Addition Clause in Contract

For contracts longer than 12 months, you should have a clause to allow unknown technologies to be added. Particularly for high tech and IT projects. Part way through a long …

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Manage Risks

Identify and Manage Risks Properly This enables you to reduce or eliminate risks. Helps you make plans for each major risk. Reduces the possibility of things going wrong in the …

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Lessons Learned

Make sure to write the lessons learned for each project. This should include what has been done right, wrong, and what you would do differently if you could redo the …

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Know the Functional Managers

Get to know the functional managers within your organisation. They can be a wealth of information and knowledge. You will need to be able to communicate easily and comfortably with …

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Outsourcing

Recognise that outsourcing some tasks might be more efficient. Especially if your organisation is struggling to recruit enough people to fill needs (in a tight market). Paying an external expert …

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Resource Schedule

Know the resource schedule of your project and of your organisation. What if another large project will start part way through yours? Will this reduce the number of resources available …

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