Project Review White Papers

Deciding if you are ready to start a project, or ready to go live is often a matter of juggling dozens of criteria in your head. Is this done? Is that complete? It is better to have a list of criteria to check off so that you know what you are trying to achieve, and can work towards that goal.

This is the first of three white papers. It talks about what a rescue mission will entail and the sort of person to lead the review and/or rescue.

This is the second article in a series about managing a project in crisis. It covers how to carry out a project health check to establish exactly what is happening in a project that may be in difficulty. It also provides a useful checklist of what to look for in a normal project health check or project review.

The third and final paper in the series covers what you actually do when you review a project in crisis. It outlines a generic approach and gives some guidance to assist in sorting out the problems.