Comments on: Why Project Planning is Overlooked http://www.vertabase.com/blog/why-project-planning-is-overlooked/ Project Management, Project Management Software, Technology and the Workplace. Thu, 21 Aug 2008 06:37:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: Vertabase Blog » Blog Archive » Comic Lessons in Planning Projects: Picking the Right Project Planning Tool http://www.vertabase.com/blog/why-project-planning-is-overlooked/#comment-598 Vertabase Blog » Blog Archive » Comic Lessons in Planning Projects: Picking the Right Project Planning Tool Tue, 14 Nov 2006 16:10:20 +0000 http://www.vertabase.com/blog/why-project-planning-is-overlooked/#comment-598 [...] The exact format in which the plan is written and recorded is less important than the process of planning the project and the act itself of going through project planning. Unfortunately, this how step of project planning is often overlooked. [...] […] The exact format in which the plan is written and recorded is less important than the process of planning the project and the act itself of going through project planning. Unfortunately, this how step of project planning is often overlooked. […]

]]> By: Glen B Alleman http://www.vertabase.com/blog/why-project-planning-is-overlooked/#comment-4 Glen B Alleman Tue, 29 Aug 2006 20:19:34 +0000 http://www.vertabase.com/blog/why-project-planning-is-overlooked/#comment-4 Mark, One way to close the gap here (in understanding) is to "charter" the project through a Rsponsibility Assignment Matriix (RAM) with rows representing all the Project AND Team activities. The Project activitirs are the deliverables from the Statement of Work or other requirements documents. And the Team activities are defined through a variety of sources (PMBOK, OGC Project Maturity Model, CMMI SE/IPPD Process Areas). The Team Chartering defines the mututal accountabilities of the team members to each other. The Project Charter defines the acountabilitties between the team and the customer. From the Team Charter comes the need for a Plan and a Schedule to support the success of the Plan. The RAM is a mechanism to "make public" these assignments and provides a reminder when we forget what we committed to. Great Blog. Mark,

One way to close the gap here (in understanding) is to “charter” the project through a Rsponsibility Assignment Matriix (RAM) with rows representing all the Project AND Team activities. The Project activitirs are the deliverables from the Statement of Work or other requirements documents. And the Team activities are defined through a variety of sources (PMBOK, OGC Project Maturity Model, CMMI SE/IPPD Process Areas). The Team Chartering defines the mututal accountabilities of the team members to each other. The Project Charter defines the acountabilitties between the team and the customer. From the Team Charter comes the need for a Plan and a Schedule to support the success of the Plan.

The RAM is a mechanism to “make public” these assignments and provides a reminder when we forget what we committed to. Great Blog.

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