| Unfortunately it’s too easy to let your management systems fall off the rails when deadlines are looming or if senior management has lit a fire under the project. |
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So to help you, the Project Manager, keep an eye on the “engine” of your project try using a weekly checklist to reflect on the key operational activities / considerations that will keep your project on track.
In this checklist I’m going to suggest using a five day work week as it’s a convenient ‘packet’ of time to plan for and report against. However you don’t have to use the work week as your unit of measure as it is highly dependent on your context.
For example, in some critical projects the Project Manager may mentally run through this checklist daily. Alternatively I’ve seen some organisations talk about this information in months and quarters although I wouldn’t recommend it. As always, you will need to adapt this to suit your own time frame.
The suggested headings are listed below, but you can download the MS word version of the checklist here.
- Progress to date and against plan
- Resource Forecast (rolling 30 day)
- Human Resources
- Equipment & Services Forecast
- Project Team
- Communications
- Issue Management
- Change Control
- Risk Management
- Quality Management
- Knowledge Management
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