What are best practices...................................................................................... 3
Hoofdstuk 1: Best practices.................................................................................... 3
Advantages...................................................................................................... 3
Why go for best practices?.................................................................................. 3
Prothoughts squeezed all in 10 best practices.................................................3
Lists..................................................................................................................... 6
Project features................................................................................................. 12
Hoofdstuk 2: Project charter................................................................................. 12
Is it a project?.................................................................................................... 12
Project constraints............................................................................................. 12
The triple constraint.......................................................................................... 12
Project management expertise..........................................................................13
Project life cycle................................................................................................ 14
International framework for PM.........................................................................15
PMBOK............................................................................................................... 15
What is the project charter?.............................................................................. 17
Importance of the project charter.....................................................................17
What is included in a project charter.................................................................17
How to write a project charter...........................................................................18
5 tips on writing a project charter.....................................................................18
Project requirements......................................................................................... 19
Hoofdstuk 3: Project plan...................................................................................... 19
Work Breakdown Structure (WBS).....................................................................20
Project schedule planning................................................................................. 20
Activity list......................................................................................................... 20
Milestones......................................................................................................... 21
The network diagram........................................................................................ 21
, Hoofdstuk 1: Best practices
What are best practices
From best practice to proven practice
Best practices are there to help you guide your business
They begin with techniques, methods that work well
People adopt these best practices and integrate them into the processes
no longer best practice, but proven practice
“Best practices” also includes something like “we are currently working in
the wrong way”
Advantages
1. Transfer of knowledge
2. Better communication
3. Time and cost savings
4. Better process quality
5. Better team work
6. Better position on the market
7. International approach of labor
8. Better monitoring and controlling
9. More efficient and objective audit
Why go for best practices?
Enhance project efficiency
Minimize risks
Ensure stakeholder satisfaction
Stay within budget and timelines
Foster team collaboration
Drive continuous improvement
Prothoughts squeezed all in 10 best practices
Clear project objectives and scope
Guiding projects to success
Defining projects objectives and scope
Objectives are roadmap for project team
Define project boundaries: what is included, excluded
Importance of having a clear project focus
Clarity enables effective decision making
Reduces the chances of confusion
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