Experienced project managers recommend creating outlines and charts of every project process. To formalize the project, a detailed analysis needs to be done by stakeholders, it managers and project managers, to set a clear mission and go through the problems even before they come up.
1. Two Phases
Explore if the project is a good idea or not. Also include doing a study of ROI and feasibility.
2. Pinpoint Stakeholders
Make sure you have people involved in the project and have them participate of it.
3. Rain of ideas
Create a brainstorm session that will help to include all those features that will be needed, but make sure you have the ones you need most first.
4. Mission Statement
Having a clear mission statement will route the project in the right way, so the business objectives are clear every step of the way.
5. Bounds and Scope
The mission statement will also take the project to the next step by setting the boundaries and scope.
6. Change Control
Every project needs to be flexible or it will break. The change control is a very important step that needs to be defined in the project charter.
7. Real Milestones
Create measurements that are tangible and are aligned with the project mission. The project will need to be adjusted if these milestones are not met.
8. Tolerance
Risks need to be always taken into account. Each risk will need to have a level of tolerance, so this will allow PMs to know when to pull the plug.
9. Ownership
Make sure one person is responsible for the project. This will avoid dead locks, because there will not be two persons saying "I thought you were going to do that".
10. Templates
This will make sure that you have all the necessary elements to create a nice streamline of the whole project.
Remember all these tips and you will prevent a bad project to take off.
0 comments:
Post a Comment