Project Management Simplified

Appendix R: Project Execution

At this point, the project managers have a good understanding of what the teams should be doing, but the teams have not yet begun to implement the project plan. George has a simple Community Gardens project and a project plan; Larry has very limited documentation. The two scenarios are Legume Legacy with Larry and Planful Gardens with George. Larry’s project is significantly challenged by a lack of planning. George’s project benefits from the development of a project plan.

Larry’s team lacks a process. He missed the date for submission of budget items to the town; as a consequence, the team must fund the pre- and post-season garden plot preparation themselves. Larry doesn’t have a list of prior years’ gardeners ...