Project/Program Management Best Practices for Success in ANY Industry!
by Eddie R. Williams

Where is our success? Although there have been improvements,
over 60% of projects/programs failed and many were canceled in
2003 (ref:The Standish Report CHAOS)! Our goal for 2004 and
beyond is to contribute to a 60% and better, project/program
success rate! STOP THE MADNESS-MANAGE AND CONTROL PROJECTS
WITH THE FOLLOWING:

Best Practice Processes for Project/Program Success(Outline):
1. Program/Project Management (and Business Management)
(Integration)
- Use of Experience and Knowledge (Integration)
- Planning and Scheduling/WBS (Scope/Time/Cost)
- Communication Planning (Communication)
- Status & Earned Value Reporting (Communication)
- Performance (metrics) Reporting (Communication)
- Risks Identification and Management (Risks)
- Project Repository/DB (Communication/Lessons
Learned/Knowledge Transfer)
- Change Management (Integration)
- Subcontractor/Vendor Control (Procurement)
- Team Building (Human Resource)

2. Development Process (Integration/Solution/Scope)
- Selection of the appropriate model/technique
(e.g., Interactive, Waterfall, Spiral, Evolutionary
Object Oriented, Structured)
- Selection of the appropriate implementation
methodology (e.g., MSF, RUP, GXP, DOD-STD 2167 and
other standards)
- Selection, if required, to use Rapid Development
- Rapid Application Development/Joint Application
Development (RAD/JAD)
- Prototypes and Mockups
- Interviews and Facilitated Sessions
- Collaboration
- Selection of technical and project reviews
- Selection of development and support tools and
applications

3. Configuration Management (Integration/Scope/Control)
(described in the book Software and Firmware
Configuration Management, subtitled Management Control
and Quality.)
- Configuration Identification
- Configuration Control - Software/Application,
Firmware (Embedded Software, and Systems)
- Configuration Status Accounting
- Configuration Audits

4. Quality Assurance (Integration/Quality/Control)
- Verification
- Validation
- Testing

Some of the organizations that support these practices and
certifications for their professional knowledge recognized in
many industries are: Project Management Institute (PMI) ,
American Management Association (AMA), Software Engineering
Institute (SEI), Electronic Industries Association (EIA),
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE),
International Organization for Standardization (ISO), and the
Department of Defense (DOD).

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