Your Guide to Project Management Best Practices

Author: Daniel Linman

Project Boundaries Identification: The What and the Why

Project Implementation Guide

Project Boundaries Identification: the What and the Why

The boundaries of a project generally identify what is included within project work. Project boundaries represent one of the components of the project scope statement. This component is called “The Project Boundaries Identification“. It clearly defines the extent of the project scope (the scope baseline) and serves as an efficient tool for making decisions on the content of project work. In this article we will talk on how to identify the project boundaries and why project boundaries identification is important for implementing a project

plan project deliverables in advance

Project Implementation Guide

Project Deliverables Statement

In order to state deliverables for a project, it is necessary to identify and specify the key characteristics for each of the deliverables. These characteristics are Milestones, CPD (Cost Per Deliverable), Budget, Activities Required, and Requirements. In this article we will talk about the project deliverables statement and also what deliverables mean.

quality management planning

How-to Guides

How to Create a Quality Plan Template in Four Steps

Regardless of your project’s type, size and scope, it is critical to your success to create a high-performance quality plan template that includes all the tasks and activities required for setting up quality targets, assuring expected performance levels, controlling changes occurring in the project, and implementing the quality management process. Planning for project quality in advance allows you to understand possible problems and investigate root causes of those problems.

PM governance roles

Project Implementation Guide

Project Governance Roles and Responsibilities

Project governance roles are tools of the governance mechanism to ensure compliance with the implementation standards. The mechanism cannot be effective if there is no the relationships groups involved in the project. Roles of the project governance framework can be presented as a chart. Below in the picture, there are listed three project governance roles:

* Executive Sponsor(s)
* Steering Committee
* Project Manager/Director

project managers top five sins

PM Tips & Ideas

The Project Manager’s Top Five Sins

If a project fails, then most likely the reason for this is an incapable PM (Project Manager). That’s almost an axiom. Because project managers take the ultimate responsibility for delivering...