Leon Tisdale

IT Professional

Data center build out

ERP Systems

Data Center Moves

Computer Trainer

Computer Auditor

Application Development

Project Initiation Stage

The project manager gets a new assignment from the sponsor(s).

The project manager confers with his team about milestone tasks.

The project manager records tasks & milestones.

The project manager initiates artifacts.

Project Artifacts

• Project Charter– Project identification and scope – Authority and resource need definition – Project roles and responsibilities – Project structure and schedule

• Develop Workplan• Work Breakdown Structure

– a hierarchical outline of the tasks needed to deliver the project’s product or service. It “breaks-down” the project into low-level subtask units of work that will be scheduled, executed and controlled.

• Project Staffing Plan– How the staff will be acquired – How long the staff will be needed – The skills required – What training is needed

• Project Schedule Plan– Time (duration) estimates for all project tasks – Start and finish dates for the tasks – Names of staff resources assigned to complete the

tasks – Sequence of tasks

• Project Budget– Network costs – Customer Support costs – Software Licensing costs – Advertising or other costs

• Develop Project Control Plans• Project Communication Plan

– What’s being communicated– Who involved in the communication– Purpose of the communication– Communication Frequency– Communication Method

• Change Management Plan– receive and log change requests– perform the timely and adequate evaluation of

changes in terms of their impacts on project deliverables and constraints

– outline options and recommend courses of action and priorities for changes

– track and facilitate timely decisions on changes– incorporate changes into the appropriate project

documents

• Risk Assessment Plan– Ensure critical risks impacting scope, schedule,

budget, business performance, and/or change management are proactively identified and communicated.

– Facilitate attention to key risks.– Produce meaningful information that allows program

management to focus efforts on the risks with an effective coordination of effort.

– Ensure appropriate stakeholders are informed– Record an audit trail of discussions and mitigation of

program risks.

Project Artifacts

• Control Plans (Cont.)• Quality Control Plan

– Quality objectives – Key project deliverables and processes to

be reviewed for satisfactory quality level – Quality standards – Quality control and assurance activities – Quality roles and responsibilities – Quality tools – Plan for reporting quality control and

assurance problems • Issue Management Plan

– Issues are identified, evaluated, and assigned for resolution.

– Issue resolutions or decisions are documented and communicated to all affected parties

• Procurement Plan– The purpose of the plan is to describe how

the proposals for the prime contract procurement will be received, logged and evaluated to select a winning bidder. The overall goal of the evaluation process is to select the proposal that presents the best value for performing the required services and activities.

• Support Transition Plan– identify facility or facilities involved– identify hardware– identify software– detail documentation– roles and responsibilities

Develop the detailed plan

 

Project Planning

Senior Project Manager  Leon Tisdale

   

Planning for moving equipment

Initial project planning

PM receives assignment

PM pulls together meetings to discuss the

project

Team members discuss tasks associated with the general plan

PM pulls together the WBS tasks and general time line

PM confirms understanding with team members and

establishes task/milestone goals