The Scope Bank is unique to the Effective Complex Project Management (ECPM) Framework, and it functions as the traffic cop and depository of the solution discovery and development history. The Scope Bank is the clearinghouse for all project activities. It brings together in one place solution status, cycle performance history, potential solution components and a foundation for cycle management of […]
The Scope Triangle is an interesting artifact of project management planning. The term is not used in PMI’s PMBOK® Sixth Edition. The closest the PMBOK comes is to list scope, quality, schedule, budget, resources and risk as the constraints that impact the project. PMBOK goes on to say that these constraints form an interdependent set in that if one changes […]
Documentation will always be part of life for Project Managers, sometimes more than you’d like. But how can you make sure it is useful and ultimately delivering value for your project? There are a few basics which, if you get right, will help guide you on the way to project success. Documentation. Often a dirty word in the modern Project […]
It’s early Monday morning. Your executives call you into a meeting to go over some key initiatives they hope to achieve this quarter. You’re tasked with pulling together a handy-dandy project plan for your team to execute on these initiatives. They want it by the end of the week. But where do you begin? Don’t panic! You don’t need to […]