2. Key stages
Initiating
- refine the project goals, review the expectations of all the stakeholders, and determine assumptions and risks
- integrate the Project Team (or get one) and clarify their roles
- Project Brief
- Project Initiation Document
- Risk Register
- Issues log
Planning
- detail the project in terms of its outcome, team members; roles and responsibilities, schedules, resources, scope and costs.
- Project Plan
- Communications Plan
Executing
- motivate and direct the Project Team so it does the work to produce the deliverables detailed in the plan
Controlling and monitoring
- supervise project activities to try to ensure they do not deviate from the initial plan and scope.
- when deviation happens, use a change control procedure to approve and reject change requests, and update the project plan/scope accordingly
- Project Highlight Reports
- Dashboard Reports
- Change management process
Closing
- formally accept the deliverables and shut down the project
- review outcomes with the Project Team and stakeholders
- ensure that ‘follow on work’ is appropriately tasked and accepted
- Closure and Lessons Learned report
