On Time and On Budget: Project Management Collection (4 Books)

APPENDIX A

Useful Implementation Tools

This appendix contains a number of tools that can help you be more effective in forming a team, managing its progress, and handling typical problems. All the forms are adapted from Harvard ManageMentor, an online product of Harvard Business School Publishing.

1.  Defining Your Project (figure A-1).  This form will help you uncover the issues and parameters at the core of your project.

2.  Work Breakdown Structure (figure A-2).  Use this form to develop a Work Breakdown Structure to ensure that you do not overlook a significant part of a complex activity or underestimate the time and money needed to complete the work. Use multiple pages as needed.

3.  Project Progress Report (figure A-3).  Use this form to ...