COMMON OVERLOOKS In PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Designed by C Lu Bracamonte

Have You Defined a Detailed Project Budget?

Common Overlooks

‣ Lack of budget ownership or participation

‣ Providing funds on an ad-hoc basis

‣ Major cost not clearly identified early. This may result on project being cancelled later because lack of funds

‣Not control or monitoring of actual spend against planned spend

Have you clearly defined the project roles and responsibilities?

Common Overlooks

‣ Not clear ownership for the project

‣ Lack of leadership and commitment from the Steering Committee

‣ Roles and responsibilities not clearly defined

‣ Disconnection or unclear expectations between Steering Committee, Project Team and End-users.

Are The User Requirements Realistic?

Common Overlooks

‣ Basing the solution on complex and new technology, and then realizing that cannot be rolled out in the real world

‣ Not prioritizing user requirements and getting official approval from stakeholders

‣ Not enough consultation with real users and practitioners

‣ Solving the problem too soon before really understanding it

‣ Lacking clear understanding and making assumption instead of asking

Have You Conducted Structured Testing?

Common Overlooks

‣ No test plans for guidance, tracking errors and reference

‣ Testing conducted in an ad-hoc fashion by the development team

‣ Waiting until the deliverable is deployed before testing

‣ Using testing as contingency

Missing the Project Management Life Cycle

Missing The Project Management Triangle

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