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New comprehensive Quality Plan template release announced by Method123 Method123 has just announced the release a new full-featured Quality Plan template as part of their overall Project Management Kit product offering. Method123’s Project Management Kit provides the project manager and team with over 50 Project Management Templates .  The addition of this new Quality Plan template will definitely strengthen this industry leading software offering from Method123. The act of creating Quality Assurance Plans and Quality Control Plans is a critical piece of the overall project management tempaltes for any organization.  However, it is an often-overlooked step in the Project Planning process. Creating these plans at the beginning of the project enables the project manager and team to set quality criteria for the project that will be acceptable to the customer.  These plans are put in place to set guidelines for managing quality, how to measure and audit quality, and how to deal with quali...

Improve the Implement Project Management Methodology Service The same three aspects of the methodology that can be evaluated can be improved: - Implementation. - The project management template methodology document. - The methodology in use. Here are typical improvements for each of these aspects of methodology implementation. Implementation Here are common ways to improve methodology implementation - Improve publicity. Ensure that every methodology customer and stakeholder is encouraged to familiarize themselves with, and comply with the methodology. Especially ensure that they know what training opportunities are available, the benefits of compliance, and the consequences of non-compliance. - Improve training. Methodologies are complex. Even highly capable project managers find them demanding even using project management software . Ensure that training reaches each customer at his level of knowledge. Also ensure that the training is as practical as possible. Project managers should...

From a daily standpoint, the Project Manager is interested in completing tasks, delivery status, communication and updates and getting to the end point of the day with both the delivery team and the customer team well informed and the proper progress made on the current tasks. Daily View Now, that does not mean that the PM needs an update on every single task every day.  That would be overkill.  However, the critical tasks and the tasks that may be in danger of causing the project timeline or budget to slide – basically what’s hot right now and what’s at risk – need to be watched daily.  At the end of the day, those are the tasks that the PM, the delivery team, and the customer team need to know are being taken care of and are still in alignment with the overall project goals and timeline. Project View From a project view standpoint, the end goals have already been set in the sales process with the customer, reviewed by the PM with customer during project kickoff, and well documented i...

Evaluate the Implement Project Management Methodology Service There are three components of this service to evaluate: - Implementation. Is the methodology reaching everyone who needs to use it? Is it easy to understand and to apply? - The methodology document. Is the structure and content of the methodology sufficient to improve project management templates in the organization so that the PMO meets its strategic goals? - The methodology in use. If the methodology sits on a web site unused, it will not lead to changes in project management effectiveness or efficiency. There are four useful methods for gathering feedback from stakeholders: - Web-based surveys. These surveys can be used particularly to ensure that everyone who would benefit from familiarity with the methodology is aware of it and has access to it. They can also be used to assess response to the methodology. - After-class surveys. All training classes should be followed by a survey of the students assessing both the conte...

New comprehensive Quality Plan template release announced by Method123 Method123 has just announced the release a new full-featured Quality Plan template as part of their overall Project Management Kit product offering. Method123’s Project Management Kit provides the project manager and team with over 50 Project Management Templates .  The addition of this new Quality Plan template will definitely strengthen this industry leading software offering from Method123. The act of creating Quality Assurance Plans and Quality Control Plans is a critical piece of the overall Project Management Templates for any organization.  However, it is an often-overlooked step in the Project Planning process. Creating these plans at the beginning of the project enables the project manager and team to set quality criteria for the project that will be acceptable to the customer.  These plans are put in place to set guidelines for managing quality, how to measure and audit quality, and how to deal with quali...

How to Deal with Customer Indecision Indecision is human nature.  You and I experience it every day. So why shouldn’t our customers?  After all, they’re just human, too.  But when you’re working on a critical project, that indecision that you’re feeling on the part of your customer can become frustrating.  And it can become hard to manage. Fear not. Don’t pull your hair out.  There are things you can do to help you and your customer along the way when you’re sensing too much indecision: •    Communicate well.  Effective and frequent communication will serve two purposes here. It will maintain your customer’s confidence that you’re on top of things and it will keep you in constant tune with your customer’s needs. •    Revisit requirements.  If you’re sensing uneasiness from your customer it could be that certain project management software requirements weren’t well thought out. Take some time to revisit requirements with the customer at this point and add detail or clarification where ...

If the PMIS can be delivered in time for the initial project management methodology implementation, then the PMIS implementation should occur first, and the implementation of project management methodology, standards, processes, and tools should occur second. In this way, the entire approach to online project management can be delivered once, within the PMIS, and project managers can begin using optimal tools right inside the PMIS right away. The Implement Project Management Methodology Service is also closely linked to the Train Staff Service. Much of the content of training is the project management methodology. Also, when the methodology changes, updated training will need to be scheduled and provided. There may be a link between project management methodology implementation and the Manage Accounts Service. If the methodology mandates certain accounting approaches, principles, or requirements, then the Manage Accounts Service should be designed with Project Management Templates to ...