Module 8 of 12 · Async + Virtual · 1.5 hours
Managing Execution 1
Module 8 resources. Start with the videos. Build your first week on the PM Planner and keep the Quick Reference beside you on Friday.
Module 8 throughline: Friday decides Monday. The Project Manager reviews the four lines, routes every gap, and builds next week’s PM Plan with a time on every Priority.Module Videos
Two videos, watched in order. Video 1, Ahead of the Work, builds the PM Plan: the four Friday questions, the three horizons, and the 7 fields. Video 2, Compare to the Plan, runs the four line review that finds next week’s priorities. Watch these first.
Available Open →Module Overview
Why a busy week says nothing about progress, the four Friday questions, the two plans, the 7 fields, and the four lines you compare against. One read, about 10 minutes.
Available Open →Quick Reference Guide
The job aid. Print it. 7 things to do, 7 to watch out for, 7 to avoid, the 7 fields with a worked example, the four lines, and the gap route.
Available Open →PM Planner
The practice tool. Run the Friday routine on one page in 30 minutes, then print the week as 2 sheets, or print the whole Friday as one summary document to keep.
Available Open →What you will be able to do
- ✓Run the four line comparison on a live project and name every gap it finds.
- ✓Route each gap. Move on, carry it as a Priority, or escalate it now.
- ✓Build next week’s PM Plan across three horizons with all 7 fields filled.
- ✓Put every Priority on your calendar with a day and a time before Friday ends.
Tools & resources
Tools & resources you will use
- PM Planner (the Friday routine, printable)
- PM Plan (Participant generated)
- Decision Log
- Risk tracking
- Project schedule and effort curve (carried in from Module 5)
Listed items are the governance and operational tools tied to this section. Items marked “Participant generated” are built during the work.
The Archetype Lens
Execution is the Competent Coordinator’s home turf and trap.
A weekly review produces findings. The Accountable Owner gives every finding an owner and a time.
Competent Coordinator
Logs and documents instead of intervening. Trusts the meeting cadence over the timely call.
Obsessed Designer
Optimizes for the design. Treats budget, client ops, and team load as someone else’s problem.
People Pleaser
Leads with relationship. Says yes, softens bad news, absorbs cost to dodge the hard conversation.
Accountable Owner
Owns the intersections. Reads signals early, stops work, presents options, protects the outcome.
The Friday review finds a package running over its planned hours.
Notes it and moves on. The overrun is still true next Friday, and larger.
Makes it a Priority with all 7 fields, and books the conversation for Monday 9:00.
Meet the four archetypes in depth →