Ah, the ties that bind! A good contract will protect everyone's interests, and that includes the subcontractor's, too. Spell out all arrangements in detail, and know what both sides are getting into. Note: This contract is no substitute for legal advice.
A project management plan also requires attention to staffing needs that will come up during the life of a proposed project. Here is a document that will help you get down on paper the names of pertinent personnel and the responsibilities they'll be on the hook for.
Project teams are often faced with the need to quickly make decisions and are often called upon to defend and explain their decision-making process. A simple weighted matrix of choices can be a team-building activity and provide traceability for critical business decisions. This sample Matrix should be used in conjunction with the article Using a Decision Matrix for Group Problem Solving.
Use this sample Excel Gantt Chart to track project task progress based on your entered start and projected/actual end dates, along with your entered precent progress complete for each task.
This sample template is an example of a completed Job Function Description for a position in the construction industry. You can modify it to apply to other industries/projects/positions. It should be used to write in details on the roles and responsibilities of key team members. It can be used for any project and it is very useful in properly identifying the exact responsibilities required from each key team member.
This is a sample meeting agenda for a meeting of a project steering committee. Not only is it brief and succinct, but it tells you what you need to discuss in a typical meeting, why and in what order.
The one constant we can count on in life is change, and that goes for project management, too. Use this form to request and document changes to your project.
Here's an excellent example of a project costing schedule for an IT project with an emphasis on personnel costs.
You need more than a boss idea to make a project come to life. You need a project plan solidly rooted in a business case.
Is your company about to select and implement a new information system? This sample RFP, taken from real life, was originally designed to address the current and future financial, trading and distribution operations needs of a large international company dealing with foreign countries, languages and currencies. But even if you don't have a large, international business, you'll find lots of good ideas on how to write your own killer RFP.
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