Project-M8 · Practical project management
You are not stuck because you lack a method. You are stuck on one specific thing.
Project-M8 asks up to three questions, names what is actually wrong, and gives you the next three actions with time boxes — plus the template to run them. Free, no sign-up to read anything.
Diagnose, don't browse
Three questions maximum to a result. Every result names a specific failure mode, not a general principle.
Actions with time boxes
Ninety minutes, half a day, five minutes per decision. If it cannot be done this week it does not belong on the list.
Templates that get used
One page or one meeting each. Anything longer is abandoned under exactly the pressure it was made for.
The five stages
All stages →Initiation
Agree why this project exists, who owns it, and what 'done' looks like.
02Planning
Turn intent into a sequence of decisions, commitments and known risks.
03Execution
Keep the team producing working output and remove what blocks them.
04Monitoring & Control
Detect drift early and change course while it is still cheap.
05Closing
Land the value, hand over cleanly and capture what the organisation learned.
Templates
All seven →Work with me
Sometimes the fix needs a person, not a template.
I am Tigran Zakarian, a senior project manager with 13 years of end-to-end delivery for clients such as H&M Group, TV4, SEB and Clear Channel. I work on exactly the situations described across this site: rescuing drifting deliveries, setting up governance that people actually use, and facilitating the workshops that unblock decisions.
Projects & programmes
- Interim / rescue project management
- Programme & multi-team delivery ownership
- PMO, governance and steering setup
- Product ownership & backlog clarity
Workshops
- Risk analysis workshops
- Planning and prioritisation sessions
- Decision and stakeholder alignment
- Retrospectives that change something
Talks & training
- Educational talks and keynotes
- Practical project management training
- Kanban / flow ways of working
- Team coaching for new PMs