Module 9 of 12 · Async + Virtual · 1.5 hours
Managing Execution 2
Module 9 resources. Start with the video, keep the quick reference open while you work.
Module 9 throughline — Percent complete, burn rate, and schedule only tell the truth when you read them together — one number alone will lie to you.Module Videos
The recorded walkthrough that teaches the module — watch first.
In productionModule Overview
The full illustrated module overview — a continuous, visual read.
Available Open →Quick Reference Guides
The interactive companion — calculators, diagnostics, and checklists to keep open on the job.
Available Open →Additional Materials
Templates, worksheets, and source documents that support the module.
In productionWhat you’ll be able to do
- ✓Define key indicators in signaling project health.
- ✓Evaluate project performance information for variance between planned and actuals.
- ✓Interpret percent complete, burn rate, and schedule progress together.
Tools & resources
Tools & resources you’ll use
- Standard Dashboard Explainer
- EVM Quick Reference Guide
- Fee to Cash Flow Process
Listed items are the governance and operational tools tied to this section. Items marked “Participant generated” are built during the work.
The Archetype Lens
When the team quietly absorbs cost, who says something?
Deeper into execution, the Coordinator and People Pleaser both let the team carry what the client should.
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 team is working nights to absorb client-caused rework.
Lets them absorb it rather than have the cost conversation.
Surfaces the cause and presents the client the cost — the team's hours are not free to give away.
Meet the four archetypes in depth →