Project Management for Trainers: Stop "Winging It" and Get Control of Your Training Projects

Building the Project Plan

When you really enjoy doing course development, you tend to look at new projects with idealistic optimism. It is essential, however, to take an honest look at what you are up against at the start. In chapter 2, you learned how to start a learning event project in a way that maximizes your chances for success—by building a document that defined the scope and boundaries of a project.

The project definition created in the last chapter is wonderful for managing and understanding the business setting, including the risks and the constraints of your project, but it doesn’t help you understand what to do first, or what to do after that. This chapter shows you how to build a detailed plan to manage your project based on the ...