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12 steps to project success

Blog: Better Projects

Start with success criteria

What does ‘done’ look like?
Start with the project sponsor/owner’s vision.

Understand who the players are: Who are stakeholders, who are consumers/customers and who are decision makers? What do each of them want?

Does everyone have the same understanding of the goals?

Are the goals reasonable?
What are the gaps?
What will you do about them?

What are the risks you are living with? Business Value (Does it have a tangible, sustainable benefit?) and Delivery (time, cost, feasibility, money?)

What should we really be doing?

A plan that incorporates all the above?
Create the vision with your inner circle.

Close the gaps in expectations.

Ensure the solutions team know what is expected.

Definition of done, etc

Ensure that the solutions team have a system in place that helps monitor progress and surface problems quickly

Manage the issues

Communicate

At the start, regularly while on the journey, then
Pre-launch comms, launch comms, post launch comms.
Set and manage expectations, then tell everyone what a great job has been done to embed a sense of satisfaction in people

Thank everyone involved for their contribution

Bask in the glory of a successful project

Thank me later

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