Project Planning Articles

	14 April 2008 Project Management Tools & Life Cycle   It you don’t want to have to start every project from scratch, then it’s worthwhile creating your own Project Lifecycle. How should you do this? What should it look like? And how do you us...
	17 March 2008 Appoint the Team with Project Management Templates   Appoint the Team with Project Management Templates At this point, you will have created a Business Case, undertaken a Feasibility Study and defined the Project Charter for your project. You will ...
	18 February 2008 Levelling your Project Resources using Project Management Tools   HiAs a Project Manager, would you like to spread work evenly across your team? This task is called “resource levelling” and it’s one of the hardest things you will have to do when us...
	21 January 2008 Using Project Management Standards   HiHave you ever heard a Project Manager say “we use best practice” or “we applied project standards” to projects? If you have, then what do they really mean and how do they do ...
	06 December 2007 Project Management Tools - for Managing Portfolios    Project Management Tools - for Managing Portfolios Want to “move up” in the field of Project Management by using project management tools? If so, then consider a career as a Pro...
	08 November 2007 Charter Project Management Tools   Project Management Tools - Project CharterWant to improve your project success using project management tools? Most Project Managers will tell you that the best way to ensure success is to define your...
	11 October 2007 Project Management Templates Reducing Stress   Project Management Templates - Reduce Stress All projects involve an element of stress. But how you manage stress will influence your performance in your role. In this newsletter, we will of...
	14 September 2007 Doing a Resource Plan using Project Management Templates   Doing a Resource Plan using Project Management TemplatesSuccessfully delivering a project can be hard work. You need to manage staff, contractors, equipment and materials to achieve the project object...
	31 August 2007 Creating a Quality Plan   Most Project Managers are aware that delivering projects within “time, cost and quality” is critical to success. However the term quality can be elusive and is often not clearly defined. I...
	10 August 2007 How to complete a Supplier Contract   In this article, you will learn how to complete a Supplier Contract and you will also be given the opportunity to enter our free prize draw!How to complete a Supplier Contract...Almost every Project M...
	13 July 2007 Procurement Plan - Supplier Management   Most Project Managers will agree that outsourcing to external suppliers is a key risk area within the project. To ensure that you procure the right products (i.e. goods and services) from the right su...
	06 July 2007 Quality Management and Communications Plan   In this article we’ll describe how to undertake Quality Management and creating a detailed “Communications Plan”.How to undertake Quality ManagementQuality is defined as “the l...
	11 June 2007 Project Status Report for Project Management   Project Status Report for Project Management.You know as well as we do, that effective communication is critical to delivering successful projects. But providing your stakeholders with the right ...
	14 May 2007 Project Management Job - Recruitment   Advertising a Project Management Job?It’s a well known fact that great projects are run by great teams. But finding the right staff to help you build a great team is one of the greatest cha...
	23 April 2007 Project Management Process - Project Process    If you want to deliver a project successfully, then it’s critical that you implement standard processes for managing your staff, customers, suppliers, time, money and resources. But it&rsq...
	16 April 2007 Project Plan - Project Management Plan   As a Project Manager, you’ll know that the most important item in your tool-box is your Project Plan. It tells you what the current status of your project is, whether you’re on track and w...
	02 April 2007 Creating a Financial Plan - Project Manager   Within this article, we will help you as a Project Manager to budget for project expenditure by describing:  How to create a Project Financial Plan Early in the Project Planning phase, ...
	29 January 2007 Communications Planning - Project Management   Communicating is easy right? Well it’s a surprise to some Project Managers that a common cause of project failure is the lack of clear communications within a project. To ensure that communicati...
	22 January 2007 Project Planning - Creating a Project Plan   The most critical step in the Project Lifecycle is the creation of the Project Plan. This document acts as a “yard stick” by providing the basis upon which to assess the performance of the...
	08 January 2007 Project Planning and Planning a Project   Did you know that one of the most common causes of project delay, overspend and customer dissatisfaction, is the a lack of proper project planning?The "Project Planning" phase is one of the ...
	10 November 2006 Request for Proposal and Project Tools   Request for Proposal and Project ToolsAt some point during the Planning phase, you may have identified the need to outsource a part of your project delivery to an external supplier. Whether you want t...
	03 November 2006 Request for Information - Project Management Tools   Request for Information - Project Management ToolsAt some point in your career as a Project Manager, you will need to appoint a preferred Supplier to your project. Finding the right Supplier to delive...
	27 October 2006 Statement of Work Project Management Templates   Statement of Work Project Management TemplatesIts well recognized that partnering with high performing Suppliers is critical to delivering successful projects. Whether you're hiring a Supplier to;...