Beth SpriggsHome Furnishings AssociationWoodbridge, Va, United States
When you are at the very beginning of initiating a project, what key questions do you ask Stakeholders and/or your project team at the outset of the project? Saving Changes...
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arlene trimbleAssistant IT Director| Local GovernmentAlamo, Ca, United States
Some of my questions...
1. Who is the Project Owner/Sponsor?
2. What are you seeking to accomplish? (Vision/Goals)
3. What are the business needs for this project? Why does this project exist.
4. What department (s) will this project impact?
5. Is this project a new project or an existing project?
6. When are you anticipating this project to start and/or finish? Is there a mandatory deadline?
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Elizabeth HarrinDirector| RebelsGuideToPM.comLondon, England, United Kingdom
I would say that this should be a interview process where having the business case in your hands you can sit with them and review the BC, questions will come during the interview and once we create this emotional connection you can start to questioning about intangible results and customer expectations which are not in the BC. Saving Changes...
One question that I've found critical is "how will you define project success? What will it look like?" (critical success factors). Great list of questions on your blog, Elizabeth! Saving Changes...
Ganesh KumarProgram ManagerBangalore., Karnataka, India
While its good have to have sets of questions however, some people may tend to make a checklist out of it and restrict their conversation to the set of questions only. Instead, it would be good what Nelson mentioned, that it would be question & answer kind of model, probing questions, which will help understand the project its expectations, requirements and outcome Saving Changes...
At the kickoff meeting, I like to ask people what they think are the biggest risks for the project. Not only does it help me with Risk Assessment, it also lets me know which Stakeholders might need to be involved with the Risk Management Plan, even if just as a courtesy copy. If you ask the Stakeholders what they're scared about, and then relieve their fears, you're going to have some strong allies during project execution. Saving Changes...
Rubaiyyaat AakbarHead of IT and Cybersecurity| DocDocSingapore, Singapore
In addition to above, couple of more should be around what are the limitation and constraints imposed by stake-holders and other factors Saving Changes...
