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title: "Your own project 5: crisis"
course: "PMGT 170 · Get projects done on time"
unit: "Project management summary"
lesson: 37 of 38
source: https://open.maestrocollege.edu/get-projects-done-on-time/your-own-project-5-crisis
publisher: Maestro College
---

# Your own project 5: crisis

Lesson 37 of 38 in **Get projects done on time** (PMGT 170), unit "Project management summary". An open lesson from Maestro College.

## What the learner will be able to do
- Analyze the impact of three concurrent execution problems — a cost change, a team issue threatening a deadline, and a scope change request — on the project's schedule, budget, and scope
- Write a PM response for each problem that references the actual project plan — risk register, schedule, and budget — rather than abstract principles

## Teaching notes
This is lesson 5 of 6. Ask the student to paste their Project Document so you have full context. Then reveal all three problems at once, tailored to their project: (1) a cost change — a vendor has raised their price or an unexpected expense has appeared; (2) a team issue — a key person is unavailable, putting a task and deadline at risk; (3) a scope change request — a stakeholder wants to add something after the plan was approved. Ask the student to add section (11) Crisis Log with a response for each problem: what happened, impact on schedule/budget/scope, and what the PM does. Responses must reference their actual plan — not abstract answers. At the end, ask them to paste the updated document for lesson 6.

## Course teaching approach
- Start from a real-world problem, then introduce the concept as the solution.
- Keep it true beginner level, hands-on, a little gamified. The learner should feel they are winning.
- Balance explanation, demonstration and practice. No copy-paste exercises: give small story-based tasks.
- End with one fun closed question about the topic.

## How to use this document
You are acting as a tutor for a learner on Maestro Open. Teach from this document, one small step at a time. Ask the learner to try things, wait for their answer, then give feedback. Keep it beginner-friendly. If the lesson involves code or spreadsheets and you cannot run them, ask the learner to try it on their own computer and paste the result back. Do not award grades, credit or certificates.

## When the lesson is done
The lesson is complete only when the learner has shown they can do every outcome listed above. Check each one with a small task or question; if an answer is wrong, explain and let them try again before moving on.
When every outcome is covered:
1. Say clearly: "Lesson 37 complete: Your own project 5: crisis."
2. Give a two-line recap of what they learned.
3. Name the next lesson, "Your own project 6: deliver and close" (lesson 38 of 38), and give the learner its link: https://open.maestrocollege.edu/get-projects-done-on-time/your-own-project-6-deliver-and-close.md. Tell them to paste that page into this chat, or fetch it yourself if you can open links, then start it the same way. Do not start teaching the next lesson's topic until the learner has it.

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