Your Guide to Project Management Best Practices

prior to project initiation

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Project Pre-Charter as a Sub-Phase of the Initiation Phase

The project initiation phase is the first phase within the project lifecycle to approve a project’s idea and make a foundation for planning the project. Usually this phase includes Project Pre-Charter which is a sub phase an organization goes through to decide whether to launch the project, what reasons for project initiation are and what form the project should take. The project pre-charter sub-phase is a step to be taken before the development of project charter. The project initiation phase consists of the pre-charter sub-phase and the charter phase. In this article, I will talk about the first sub-phase and my focus will be on the project pre-charter definition and tasks.

Stating Project Quality Policy

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Stating Project Quality Policy

Strategic planning of project quality requires the development of a policy that could state high-level goals and general direction the project quality management process. A project quality policy is an effect tool of quality management to identify the right way for an organization to implement a project following expected quality levels and performance. In this article we try to answer the question “What is project quality policy?” and determine approaches for implementing this policy.

Challenges of Project Contingency Planning and Management

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Challenges of Project Contingency Planning and Management

In simple words, project contingency planning and management is a series of activities to create a feasible plan “B” and follow it in case of necessity. In the project management discipline, such a plan is called a project contingency plan. The planning and management of unexpected and uncertain events are always critical to the success of a project because risks cause the project failure and reduce the probability of project completion. Project contingency planning and risk management are the key activities that make your project initiative successful and achievable in terms of time, quality and money.

Cost Projection Statement and Analysis

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Cost Projection Statement and Analysis

Stating cost projection is an activity carried out during the project initiation phase to identify costs for development, implementation and maintenance of the project. The analysis of costs is a tool of project cost planning and management to identify, estimate and describe total cost of project management initiative. Cost projection statement and analysis are required activities that allow making the project estimated and well-grounded in financial terms. Among other tools, cost projection estimates and spreadsheets are used to develop the project charter. They are developed with help of project costing software.

project scope statement

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Project Scope Statement

How to write a project scope statement document? This question is the central one during the project initiation phase because a well-written project scope statement example is the guarantee that the project description, boundaries, deliverables and approaches are determined and stated in clear and unambiguous terms. In this article we will talk about the project scope statement definition and what sections are included into the scope statement document.