“Failing to plan is planning to fail”
Before you embark on any project you SHOULD consider the following:
- Is there a clear business case and are the business benefits understood and measurable?
- Do you have adequate governance in place and suitable executive sponsorship actively involved throughout?
- Do you operate a project management methodology? If not, consider the most appropriate for your organisation (e.g Agile, PRINCE, PRiSM, SaFE)
- Ensure the method you chose is fit for purpose and tailor it to meet your needs.
- Risks, Issues and Dependencies must be logged, managed and escalated to ensure they are dealt with in a timely manner
- Scope must be closely managed. Changes in scope hugely impact project delivery
- Ensure you have a working and understood change process. All changes should be suitably impact assessed by all impacted parties
- Key decisions should be logged and part of the project reporting underpinned by an appropriate governance framework
- Keep it simple and appropriate. Do not build an industry that kills the project velocity due to over bureaucracy
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