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- Apply work breakdown structure techniques to organize a program
- Most of have you have used a work breakdown structure WBS to break large units of work into the smaller activities. These smaller activities end up being used as the basis for your project schedule. This technique is also called "decomposition" - that is, breaking down larger entities into more...
- Tags: Technique, Project, Deliverable, Work Breakdown Structure, Project Management, Productivity, It Operations, It service Management, Tom Mochal
- Blog posts 2008-01-01
- Define project scope to include deliverables, boundaries, and requirements
- Thanks for your articlesDear,Just want to say may be we can't discuss some articles because of time limit but most of articles whatever its simple, its good to read and review.Thanks!RE: Define project scope to include deliverables, boundaries, and requirementsClearification is direct and well directed. I think the examples...
- Tags: x_romance2004@..., deliverable, Clearification
- Discussion threads 2007-09-19
- Define project scope to include deliverables, boundaries, and requirements
- There are two places that scope is defined on your project. High-level scope is defined in your project charter. Low-level scope is defined in your business requirements document. High-level scope consists of two main components. Deliverables. If you can't remember anything else about scope,...
- Tags: Deliverable, Scope, Requirement, Tom Mochal
- Blog posts 2007-09-18
- Get everyone on the same page with a project kickoff meeting
- Need to make the kickoff meeting relevantThe kick off meeting should discuss the documentation, project goals, time line, deliverables and due dates but most important it needs to hit the ground running by assigning deliverables immediately. Hand out the documents in a binder with a draft project plan. Assign names...
- Tags: Strategy, ETC1792@..., kickoff meeting, project kickoff meeting, deliverable
- Discussion threads 2007-08-15
- Make Work Breakdown Structure easier with the materials you use
- Almost all project schedules are built using a Work Breakdown Structure WBS. When you're building a complex schedule, you don't sit down and identify fall of the activities starting with the first one and ending with the lastYou probably first enter your high-level work, then come back later and start...
- Tags: Deliverable, Activity, Work Breakdown Structure, Tom Mochal
- Blog posts 2007-08-06
- Beware of when "completed" activities aren't really completed
- One of the primary responsibilities of a project manager is to assign work to team members and then monitor the work to see that it is completed on schedule. It's important that team members understand the work to be completed, the estimated effort, the estimated cost if applicable and the...
- Tags: Deliverable, Team, Team Member, Tom Mochal
- Blog posts 2007-08-06
- Make sure your project deliverables are aligned to your objectives
- The Project Charter is used to define the project at a high-level. It contains information such as the objectives, scope, risk, assumptions, organization chart, etc. Did you know that there's a connection between the project objectives and the project deliverables? There is, and knowing the connection will help you ensure...
- Tags: Project, Deliverable, Project Charter, Tom Mochal
- Blog posts 2007-08-06
- WBS and Project life cycle
- To start a new project for a well known industry you find that we have a ready project life cycle methodology with defined phases and deliverables so you can proceed and build your schedule based on that. On the other hand if you choose to start with building the WBS...
- Tags: iyadsalehsaadeh@..., deliverable
- Discussion threads 2007-04-12
- What event signals the end of your project?
- The question of when a project formally ends is one that most people take for granted. However, there is not an easy answer for every organization. We all know that a project is a temporary endeavor. All projects have some start and end date. However, when I teach...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, Strategy, Tom Mochal, Project management, deliverable, Project Management Newsletter, Project, Solution, It Operations, It service Management, Management
- Technical articles 2007-04-10
- Consolidate all project management deliverables in the project plan
- A couple of extra deliverables?I'd recommend adding a couple of extra deliverables into that Project Plan:1. Scope Statement. Put simply, if you can't measure it, you can't manage it. So, it's always best to state for the record what's going to be done; and what's not going to be in...
- Tags: deliverable, lee_s_young@..., Quality Plan
- Discussion threads 2007-01-16
- Project managers need to understand lifecycle work
- Tom Mochal explains the difference between project management and the project lifecycle. Some people are confused on the difference between project management and the project lifecycle. It takes both types of work to complete a project successfully. The general difference is that project management is used ...
