successful project management - Commonwealth of Learning

1. Define the project
2. Select a strategy
3. Develop specifications
4. Develop a schedule
5. Develop a budget
6. Organise the project team
7. Assign duties and responsibilities
8. Train new team members
9. Monitor progress
10. Take corrective action
11. Provide feedback
12. Test final outcome
13. Deliver outcome to client
14. Write operating manual
15. Train client personnel
16. Reassign project staff
17. Dispose of surplus resources
18. Release facilities
19. Evaluate project performance
20. Complete final audit
21. Complete project report
22. Review project with management
Key points to remember
Too many projects fail because insufficient time is spent sorting things out initially.
This leads to the project being inadequately defined, and so the goal is not crystal
clear. If the team’s goal is to reach a certain place by a certain time, but this
destination is not clearly defined, each member, who will be starting from a different
point, will arrive at a different place. Nor is it any good giving your team a grid
reference if they cannot read the map. Equally important is the evaluation of the
project for which the following main issues were discussed.
• Information can be collected and used for project control purposes.
• Control is achieved at the macro and micro levels.
• The three main project needs are: the task, the individual, and the team.
• Delegation is an important aspect of project management.
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