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The document provides a summary of key project management questions that need to be addressed when undertaking a new project. It outlines questions around defining the need, goals, benefits and scope of the project; securing stakeholder buy-in and requirements; developing a project plan including deliverables, schedule, budget and risks; monitoring project progress through communication, reporting and testing; and ensuring a successful launch through training, testing and lessons learned. Addressing these questions helps set up the project for success.

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Project Management Primer - 1 Page Summary

The document provides a summary of key project management questions that need to be addressed when undertaking a new project. It outlines questions around defining the need, goals, benefits and scope of the project; securing stakeholder buy-in and requirements; developing a project plan including deliverables, schedule, budget and risks; monitoring project progress through communication, reporting and testing; and ensuring a successful launch through training, testing and lessons learned. Addressing these questions helps set up the project for success.

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Project Management Primer

A Summary of the Key Project Management Questions You Need To Ask

 What is the need for this project?


 What are the goals of this project?
 What are the benefits this project will bring?
 Who has authorized this project to proceed? (Sponsor)
 Who are the stakeholders involved or impacted by this
project? What are their key requirements for this
project? (“Musts”, “Shoulds”, “Must Nots”)
 What is the project scope? (What will be included?)
Does this scope align with the goals & requirements?
 How will we define success for this project?
 Is everyone on the same page? Have we documented
the expectations for this project and secured sign-off
from key stakeholders? (Project Definition Template)

 How are we going to deliver this project?


 What are the deliverables driven by the project scope?
 What workback activities are necessary in order to
prepare these deliverables? (WBS)
 How can these activities be sequenced and resourced
to form our project plan (Critical Path)
 What are the key milestone dates from this plan?
 What costs are mapped to this plan? (Final Budget)

 What is our framework for monitoring the project?


 What are the key milestones (KPI’s) that we will track
project progress against?
 Are we communicating with stakeholders?
 What do we want to show through project status?
 How will we collect the information we need for status?
 Are we monitoring and managing project risks?
 Are we managing changes to the project?
 Are we testing project quality throughout?

 How can we train and transition so launch is a success?


 How will we launch this project? (soft-launch?, beta?)
 How will we know once it launches whether it is
achieving the project objectives and value proposition?
 Have we completed our final quality tests and are
comfortable putting our names behind this?
 Have we secured client-signoff and reference?
 Are we dedicating time to debrief? (lessons learned)
 How will we celebrate this project concluding and
everything that went into making it a success?

Created By: Derek Vigar ([email protected] x3391)

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