| Let the games begin with the Project Implementation Plan |
The project implementation plan phase assumes that the
project manager have discussed with your core team the best
way to achieve the objectives of the project. Also, you would
have identified the best required resources from all departments
and agreed on the financial plan for the project.
Here are the step preceding this step:
The Initial Project planning process
Project Team building
Project Financial planning
In the project plan you set the various Tasks’ that will lead you
to conclude the project:
* Time frame of each task
* Task’s resources
* Task’s success measures
* Task’s budget
* Task dependencies in terms of the task before and task after.
You will need to use a Gantt chart to help you visualize the
tasks of the project. You might want to consider using Microsoft
project which is used by professional project managers.
Gantt Chart
More simple project management can be done with Microsoft
Excel sheets.
Gantt chart with Microsoft Excel
There are three main fundamentals for any project plan:
* Expenses or cost
* Time frame or milestones
* Scope in terms of what is to be done
Project plans tend to emerge gradually. Most project that we
were involved in had their project implementation plans modified
as new risks showed up, resources became unavailable and
things on the ground changed.
The project manager should cater for facts in life such as
manpower might require vacations. Don’t expect to have the
manpower resources to match your Gantt chart 100%. This
never happens in real life. You should always allow for
variations or some fat in your project implementation plan.
When a task implementation exceeds its planned time frame or
budget, you need to be aware of its effect on other parallel or
subsequent tasks. Correction or modifications to the initial
project implementation plan should be implemented
immediately. The domino effect should be studied and corrective
measures should be implemented. Time management skills will
prove to be critical for any project manager.
For example, if there was a sudden holiday that was imposed,
your might want to add more manpower for the delayed tasks
to catch up with the project deadline.
During the project implementation plan, the project manager
should focus more on unfamiliar issues rather than the routine
tasks. These should be executed by a team member. Avoiding
the micro management by the project managers makes him or
her focus more on the real issues that might affect the cost,
deadline or scope of the project.
Return to the Project management skills page from the Project
Implementation Plan page
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