PM Resources > Checklists

Matching people and skills to your project is tricky. Use this worksheet and checklist to help plan your resource requirements.

Make sure your IT projects are bulletproof. This checklist doubles as both a quality review plan and a risk assessment document.

You've decided to go outside your company for help on a project. Use this checklist when interviewing outside vendors, contractors and third-party development sources.

The project sponsor checklist describes ways for the project sponsor to provide commitment and project support in an effective, visible manner.

As a professional IT project manager, you are on the hook for a lot. Use this checklist to help you prepare and deliver your projects in the most professional manner possible.

Before you launch into the nitty-gritty details of your project plan, such as scheduling and resourcing, you had better make sure the project is in alignment with business objectives. Does it fit in with the existing business and technical environments of the enterprise? Is it even feasible? Does the customer approve of the proposed solution? Have you defined the solution clearly so you can plan it efficiently? Check it against this list.

Newly Revised Template! A mission statement is the summary of the project's vision. Make yours a good one! Here's a checklist to help you formulate it.

Code is a developer's signature on a software project, and not all developers play by the rules of good coding standards. Ensure that your development team leaves a coding legacy that not only implements the application at hand but can be understood by others and maintained during future development cycles.

A lot is riding on your project plan, such as the success of project itself, not to mention your career! Wouldn't it be nice to check to make sure it contains the basics from which to run your project?

Do you build it from scratch, or do you buy it off the shelf? This checklist will help you make an intelligent decision.

What bugs you about debugging? All those details, right? Use this checklist as a reminder to do certain things at a certain time.

Creating a project plan is an essential, multifaceted step in your software development project. Use this checklist to make sure you've addressed the critical components and the things you might not readily think of to create a plan that will ensure a successful project.

The best project managers are also excellent leaders. Use this checklist to evaluate your leadership skills as a project manager.

Buying a software package? How do you know which package best suits your business environment and which vendor will serve you best? This checklist will help you evaluate the key questions and tend to the important details of procuring the right packaged application.

Choosing package vendors is never easy. Let this checklist guide you in making that all important first cut.

An important part of developing an application is designing its overall architecture. Use this checklist as a measure of insurance that your software architecture design is sound and will properly enable and support the application and its users.

Outsourcing your software development project is risky, but it can be a cost-effective business move if you select your outsourcing partners very carefully. Use this checklist of criteria to evaluate a candidate vendor's reputation, stability, capability, cost and overall ability to deliver.

Take the temperature of your project every week with this checklist. Make adjustments to your plan or procedures if necessary to correct any deficiencies and keep the project on target and on time.

Is your project accomplishing its objectives? Perhaps it's off track. Don't waste resources and money. Instead, use this checklist to see if it should continue into the next phase and what you need to do to ensure its success.

Your project plan will determine how good (or bad) life will be for you and your team over the course of the project. A good project plan uses the proper inputs, addresses good planning practices, and is positioned for ongoing use through the life of the project. Put sufficient effort into the plan and double-check it against a guideline, such as this checklist.

This thorough and detailed assessment is a series of five checklists designed to guide you through the entire project lifecycle from start to finish: planning, analysis, design, construction and implementation.

Use this checklist to give a potential buyer of outsourcing services a clearer picture of what to expect from a provider. Each of these checklist items is a great conversation starter. Use them to uncover potential weaknesses that might cause difficulty later.

If you're about to enter into a contract, you need to understand the risks involved. Thoughtful pre-contract preparation, review and follow-up will go a long way toward keeping your company out of legal hot water.

Good leaders enhance leadership credibility when they run successful meetings. This comprehensive meeting checklist has been designed to help leaders prepare for success.

If you need a checklist for project management productivity, planning and conducting meetings, sales productivity, team productivity and training needs, click here.

This Data Quality Assurance Checklist highlights the major parts of the Quality Assurance Guidelines.