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Assumptions and Constraints
Welcome to another edition of Best Practices in Project Management. Today, I’d like to briefly talk to you about a tool that I encourage all project managers to use, and that’s called an assumption and constraints register or log. And you use this to record all of the key decisions that were made for your project, and the assumptions and constraints that drove that key decision.
The Connection Between Business Needs Assessment and a Business Case
Today, I’d like to talk about business needs assessment, as it relates to a business case. A business needs assessment is usually done well before our project is approved to begin to determine if the project is even worth undertaking and to make sure that the organization is putting its best foot forward to choose that particular project or a particular project over others.
Auditing Projects & Project Management Processes
Today I’d like to talk with you about auditing a project or a project management process. Now, every company has projects and some degree of a project management process, but it does make sense from time to time to audit both a project and a project management process to make sure that you are eliminating costs waste in time at both of those.
Effective Project Management: Agile vs. Traditional Project Management
Agile vs Traditional Project ManagementTraditional Project Management ModelTraditional Project Management A linear progression of activities: Initiate, Plan, Execute, Monitor & Control & Close. Clearly defined processes that ought to be utilized within each...
The Importance Of A Work Breakdown Structure to Plan A Project
I am often asked what is the best way to begin to plan out a project such that one can understand project complexity, as well as, accurately estimate project scope, schedule and budget. If this question was asked to several project managers, I am confident that there...
Connecting Project and Product Management
During a conversation with a potential client this week, I was asked: “What is the relationship between Project Management and Product Management." He wanted to know how the two concepts were related. I explained to this gentleman that the two concepts are intimately...