Click Inter Project Dependency Log to get your Word 2003 template.
So what is an Inter Project Dependency (IPD)?
It is where Projects become so intertwined that one portion of one project cannot begin or be continued unless a part of another project has been completed.
Alternatively, it can be described as the relationship between a key event in a Controlling project and another key event in a Dependent project.
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Before we can start discussing the “How” we need to first workout the “What”. In the context of Benefits Realisation Management (BRM) what do we mean by the word “Measure” :-
A measure is a metric whose change in the desired direction helps to confirm that the related benefit or dis-benefit is being realised.
In other words a measure is the thing which will be tracked and monitored in order to establish when a benefit has been realised (for example the production cost value). It is not:-
- The actual value i.e. £ 3million
- The Target Improvement i.e. – 30%
- The means of measurement i.e. financial review
- The benefit i.e. reduced production costs.
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Posted by Kevin Brady on Fri 31st October 2008 at 12:59 PM, Filed in Industry News
In my view great presentations are based around 8 ground rules:-
1. Know your audience
2. Tell them
3. What they’re going to see
4. What they’re seeing
5. What they saw (summary)
6. Maintain eye contact with key people in the audience
7. Do not read each viewgraph/slide; paraphrase the main ideas
8. Avoid slides that
a. Are too cluttered
b. Talk down to the audience
c. Are too ostentatious
d. Cannot be read by everyone in the room
9. Leave enough time for each slide’s message to sink in
10. Be careful about interruptions
11. Generally, hand out hard copies at the end, not at the beginning
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Posted by Kevin Brady on Mon 27th October 2008 at 06:09 PM, Filed in Templates
To download please click > EVA Project Profile Template
More and more these days organisations are using Earned Value Analysis (EVA) to monitor the performance of their projects and programmes of work for the reasons I detailed in my post “Why Should I Use Earned Value Analysis”.
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Posted by Kevin Brady on Thu 23rd October 2008 at 12:35 PM, Filed in Templates
Click Clarety Benefits Map Template to get your Visio download.
The completion of the attached template is an essential aspect of the Benefits Realisation Process for a project or programme of work. The completion of this document is all about defining WHAT (The Benefits Required) and the HOW (the Benefits Dependency Map) they are to be delivered through change. The map components requiring completion run as follows:-
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