Project management in a nutshell with regular polygons - why - because project management is also art of limitations relationship. Practical advice of project success factors. What to do for project success. Practical advice of project fail factors. What to do for project fail.

1. Project management in a
nutshell
with regular polygons– why?
Because project management is also art
of limitations relationship
Iurii Moiseenko, Project manager

2. Project limitations
• 6 Key limitations:
• Benefits
• Risks
• Timeline
• Cost
• Scope
• Quality

3. Project characteristics
• 6 Key attributes :
• Uniqueness
• Cross- functional
• Uncertainty = Risks
• Benefits AFTER finalization
• Temporary
• Change

4. Project management
• 10 main areas:
1. Human resource
2. Procurement
3. Communication
4. Risk
5. Stakeholder
6. Quality
7. Scope
8. Timing
9. Cost, revenue
10. And integration

5. Project initiation
• 10 Documents for project initiation
1. Contract (Fixed/T&M/Reimbursement)
2. High level Work Breakdown Structure (project scope)
3. Funding approach
4. Project charter ( incl. project scope)
5. Stakeholder matrix
6. Key deliverable description (incl. project scope) with time baselined and
expected quality
7. Resource plan committed project team
8. Ground rules for project delivery team
9. Internal business case (vendor)
10. External business case (customer)

6. Project scope for IT product
1. Business processes
2. Functionality
3. Organizational

7. Project management in practice – on going
1. 5 evidence of fulfilling project approach
1. Project status
2. Change monitor
3. Risk monitor
4. Issue list
5. And up to date – stakeholder matrix
• And/or/= project organisation structure

8. Project – key success factors
ONLY 3
1. Team
2. Communication
3. Attention of business executives

9. Project – key failed factors
1. Poor stakeholder management
2. Loosing characteristics or attributes of project
3. Poor planning
4. Poor prioritisation and lack of ownership
5. Breaking project rules
6. Lack of leaderships

10. Project – what to do 12’s points
1. Team – adequate skills and attitude, continues team building, and improving knowledge and skill
2. Communication – as much as possible to support any communication: mailing, regular virtual and real
meeting
3. Occupied executive attention – invoicing (money = priority, attention and ownership)
4. Kill any breaking rules at the begging = REMBEBER cost of any change grow exponentially during the
project
5. UP to DAY all plans = always planning. REMBER 1st signals loosing control phrase I don’t have time for plan
6. UP to DAY project status with check list that all attributes and characteristics are described in project
status
7. Project leader is alive and healthy (keep calm and do project task/ don’t panic)
8. Simplification and decomposition
9. Proactivity = risk management
10. Continues feedback about quality from senior user
11. Keep going in trying to achieve baseline
12. Issue resolution in time = problem solving = team work