This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate about opening access to high-quality exam preparation resources and helping learners prepare more effectively for professional certification exams.

In this episode you will learn:

- That the Directing a Project (DP) process is exclusively for the Project Board and runs for the entire project lifecycle.

- How the principle of 'Management by Exception' allows the board to govern without micromanaging.

- The five key activities of the DP process: authorizing initiation, the project, stages or exception plans, giving ad-hoc direction, and authorizing closure.

- How to avoid the common exam trap of confusing the board's 'directing' activities (DP) with the Project Manager's 'controlling' activities (CS).

- A simple mnemonic to remember the five activities: "Go, Go, Go, Help, Stop."

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