Project Management Standard Task List - …

1 Project Management Checklist Version Tryon and Associates Tryon and Associates Page 1 Project Management Checklist Version Project Management Checklist Task Groups / Tasks Deliverables Project Initiation Setup Project repository Review available Project information Interview Project owner(s) Create Project charter Project CHARTER Document Project Overview - Project Overview Document business reasons for Project - Project Goals and Objectives Identify potential external Project impacts -Impact Statement List Project limitations and givens - Constraints And Assumptions Define domain of study, domain of effort and deliverables - Project Scope Identify valuable intellectual assets - Affected Knowledge Assets Recap financial implications - Financial Summary Explain general Project strategy - Project Approach Identify total Project structure - Project Organization - Project Owner - Project Manager - Project Team Create base Project plan Project PLAN (Base)

2 Define the general Project strategy - Project Strategy Identify Project review locations - Checkpoints with target deliverables Record Project Stages - Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) Calculate early estimates - Preliminary Stage estimates Organize stages - Bar chart Define initial staffing - Staff Plan Calculate initial Project schedule - Project Schedule Tryon and Associates Page 2 Project Management Checklist Version Task Groups / Tasks Deliverables Define deliverable completion and quality criteria -Quality Plan Define planned expenditures -Financial Plan Determine risk potential and response -Risk Mitigation Plan Anticipate the information needs of the Project Organization -Communications Plan Review Project Charter and Plan with owner(s) Owner approval Project Execution Plan Project Stage Decompose to Work Units Detailed Stage WBS Estimate Work Units Work Unit estimates Organize Work Units Network model Deploy resources Calculate firm schedule Model detailed plan Bar chart with resource assignments and firm dates Control Project Stage Confirm deliverable completion and quality Walkthrough report Track resource usage Resource Usage Reports Report Project status Status Reports Manage change Change Requests Assess Project stage Assess stage Stage Assessment Report Review Work Progress Validate Staff Performance Recap Issues Review work progress Validate staff performance Recap Issues Project Issues Report Tryon and Associates Page 3 Project Management Checklist

3 Version Tryon and Associates Page 4 Project Management Checklist Version Task Groups / Tasks Deliverables Project Completion Review Project deliverables Product test results Project Objectives certification Requirements mapping Review Project Charter and Project Plan Project Charter template updates Generic plans ( Standard Task Lists) Evaluate Project Approach Methodology updates Evaluate Project Organization Project Organization model updates Last update 1/04 The task groups, tasks and deliverables referenced here are compatible with the following Tryon and Associates seminars: Managing Single-Time Efforts Project Management Fundamentals This document may be reproduced for internal, non-commercial purposes without the consent of the author. The paper must be reprinted in its entirety with this notice and all copyrights shown. Any commercial use of this paper must be approved by Tryon and Associates.

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