Project Checklists for small to mid-sized IT projects

Kevin -

What is the purpose of the checklist and what is its scope? For example, a checklist might be there to ensure the "ducks are lined up" for kicking off a project vs. another which is there to ensure that a project following a predictive lifecycle has been sufficiently planned.

Kiron

Hi Kevin,

usually I advise my students to start with the project charter. And by following it, you have to manage the main topics :
- context
- business justifications
- objectives
- main deliverables
- milestones
- organization (team)
- major risks
- constraints and assumptions
- exclusions
After that you can start the tasks list.

I use a tool for that (Gouti) but it is not mandatory. You can of course manage this checklist by yourself.

Hope it helps you.

Christian

Hi Kiron,

Thanks for the reply!

The purpose here is for me is to ensure that a project following a predictive lifecycle, however with the recent changes to the upcoming exam I was starting to think if I need to re-shift my focus and start using more agile approaches, but that's something I'm still in the process of learning so I'm not too familiar with that yet.