Project management

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Projects fail for two reasons.

• Poor scope (which leads to unmet expectations)
• Poor execution.

Projects also follow the ETVX model:

• Initiation: gather participants and exchange viewpoints (Why)
• Planning: agree on what to do and how to do it (How)
• Implementation: do it (What)
• Testing and evaluation. (When)

Using the ETVX Model can be extended or simplified(depending on the perspective)to include the following:

• (WHO) - equate to Contributors to the Project
• (WHAT) - equate to Scope of the Project Proposal
• (WHEN) - equate to Timeline Commitments during Assessment and Delivery
• (WHERE) - may equate to the location of the PM Toolset or Development Location
• (WHY) - equate to Objectives and Goals
• (HOW) - equate to either Rule of Engagement or the Method of Delivery

Project Management Checklist as initially designed for the Project Molecule:
http://www.sequoiais.com/pm/pm.gif

Project Stages Checklist as initially designed for the Project Molecule:
http://www.sequoiais.com/pm/project.gif
This diagram is obviously geared towards the development of software/websites. We should consider creating one that is more focused on delivering a combo of Business Process and Software.

Project Molecule - Execution
Every task that is performed during the design and development stages of a project should directly correlate back to one of the original objective set forth during the Specification stage of a project
http://www.sequoiais.com/pm/pm_molecule_execution.gif

Project Molecule - Participants
Explaing the staffing model of project
http://www.sequoiais.com/pm/pm_molecule_participants.gif

we do need to meet to set expectations... :) keep on pluggin, we need to get our content down, and our content does not belong or work in anything but a wiki. when the content is ready, then we can presentify it and give it to the client --Phalseid 00:06, 3 Oct 2006 (NZST)

Maybe we need to set up a W5H Project Management Philosophy since people understand the Who-How concepts.

See also

• Wikipedia:Project management
• Wikipedia:List of project management topics