Mar 27, 2018 4:38 AM
Replying to Ramakrishnan Padmanabhan
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Hi Yuan,
First of all, congrats on landing yourself the project. I'm sure you have exciting times ahead of you.
Here are some things that I think will help you get started.
Know the business need for the Brand Protection project
1. Why was it started? - What are the threats to your specific brand currently?
2. What is the expected outcome? - What is the strategy to prevent competitors from exploiting your brand?
Know how the project is expected to fulfil the business need
1. What are the different stages in which the strategy is expected to be executed? - What is the project lifecycle that is being adopted to achieve it? What are the expected deliverables?
2. How are the other business functions involved in the project? - Know your stakeholders. What is their expectation? Create reports and dashboards for them based on this. Update them according to their requirement.
3. Find out which of the three - cost, timeline or output is critical in your project. Keep track of it periodically. Course correct accordingly. Eg. If there is a pressing business need to roll out the deliverables ASAP, then you may choose to seek more budget and resources to speed things up.
Do you have a PMO - If yes, find out from them about similar projects done at your company in other parts of the world. What were the best practices adopted, what were the mistakes committed and how they were handled? Try to learn from others experience as much as possible so that you can make newer mistakes and gather new experiences!
Hope this helps. If there's something else, feel free to ask. All the best!
Thanks,
Ram
