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These three activities—requirements gathering, designing/ specifying, and implementing—are deep subjects and worthy of their own books (see the Annotated Bibliography). I’ll cover the first two from a project-level perspective in the next few chapters, and implementation will be the focus later on in the book. Different types of projects Several criteria change the nature of how requirements and design work are done. I’ll use three simple and diverse project examples to illustrate these criteria:. | 21 WAYS TO EXCEL AT PROJECT MANAGEMENT If we keep doing what we re doing we re going to keep getting what we re getting. Stephen R. Covey Duncan Haughey 1 21 ways TO EXCEL AT PROJECT MANAGEMENT ABOUT This BOOK We are all engaged on a journey to achieve excellence in our industries whether it is automotive consumer goods petrochemical or construction. Effective Project and Programme Management is a key enabler of this change process. We need projects that deliver the agreed business benefits on-time and within budget time after time. This is best achieved by keeping a clear focus on the business objectives of the project and through applying commonly accepted tools techniques and methods. The aim must be to provide our Project Managers with simple processes that can be rigorously and consistently applied to produce predictable results. This book has been designed with that aim in mind and sets out an approach that can be adopted for managing all kinds of projects. Duncan Haughey PROJECT SMART 2 21 ways TO EXCEL AT PROJECT MANAGEMENT TABLE OF CONTENTS 21 Ways to Excel at Project Management About This The Stages of a 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Monitoring 6. Sponsorship Question 1 Do you have sufficient business sponsorship and leadership .9 Common Defining the Business Objectives Question 2 Have you defined and understood the business objectives and benefits .11 Common Planning the Question 3 Have you developed a detailed project plan .13 Common Ensuring the Project is a Manageable Question 4 Is your project a manageable size .15 Common Defining the Budget. 17 Question 5 Have you defined a detailed project budget .17 Common Managing the Question 6 Are you managing the project risks .19 Common Mistakes .20 Notes