Category Archives for Project Definition
Establish Project Scope: How to Master Your Toughest PM Challenge
Project Scope is simple in concept, but hard in practice. It’s a measure of the breadth and depth of your project: everything you need to do.
Continue reading...How to Set a Clear Vision and Mission for your Team | Video
A clear vision and mission for your project is a basis for clarity of purpose and team motivation. They address the question ‘Why?’
Continue reading...How to Prevent Scope Creep | Video
One of the most insidious problems project managers face is scope creep. Scoping is hard, so knowing how to prevent scope creep will protect your hard work.
Continue reading...Project Definition: Three Big Questions about Your Project | Video
There’s more to Project Definition than just Goals, Objectives, Scope, Dependencies, and Constraints. There are things we rarely talk about.
Continue reading...Are You Making Proper Use of Dependencies and Constraints?
Constraints and dependencies are two important, but misunderstood project management concepts. But you need them in your project definition and planning.
Continue reading...What are Project Constraints? | Video
Some things constrain the choices you can make, when you plan and deliver your project. So, what are Project Constraints? | Video
Continue reading...What are Task Dependencies in Project Management? | Video
When you are planning and scheduling your project, there will be sequences of activities that you need to respect. They are generated by task dependencies.
Continue reading...What are External Dependencies in your Project? | Video
When you plan your project, there’s much you must be mindful of. Some, you can control. Others are external – you cannot. These are external dependencies.
Continue reading...What are RAID, CAD, and DCARI? | Video
Defining your project is a vital task. And there are a lot of things to remember. Fortunately, we have some handy acronyms: RAID, CAD, and DCARI. You may find them helpful – or you may have heard them, and wondered what they mean.
Continue reading...What is a Functional Specification? | Video
On software and technical projects, there is a chain of project definition deliverables, and one of them is the Functional Specification. So, what is a Functional Specification? Dr Mike Clayton is founder of OnlinePMCourses.com. Here, he answers this question, in under 5 minutes.
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