Chapter 8: Implementing the Project Plan


Overview

At this point of your project, things should be getting very exciting. You ve researched the project, planned for success, created (and survived) the budget process, and now you re ready to set your plan into action. Your team is eager to get moving on the project, and there is electricity in the air as all of your hard work is about to come to fruition. Don t break out the champagne yet. You can congratulate yourself for successfully completing a solid foundation for your project, but you re going to have to coach your team to follow the project plan through the implementation phase to have a real reason to celebrate.

In this portion of your project, your team will create the components defined in the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) and follow the sequence of activities in the Project Network Diagram (PND). You will interact with your team members to ensure their successes as they complete the tasks . You ll create a Work Authorization System to allow work to continue based on work results. You ll add quality control mechanisms, and you ll continue to increase your communication among the project team and stakeholders. You ll be deeply involved with tracking the actual costs of the project and comparing them to the budgeted costs. Finally, you ll be tracking the implementation against your PND, cost, and time estimates and then implementing corrective actions as needed to keep the project on track and on budget. Of course, you ll document what s working on the project, what s not working, and other things you ve learned in your Lessons Learned documentation.

This part of project management will test and challenge all of your planning, research, and ability to lead and react to situations that may impact your project completion. Keep your cool, analyze problems when they arise, and always remember that this project is yours to control, to complete, to savor.




IT Project Management
IT Project Management: On Track from Start to Finish, Third Edition
ISBN: 0071700439
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2004
Pages: 195

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