The document discusses project management for litigation matters. It defines project management as planning, organizing, and managing resources to successfully complete specific goals and objectives. A project is a finite endeavor undertaken to create a unique product or service. The five stages of a project are to define, plan, execute, monitor, and review the project. Tips are provided around each stage, such as being clear about roles and responsibilities, communicating often, and reviewing tasks and goals. Project management involves identifying goals and issues, assessing resources and risks, planning tasks and timelines, communicating updates, and reviewing progress and outcomes.

1. Project Management for Litigation Matters

2. What is Project Management?

3. Project Management is the discipline of planning, organizing, and managing resources to bring about the successful completion of specific project goals and objectives.

4. Project Management = Being Organized

5. A project is a finite endeavor (having specific start and completion dates) undertaken to create a unique product or service which brings about beneficial change or added value.

6. A Project = Something that needs to be Organized

7. Tip No. 1 Don’t say “Project Management”

8. Five Stages of a Project Define Plan Execute Monitor Review

9. Define the project

10. Defining the project Define the overall goal Break it down into meaningful interim goals Watch for scope creep!

11. Tip No. 2 Don’t let Scope Creep happen to your project!

12. Defining the project Define the team Define team members’ roles Define team members’ responsibilities

13. Tip No. 3 Be clear about who is in charge of what.

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15. Defining the project Define your resources Define your costs Define your risks Define your capabilities

16. Plan the project

17. Planning the project Plan your tasks Plan your subtasks Plan who does what Plan what gets done when

19. It’s all about the deadlines

20. Planning the project Plan for errors Plan for change Plan for the what-ifs Plan for the unknowns

21. Planning the project Adjust your tasks Adjust your subtasks Adjust who does what Adjust what gets done when

22. Tip No. 4 Be flexible.

23. Tip No. 5 Be prepared. For anything.

24. You can’t have too much planning

25. Tip No. 6 Lots of planning drives most lawyers crazy

26. You can’t have too much planning

27. Executing the project

28. Executing the project Just do it!

29. Executing the project Assign tasks Assign deadlines Bug people

30. Tip No. 7 Don’t exceed your authority

31. Monitoring the project

32. Monitoring the project What do you measure? How do you measure it?

33. Monitoring the project What’s going wrong?

34. Monitoring the project Watch for changes to external constraints

35. Monitoring the project Be prepared to change

36. Tip No. 8 Communicate!

37. Reviewing the project

38. Reviewing the project What went right? What went wrong? What can be improved? What do you need for next time?

39. Five Tasks of Project Management Identify Assess Plan Communicate Review

40. Identify

41. Assess

42. Plan

43. Identify | Assess | Plan Goals Resources Problems Solutions Opportunities

44. Communicate

48. Communicate Listen to complaints Get to the bottom of rumors Avoid miscommunication

49. Communicate Be the clearinghouse for all information Send weekly reports with “action items” and responsible parties clearly identified Communicate often, but be selective

50. Review

51. Review Review often! Review completed tasks and subtasks Review planning for future tasks Review goals and interim goals

52. Celebrate your successful project!

53. Project Management Thank You! Debbie Westwood Director of eDiscovery and Legal Technology InTechGration (716) 885-3910 [email_address] www.intechgration.com