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The Project Initiation Checklist
What is the Project Initiation Checklist?
The Project Initiation Checklist is a PDF form, used to document and track the issues, decisions, and documents needed to properly begin any project. Use this form to get your projects started on the right track.
How do I use the Project Initiation Checklist?
Open the form and be prepared to fill in the following information:
- Enter basic project information - name, number, etc.
- Track the seven (7) essential project "definitions" according to status: completed or approved.
- Track the seven (7) essential project "documents" according to status: completed or approved.
Where do I find more information and tools for project initiation?
Break it Down: Project Definitions: In order to deliver any successful project, that project must first be broken down into smaller, manageable parts. Taken as a whole, no project could ever be completed --- the task would just be too massive and undefined. For that reason, projects must be broken down into elements that translate concepts and strategies into tangible actions.
Managing the Project Selection Process: Every project begins with a proposal, but not every proposal can or should become a project. In a world of limited resources, choices have to be made. Not every project has viability. And, amongst those that do, limited resources (people, time, money and equipment), must be applied judiciously. The goal of the project selection process is to analyze project viability, and to approve or reject project proposals based on established criteria, following a set of structured steps and checkpoints..
Project Planning Templates
The Project Planning Roadmap
The Project Planning Checklist
The Troubled Project Assessment