CC+, CC, CF)

• Value Rating (GA++, GA+, GA, GB++, GB+, GB, GC++, GC+, GC, GF)

• Dividend Rating (DA, DB, DC, DF)

Thematic Investing

• Systemically critical

• Market leaders

• Artificial Intelligence

• Opening the door to the Metaverse!!

• Electric Vehicles

• Cryptic crypto?

• Digital Transformation

• Cloud Computing

• Cybersecurity

• 5G Telecommunications

• Plant-based diet

• Space race

• If I had invested a million dollars ten years ago?

Thought Experiments

• How much are you willing to pay somebody to decide and cast your vote?

System Design Framework

• What is an Entity?

• What is a System?

• What is a Super-system (or eco-system)?

• What is a Sub-system?

• What is an Element?

• What is a Connection?

• What is a Model?

• What is Modelling?

• What is a Structure?

• Types of Systems:

  • Integrated System vs. Disintegrated System

  • Dynamic System vs. Static System

  • Centralized System vs. Decentralized System

  • Intelligent System vs. Non-intelligent System

  • Simple vs. Complex System

  • Multi-factor Complex Systems

• Properties of Systems:

  • Degree of Integration

  • Degree of Dynamism

  • Degree of Centralization

  • Degree of Intelligence

  • Degree of Complexity