Chapter 18: Directing a project Flashcards
Directing a Project Purpose
Ensures the project board is accountable for success, making key decisions and overall control while delegating day-to-day management to the project manager.
Directing a Project Objective
Ensures authority to initiate, deliver, close the project, maintain viability, and manage post-project benefits.
Directing a Project Process
Triggered by the request to initiate, monitors via reports, and manages by exception, not daily activities.
Project Board Role
Provides unified direction, engages with corporate/programme management, and ensures alignment with strategy.
Project Board Decision-Making
Monitors through decision points, communicates with stakeholders, and ensures no conflicting advice to the project manager.
Communication Management Approach
Defines how the project board acts as a communication channel with corporate or customer.
Project Board Advice and Guidance
Offers informal advice and formal direction, with the project manager seeking guidance when needed.
Agile Direction vs PRINCE2
In agile, steering and direction are usually handled by a product owner or sponsor.
PRINCE2 Agile Direction
Ensures management by exception and supports self-organizing teams, with progress reports focused on delivery.
Project Board in Agile
Information flows are regular, rich, and informal, with the board attending demos and making decisions based on actual progress.
Agile Decision-Making
Decisions are made using information pulled from the project, not just formal reports.
Project Benefits in Agile
Benefits are often delivered during the project, with the rationale behind agile delivery understood by stakeholders.
Agile Concepts for Directing
Use techniques like information radiators, collaboration, empowering teams, and using tolerances to manage agile projects.
Directing a Project Summary
The project board ensures viability and direction, empowering teams for quick decision-making and maintaining project focus in an agile context.
