Project Management Basics: How to Manage Your Project with Checklists

© Melanie McBride 2016

Melanie McBride, Project Management Basics, 10.1007/978-1-4842-2086-3_5

5. Releasing Your First Project

Melanie McBride¹ 

(1)Chandler, Arizona, USA

If you will recall, in Chapter 4 I mentioned that the Execution Phase of any project is the longest. In fact you should think of the Execution Phase as having two parts; one part of the work is the execution of the project work and the other is the actual release of the project deliverables. Traditional project management training materials gloss over, or completely ignore, the second part because it’s such a small part of the overall execution of the project work. Here’s the thing: the release work is the home stretch, the last mile, the final shot, the last piece of chicken, etc., ...