Radical Project Management

Develop Project Task Lists

Although this planning step is often considered a no-brainer,^[2] it is a very critical step, as forgetting a task in a project can be a catastrophe in the estimation and risk process (see Figure 13.1). In fact, forgetting project tasks is one of the more common reasons for poor estimation and project slippage.

^[2] Remember our concerns with the concept of “no brains.”

Figure 13.1. Developing a task list

The process of developing a task list for your project is fairly straightforward:

• If your organization has a standard work breakdown structure, project development cycle, or methodology, you use that as a starting point. ...