APPLYING THE CHECKLIST MANIFESTO FOR PROJECT MANAGEMENT SUCCESSWithout a check list, you’re flying by the seat of your pantsNiwot Ridge LLC

Project Management Is …

¨ A formal discipline, widely used across most modern industries, to plan, organize, and execute projects efficiently and successfully.

¨ The processes needed to increase predictability of costs, time, and quality by: ¤ Deploying resources in the most efficient manner

possible ¤ Undertaking an ongoing assessment of actual

experience against an initial plan. ¨ The means by which managers can make consistent

and informed judgments that lead to a pre-determined result.

Project Management Includes …

¨ Defining and maintaining the scope of the project, ¨ Identifying necessary resources, estimating cost, time

and effort to complete the project, ¨ Creating channels of communication, anticipating

potential risks and ways to mitigate those risks, ¨ Analyzing data as it becomes available, ¨ Measuring progress against pre-set targets.

The Checklist Paradigm

There are usually two

phases to any project …

1. Too early to tell2. Too late to stop

Mr. Blaise Durante, Deputy Assistant

Secretary (Acquisition Integration)

U.S. Air ForceGlen B. Alleman, Copyright © 2012

The Challenge of Routine Operations

¨ Using our training, PMP’s, processes, and experience, all project work should go as expected…

¨ Maybe not …

Projects Are Complex Operating Environments

¨ Stakeholders

¨ Mission, vision, goals

¨ Needed capabilities of success

¨ Time and budget

¨ Scheduling

¨ Budgeting

¨ Development and test

¨ Communications

¨ Performance measurement

Components Constraints Tools and Processes

¨ Time

¨ Budget

¨ Resources

¨ Available technologies

¨ Capacity for work

Where’s our Checklist for Projects?

¨ We have lots processes and knowledge areas.

¨ We have flow charts for everything we do.

¨ We have lists of documents and artifacts we produce.

¨ We have roles and responsibilities.

¨ We’ve got tools and people who use them.