Project Preparation
By Az Shah
This is always the make or break activity of any project, the requirements must be fully described. Methodologies will provide a framework to fill BUT the most important will be the requirements.
Prince2 provides the best formal methods to manage projects, but it will be followed in a practical way.
Preparation Stage
Project Mandate
Project Brief
Business Case
Product Description
Project Plan
Project Approach
Acceptance Criteria
Deliverable Checklist
For this case study we rely on “project-in-a-box” as the source / manager of these documents.
Now although we are concentrating on security, it is best to look upon the use of best practices as part of security namely Integrity, part of the C-I-A triangle of security (Confidentiality, Integrity, Availability).
The best fast track to Prince2 is the great product provided by (Project-in-a-box) we will use the free community edition. http://www.projectinabox.org.uk/community.asp
With the PM methodologies and tools decision out of the way you are free to progress to next stage “Starting up a project”.
Now you are feeling great about starting what is going to be a new era for your company and you feel your hands on experience will lead to inevitable success.
There are a few fundamental mistakes to avoid at this point ;
1) Mistakes of Delegation
2) Mistakes of Ego
3) Mistakes of Angst
4) Mistakes of Technology
5) Mistakes of Haste
Each of the above are the mistakes that beginners and experienced management can be guilty of.
You decide to leave the creation of a project team loose at this moment in time and certainly not take chances on alienating the people keeping things running by hiring more staff immediately.
So you appoint yourself as Project Director and progress to “Starting up a Project”
Each Article that follows will be structured on Prince2 stages and the story of business and security will be woven into the stages.
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