I will go further than Gruss on #5. The client should sign off on any significant deviation from the original plan budget, and work should not proceed until she/she has done so. Horror stories result from ignoring this.
Shameless plug -- the upcoming issue of FAQU is entirely devoted to business development issues and contains a long meditation by Jeff Garza on consulting contracts. Dana On 2/8/07, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Bruce wrote: > > have found to be most useful. Anything relating to good project > management > > and business analysis would be great. > > > > Well, there's the PMBOK which is the overal project management bible. > Specific to IT projects, this book is great IMO: > > http://tinyurl.com/3djopk > > Overall I'd give a few pieces of advice: > > 1.) Gather SPECIFIC business requirements and maintain a requirements > traceability matrix (RTM). This should allow you to map BRs to your > changes to your testing (unit, system, UAT) and verify in production. > ReqPro is good software for this. > > 2.) Gather realistic estimates and make sure everyone understands what > they are and why. > > 3.) Create a project plan and make sure there's a WBS on it. MAINTAIN IT! > > 4.) Have walkthroughs with your teams at each milestone which should > include BR completion, SA completion, High level and low level design, > test cases, and UAT. > > 5.) Make sure you're keeping a log of any deviations from the agreed > plan, why they happened, who agreed to them, etc. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http:http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:227420 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
