Project Management Tips Resources ¥ Whose input do we need? ¥ Whose input could we use? ¥ Has anything like this been done before? ¥ What mistakes can we learn from? ¥ What successes can we learn from? ¥ What resources do we have? ¥ What resources might we need? Executive issues ¥ How does this relate to the strategic plan? ¥ How does it relate to other priorities, directions, goals? ¥ How will this affect our competitive position? Administration ¥ Who's accountable for this project's success? ¥ Lines of communication ¥ Methods of reporting ¥ What structures do we need? ¥ What planning is still likely to be required? ¥ What re-grouping will we need? How often? ¥ What people do we need? ¥ Current staffing? ¥ Hiring? ¥ Subcontractors? ¥ Consultants? ¥ How do we get involvement? ¥ What skills are required? ¥ Who needs to know how to do what? ¥ What training do we need? ¥ How do we get it? ¥ What other communication do we need? ¥ Who needs to be informed as we go along? ¥ What policies/procedures affected? What needed? ¥ What about morale? Fun? ¥ Staffing? Finance ¥ What will this cost? ¥ How do we get it? ¥ What might affect the cost? ¥ Might we need additional $? ¥ What are the potential payoffs ($)? ¥ Who signs the checks? Operations ¥ What is the timing? ¥ Hard deadlines? ¥ What might affect timing? ¥ Who's going to do the work? ¥ How do we ensure complete delivery? Quality ¥ How will we monitor our progress? ¥ How will we know if we're on course? ¥ What data do we need, when? ¥ What reports, to whom, when? Politics ¥ Whose buy-in do you need? ¥ How can you get it? Stakeholders - Considerations? ¥ Board ¥ Stockholders ¥ Employees ¥ Suppliers ¥ Customers ¥ Community Legal ¥ Issues? ¥ Regulations? Space/Facilities/Equipment ¥ What requires room? ¥ How do you get it? ¥ What tools do we need? When? ¥ Phones ¥ Computers Research ¥ What might you need to know? Public Relations ¥ Is there value in others knowing about this? ¥ How do we do that? Risks ¥ What could happen? ¥ Could we handle it? Creative thinking... ¥ Who would have concern about the success of this project? ¥ What would they say, ask, or input, that you haven't yet? ¥ What's the worst idea you can imagine, about doing this project? ¥ (What is therefore the best idea, which is its opposite?) ¥ What is the most outrageous thing you can think of, about this project? ¥ How would a 12-year-old kid relate to this project? ¥ What would make this project particularly unique? ¥ What the worst that could happen? ¥ How could we deal with that? ¥ What's the best that could happen? ¥ Are we ready to deal with that? ¥ How do we feel about this project?