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Pathways to Success: Planning Successful Team Projects from Result to the Present


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This article describes a technique for managing large projects that reliably and consistently causes successful outcomes. Based on a simpler technique called "Backwards Design," this Structure for Success has allowed tens of thousands of people to successfully accomplish whatever they wanted. The simple steps will be discussed and explained, and even a sample template will be provided. Further, it will be shown how Social Networks can be used to obtain appropriate support and team members to effectively complete the desired result.

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Structure for Success, Backwards Design, Structure for Fulfillment, Project Planning, Project Management, Team Management, Resource Management, Result-oriented Design, Social Network Analysis, Centrality.
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Robert Ekblaw
Landmark Education, United States

Abstract


This article describes a technique for managing large projects that reliably and consistently causes successful outcomes. Based on a simpler technique called "Backwards Design," this Structure for Success has allowed tens of thousands of people to successfully accomplish whatever they wanted. The simple steps will be discussed and explained, and even a sample template will be provided. Further, it will be shown how Social Networks can be used to obtain appropriate support and team members to effectively complete the desired result.

Keywords


Structure for Success, Backwards Design, Structure for Fulfillment, Project Planning, Project Management, Team Management, Resource Management, Result-oriented Design, Social Network Analysis, Centrality.

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