by Elizabeth Harrin | Jul 20, 2023 | Templates
Why use a Terms of Reference document? A Terms of Reference document is a really versatile document. I use it mainly for two things: First, putting down in writing what my Steering Group are actually supposed to do to set the ‘ground rules’ for that group and their...
by Elizabeth Harrin | Jul 20, 2023 | Skills, Templates
In my experience, most project managers feel that they could ‘do’ lessons learned better. We all know that capturing lessons learned is an essential part of making sure that future projects go well, but sharing them seems to be something that we don’t feel we do...
by Elizabeth Harrin | Jul 20, 2023 | Glossary, Skills, Templates
In this article we’ll look at the types of artifacts in project management, typical documents for each type. There’s also a checklist of project artifacts by phase at the end, which you can use as an aide-memoire for creating your own documentation. What is an...
by Elizabeth Harrin | Jun 21, 2022 | Templates, This article contains affiliate links.
The big risk as a project manager is that you hit all the project management success criteria: being on time and on budget, but what you deliver doesn’t meet the customer’s requirements. That can happen for a lot of reasons, but one of the main causes is that you...
by Elizabeth Harrin | May 12, 2022 | Templates
If you are involved in any kind of project, you’ll know that project sponsors want to see regular reports. Today I’ve got something for you to make your life a bit easier! It’s a free project status report template that is based on one I use myself for weekly updates...
by Elizabeth Harrin | May 3, 2022 | Templates, This article contains affiliate links.
Your project management plan is more than just a schedule of work. Although I am guilty of using ‘plan’ and ‘Gantt chart’ interchangeably. A project management plan is a document that sets out how you are going to do what you’re going to do. It’s a guide to how the...
