JP Training · Practical Project Management
The First 20% framework is built on one idea: the quality of the work prior to the kickoff will greatly impact the quality of your outcomes for the remainder of the project.
The Framework
Project teams spend enormous energy managing execution problems — scope creep, stakeholder misalignment, runaway risk. But most of those problems were created upstream, in the decisions made (or not made) before the first status meeting ever happened.
The First 20% Framework identifies five Critical Success Factors that, when addressed before kickoff, fundamentally change the trajectory of the remaining 80% of the project.
This isn't a planning checklist. It's a performance hack that will change how well you execute projects.
Five Critical Success Factors
About Jeff Panning
Jeff Panning has led projects for over two decades — across IT, manufacturing, and engineering — in environments ranging from regional distribution to Fortune 500 global operations.
The First 20% Framework came out of pattern recognition: the same failures appearing in different industries with the same root cause. Work that didn't happen early enough.
Jeff teaches, speaks, and writes to help project teams fix the right problem — earlier than they think they need to.
"If your projects keep running into surprises late, the fix usually lives earlier than you think."— Jeff Panning, JP Training
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