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Idea Initiation
| Initiating a Project | White Paper that talks about the initiation of a project |
| Why do I need a Project Manager? | White paper on why you need a project manager, and the dangers of trying to undertake a project without one. Talks about what a PM will do in the project. |
| Article on WBS | An overview of Work Breakdown Structure and how it relates to the activities in a schedule |
Phase Zero
| Determining the scope | A white paper on determining the scope of a project. Provides a checklist of things to consider. |
| Scope Management User Guide | A white paper on identifying and managing scope in a project |
| Resource Planning for Projects | A white paper on issues around resourcing a project. |
| Vision, Business Problem, Outcome and all that stuff | A white paper on how to align a project with the organisation. Starts at the corporate vision and links it to a project |
| Scope Tips | Tips in defining the scope of the project |
| When does a Project Start | A white paper that covers how an idea morphs into a project |
| Starting a Project | White paper on the sorts of topics that should be covered in the interview. |
| Role of a Facilitator | White paper on facilitation. Focuses specifically on JAD but is relevant to interviewing |
| Interviewing Techniques | White paper on how to carry out an interview |
| Key Stakeholders | This white paper talks about mapping key stakeholders enthusiasm for the project against their importance to the project |
Project Planning
| Initiating a Project | White Paper that talks about the initiation of a project |
| Project Kick Off Checklist | A checklist of things that should be in place before the project begins. |
| Why do I need a Project Manager? | White paper on why you need a project manager, and the dangers of trying to undertake a project without one. Talks about what a PM will do in the project. |
| Resourcing a project | White paper on how to go about resourcing a project |
| Estimating Software Projects | Useful article on different approaches to estimating a software project. Also check out author's web site |
| Creative Project Accounting | A white paper providing some innovative ways to manage the costs. |
| Project Budgets and Expenditure | How to go about setting up a project budget including a chart of accounts |
| Change Management Presentation | This is an approximately 80 slide Power Point presentation on change management presented to the Australian Computer Society. |
| Building a Quality Culture | White paper on improving the quality control in your organisation |
| Creating a Quality Plan | White paper on how to produce a quality plan |
| Negotiating Skills | Excellent and lengthy article on negotiating sourced from GetAhead who are a training organisation |
| Risk Assessment User Guide | A comprehensive document that identifies how to carry out a risk assessment. |
| Basics of Risk Management | A white paper that talks about some of the issues with setting up and managing project budgets |
| Cost Management User Guide | Whilst this is primarily focused on expenditure, there are some points that are useful in deciding how the budget will be set up and managed |
| Scope Management User Guide | Document outlining how scope is set, and variations managed. The latter section is relevant to this activity. |
| Scope Change Management | A white paper that discusses why changes occur, and how to manage them. |
| Managing Scope | A white paper providing some tips for managing scope. |
| Benefit Management User Guide | Instructions on how to gather and manage benefits |
| Identify Benefits | White paper on identifying benefits in a project. |
| Quality Management User Guide | Complete guide to quality activities on a project. |
| Project Quality Plan | A white paper on quality planning in projects |
| Readiness Assessment | A document that lists the things that should be in place when we move from planning to starting work in the project. |
| Setting up a basic Microsoft Project Plan | Guidelines for setting up an managing a schedule |
| Communications Plan User Guide | Full details on how to produce a communications plan. |
| Creating a Communication Plan | A white paper on planning communications in a project |
| New techniques in project communication | White paper on using new technologies in project communication |
| Change Management Case Study | White paper outlining a case study of change management in a bank. |
| Article on WBS | An overview of Work Breakdown Structure and how it relates to the activities in a schedule |
Preliminary Requirements
| Reducing time spent on Requirements | White paper on how to spend less time on gathering requirements. |
| Facilitation User Guide | In this phase there will be a number of workshops. This is a guide as to how you can facilitate a workshop. |
| Business Process Modeling | White paper on BPM and how it fits with software design. |
| Data Modeling User Guide | Instructions on how to carry out a data Modeling workshop and how to record information. |
| Functional Decomposition User Guide | Description of a functional decomposition including an example. Instructions for carrying out a functional decomposition. |
| Determining the scope | A white paper on determining the scope of a project. Provides a checklist of things to consider. |
Market Review
| Vendor Tricks | White paper on some of the techniques used by vendors during the purchase process. |
| Software Purchase Process | A white paper on how to manage the Vendor during a purchase cycle |
Solution Evaluation
| Software Pricing | A white paper on how pricing can be structured |
Solution Decision
| Business Evaluation User Guide | How to undertake the evaluation and record results |
| Reference Checklist | Questions to ask during a reference check |
| Implementation Checklist | Typical activities that need to be undertaken at implementation. |
| Solution Options User Guide | Guide for listing the options for selection of the most appropriate solution. |
| Infrastructure Checklist | List of things to consider for infrastructure |
| Negotiation User Guide | Guide to undertaking negotiations |
| Negotiating Skills | A document on techniques for negotiation |
| Vendor Pricing | A white paper on how vendors can structure pricing. |
| Business Evaluation User Guide | Instructions on undertaking a Functional Evaluation |
| Technical Evaluation User Guide | Instructions on undertaking a Technical Evaluation |
Configuration and Customisation
| Testing Checklist | Some of the things to be tested in various forms of testing. |
| Test User Guide | A comprehensive document regarding testing |
| Developing a Test Strategy | A white paper that explains the value and process of a test strategy |
| Developing a Test Plan | A white paper that explains how to go about creating a test plan. |
| Getting Buy-in from the Business | A White Paper that discusses how you get the business to take ownership of a project. |
| Managing the Project Sponsor | White Paper on how to go about getting the support of the Sponsor. |
| Implementation Checklist | A checklist of activities. Whilst it is not an absolutely complete list, it covers most normal activities. |
Business Process Implementation
| Business Process Modeling Overview | Overview of BPM and examples of a model |
| Holocentric Model Example | An example of a model produced in the Holocentric Modeling Tool |
Implementation
| ERP Implementation | Some comments from people who have implemented an ERP system. Outlines the lessons they learned along the way. |
| Implementation Checklist | Checklist of activities for an implementation |
| Readiness Checklist - Go Live | A checklist of things to review before you go live. |
Handover
| Readiness Assessments | How to set up a readiness assessment and some examples. |
Project Closure
| Learning from our Mistakes | Value in carrying out a PIR and learning lessons from a project. |
| PIR User Guide | Instructions and hints to help you set up your PIR |
| Typical PIR Questions | A checklist of questions that might be applicable to your PIR |
Common
| Project Kick Off Checklist | A checklist of things that should be in place before the project begins. |
| Scope Creep Management | How to manage changes to scope. |