{"id":298,"date":"2010-11-20T16:39:00","date_gmt":"2010-11-20T16:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/joapen.com\/blog\/2010\/11\/20\/improving-the-way-i-work-on-project-definitions\/"},"modified":"2010-11-20T16:39:00","modified_gmt":"2010-11-20T16:39:00","slug":"improving-the-way-i-work-on-project-definitions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joapen.com\/blog\/2010\/11\/20\/improving-the-way-i-work-on-project-definitions\/","title":{"rendered":"Improving the way I work on Project Definitions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>2<span style=\"font-family: inherit;\"> months ago I did&nbsp;a project definition trying to&nbsp;improve the way I do it. I focused on:<\/span> <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">Doing a&nbsp;well defined WBS,<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">Dividing the &#8220;Build&#8221; phase in different waves,<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">Defining clear milestones at the end of each WBS package,<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">Test activities on all packages,<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">Include client activities and participation in each WBS package.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">Once defined it, the rest of the activities were very easy:&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">Estimation,<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">Planning,<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">Detail client activities and participation,<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">trace testing plan<\/span><\/li>\n<li>&#8230;.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">Invest time for doing a good WBS is a we invested time.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>This project, once approved was assigned to a project manager that reviewed all the documentation and was happy to see that all project management best practices were on those documents.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>We also have detected things to be improved, so I&#8217;m happy about it too.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2 months ago I did&nbsp;a project definition trying to&nbsp;improve the way I do it. 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