Yesterday I had a long lunch with a great friend of mine from Sweden. Over the years we have set up new companies together, skied the slopes of New England, seen our families grow together. We have also been through some ups and downs, but have always stayed in touch. We have one of those [...]
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Monthly Archive for February, 2011 Communications Breakdowns-How to avoid them Our post of yesterday talked about individuals who cause problems because of their communication habits. These six best practices help avoid these habits occurring in your project. Clearly document the communication process for your project. This may the second most important document in your process. [...]
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Our post of yesterday talked about individuals who cause problems because of their communication habits. These six best practices help avoid these habits occurring in your project. Clearly document the communication process for your project. This may the second most important document in your process. Document the methodology you are using for the project. This [...]
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Every industry has it’s own set of standards they follow at a given time. Best Practices are also common from one sector to another. One such example is eTOM or TM Forum in the telecommunications industry. By using a set of approved standards effective communication of how business can be organized, operated and managed is [...]
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These are the tasks for starting up a project in Prince2 2009 Method. Courtesy Harvard Computing Group, Inc. Prince2 2009 Methodology, click image for details. Appoint the Executive and the Project Manager Create Daily Log Create Executive role position Create Project Manager role description Capture previous lessons Create Lessons Log using previous lessons reports Design [...]
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The first phase is Discovery and the first task is to select a project team. We strongly recommend a project team with the following composition: Process participants and line manager(s): Included for obvious reasons – they’re the ones who are part of the process every day. IT representatives: Essential because in today’s organizations nearly every [...]
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