- Tags: Tom Mochal, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, lifecycle model, project management, deliverable, Project Management Newsletter, Project, Lifecycle, Difference, It Operations, It service Management, Management
- Technical articles 2006-11-28
- Meetings are a waste of time. We need more meetings.
- Meetings from my viewHaving spent my share of time in various meetings, I have found a couple of interesting and comical things. 1. In some organizations and in the Military, when you have a Project, Pre-op or Pre-Flight meeting, it is always to explain the project/mission, and everyone is...
- Tags: career, deliverable, e-mail, feedback, it management, networking, OKNightOwl, project management, security
- Discussion threads 2006-10-19
- Mini-glossary: Project management terms you should know
- This article is also available as a PDF download.Every discipline has its own vocabulary, and projectmanagement is no exception. Part of the process of successfully deployingproject management in your organization is to standardize the terminology. Thatway, when one person talks about risks, scope, issues, requirements, and otherPM concerns, everyone else...
- Tags: beneficiary, deliverable, Gantt Chart, project management, Tom Mochal
- Technical articles 2006-08-24
- Use standard roles to avoid confusion on projects
- One of the important responsibilities of the project manager is make sure you know who is fulfilling the roles on your project. This column describes some of the common roles on projects. All projects have people that perform different roles and responsibilities. On small projects, understanding the roles...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, Strategy, Tom Mochal, Project management, Team management, deliverable, Project Management Newsletter, Project, Project Manager, Role, Executive Sponsor, It Operations, It service Management, Management
- Technical articles 2006-08-22
- Use milestone reviews to gain permission to proceed
- At the completion of a major project phase, or after the completion of a major deliverable, the team should take a short pause to ensure that the prior work was completed successfully and that the project team and the client are ready to proceed to the next major phase or...
- Tags: Tom Mochal, Team management, Review Exit Criteria, formal approval, Project Management Newsletter, Deliverable, Team, Permission, Validate, Management
- Technical articles 2006-05-16
- Define your project boundaries in the up-front scope definition
- One of the first places to look for your high-level scope definition is the project objectives. There are two times during a project when the scope is defined. The high-level scope is defined in the up-front project definition process. These scope statements help establish the boundaries of...
- Tags: Tom Mochal, Project management, deliverable, Purchasing System, scope definition, Project Management Newsletter, Operational Accounting, Finance, It Operations, It service Management
- Technical articles 2006-04-11
- Use a responsibility matrix to show who does what in your projects
- If many people have a hand in the creation of a project, you should use a Responsibility Matrix to keep track of them. In a large project, there may be many people who have some role in the completion of project deliverables. Sometimes this is pretty straightforward,...
- Tags: C/C++, Tom Mochal, deliverable, C, Project Management Newsletter, Matrix, Team Management, Management, Programming Languages, Software Development, Software/Web Development
- Technical articles 2006-02-21
- Clarify project work assignments with the help of this checklist
- One of the basic responsibilities of the project manager is to assign work to team members. However, some project managers are not always clear on the work to be done or who is responsible for what. This list offers several key points to cover when you assign work to team...
- Tags: team, deliverable, Clarify, assignment, checklist, dependency, project manager
- Download resources 2006-02-07
- Absolutely a critical step
- Couldn't agree more - there are so many downstream benefits to giving clear assignments (faster meetings, fewer meetings, greater chance of hitting deliverables, etc). It is more upfront work, but absolutely makes sense when viewed from a project planning perspective (i.e., don't give short shrift to planning phase and...
- Tags: deliverable, follow up, it management, team, tlwalker@...
- Discussion threads 2006-02-01
- Minimize rework as a part of your quality management process
- One of the responsibilities of a project manager is to put into place a quality management process that seeks to keep rework to a minimum. Strictly speaking, if you have a rigorous quality process in place, there should be no reason for a discussion of rework. In fact,...
- Tags: Rework, Quality, Tom Mochal, Project management, deliverable, quality management, Project Management Newsletter, Error, Business Operations
- Technical articles 2005-11-29
