Project

Initiation

Planning

Execution
& Control

Close Out

Players

Project Manager (PM)
Identifies resources and team members
Guides the team and project
Should not have assigned tasks

Stakeholder
Has positive or negative impact on the project and can influence expectations and deliverable.
Not tasked with work on the project

Sponsor

Team Member
Individuals who are appointed, selected or volunteered to work together on a project-- The people who do the tasks

Shark
A person who is not directly involved in a project but can com to meetings and disrupt the status quo by asking tough quetions

Business

Executive

What Product or Service are we developing?

Develop Project Charter

Clarify the project need

Who?

Why?

What?

Where?

When?

How?

Discovery

Define Scope

Sponsor Alignment

Sponsor Approval

Kick-off

Build Team
Create People Chart

Communication Plan

Work Plan

Deliverable A
Watch out for
Dependancies

Task1

Task2

Task3

Deliverable B
Watch out for
Dependancies

Task 1

Task 2

Task 3

Scope Statement
Clarifies and expands
the Project Charter

Constraints

Assumtions

Risks

Boundaries (scope)

User Acceptance
Someone must sign off on every deliverable

Type

Description

Frequency

Duration

Medium

Owner

Project Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
A prioritized checklist of all the work, deliverables and tasks.

Identify tasks or activities

Arrange in order of completion

Identify deliverables and milestones

Retro

Completing Tasks

Reporting Status

Resolving Issues

Monitoring Costs

Monitoring Risks

Issue Log
All issues and plans for how to resolve

Description

Severity

Solution

Owner

Due Date

Change Request Log
All changes made to the original project plan, along with who signed off on it.

Lessions Learned

Final Work

Contract Closeout

Love it or lose it
Give people note cards and identify good and bad parts of the project. Try to find themes and include these in the Closeout Report

Archived Objecctives

Final Deliverables

Satisfaction Surveys (internal)

Express Gratitude / Celebrate

Closeout Report