The Project Charter – What Should Be Included
The Project Charter – What Should Be Included By Sue Cochran, Northwest University When you initially charter a plane, you don’t need to provide a seating chart, or list of names to the airline...
Category: Project Plan Development
Work Breakdown Structure (WBS): Top-down or Bottom-up?
Work Breakdown Structure (WBS): Top-down or Bottom-up? By Samuel Prasad Project Managers are always talking about Work Breakdown Structure (WBS). What is WBS and why is it needed? Simply put it is a hierarchical...
WBS Types
WBS Types (#5 in the series How to Plan and Organize a Project) By Michael D. Taylor Even though the term “Work Breakdown Structure” has been used as a label for all project scope...
Developing the Project Management Plan
Developing the Project Management Plan By Elyse Nielsen We know that the project management plan is the key document that contains the overall planning, monitoring, and implementing activities to be done in a project....
Progressive Elaboration Is the Only Sane Approach to Planning!
Progressive Elaboration Is the Only Sane Approach to Planning! By Kiron D. Bondale Imagine that you are planning a multi-day road trip across the country to a town which you’ve never visited before. Chances...
How to Develop a Project Plan that’s Right for Your Next Project
How to Develop a Project Plan that’s Right for Your Next Project By Ben Snyder, CEO of Systemation The baseline. In project control, everything you do refers to it. It’s the expectation you’re setting...
The Work Breakdown Structure: One of the Project Manager’s Most Important Tools
The Work Breakdown Structure: One of the Project Manager’s Most Important Tools By Ben Snyder, CEO of Systemation The work breakdown structure is one of the most important project management tools you have as...
The Second of 8 Habits of Highly Successful Project Managers: Plan the Achievement!
The Second of 8 Habits of Highly Successful Project Managers: Plan the Achievement! By Richard Morreale This article is a part of a series. You can find the previous article here. There are loads...
Plan Projects like Albert Einstein!
Plan Projects like Albert Einstein! By Ray W. Frohnhoefer As we’ve learned from projects like healthcare.gov, Agile isn’t always the best method to follow for software development. If we look at its strengths and...
How to Develop a Plan to Manage IT Risks
How to Develop a Plan to Manage IT Risks By Harry Hall Want to know the secret to managing IT risks? Drumroll please… A Risk Management Plan. Simple, huh? So simple as to be,...
