Practical
Practices for Milestone Management
Using Milestones to Manage Project Progress
In order to manage problems and keep your customers happy,
you have to know whether your project is on track to finish as
planned (or not). Project milestones* provide one of the most
important means of measuring progress. But, simply naming
milestones is not enough. Milestones have to be
realistic, relevant, time-specific and sufficiently measurable. Learn how to identify common sense, actionable
milestones, using each as a tool to monitor and manage progress and
problems.
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*Milestone Note: In the ITtoolkit.com fast track process, milestones are first identified as part of the project definition phase, and are tracked as part of the oversight phase.
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The Fast Track Statement of
Work:
An accepted Statement of Work is a contract - forming a meeting of
the minds between the project
team and the customer - laying out what will be done, how and why.
Using the Fast Track Statement of Work you can quickly negotiate project terms, produce SOW deliverables
(including presentations) and finalize it all with informed
acceptance.
The Project Planning Roadmap: Project definition is a too often overlooked project management need. Every project must be fully defined so that you, your team and your stakeholders can know what you are working towards, what will be delivered, and how it will all get done. To properly define a project, you must ensure that all criteria are considered and that every planning step is taken. The Project Planning Roadmap, from ITtoolkit.com, is a unique, low cost resource to fulfill these goals and much more.
The Project Status Snapshot: Project status reporting is essential to overall success, used to track and monitor progress so that changes can be made to keep the project headed in the right direction. Download this comprehensive (9) part status report form and status presentation "slide show" template, along with complete "how-to" process manual.