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 Project Management Templates

Need project management templates for an information management project and want some practical suggestions to ensure rapid project delivery?

Think of the days when we had two or three person teams and the userProject Management Templates was part of the team.

Communication was easy and we had less need for a lot of formal documentation standards.

Now, think of an IT shop with several thousand people scattered around the globe. Project documentation is designed to bridge the communications gap. It is critical to the success of any project and needs to be managed to ensure that each piece of documentation meets its objectives.

What documentation standards are required?

The following documents and checkpoint processes are required to support an information management project management framework.
  • Information Management Plan;
  • Business case;
  • Business case analysis checkpoint;
  • Information management requirement specifications;
  • Requirements management plan;
  • Project implementation plan;
  • Configuration management plan;
  • Quality assurance plan;
  • Test plan;
  • Planning and analysis checkpoint;
  • Information management architecture;
  • Architecture & design phase checkpoint;
  • Design specifications;
  • Release plan; and
  • Change management plan
Summary…

Documentation standards ensure effective communication among and between project team members. Each piece of documentation is designed for a specific purpose. Project documentation needs to be managed to ensure that each piece of documentation meets objectives.

Tight control of this process will reduce project time loss due to miscommunications.


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