Plan Checklist

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Plan Checklist

Checklist ensures a Project Plan is thoughful, appropriate and a good fit for the organization.
 
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  • Estimates are based on consultation with the resources, who will undertake the work, and/or historical data.
  • It is planned to an appropriate level of detail.
  • Team Managers agree that their part of the plan is achievable.
  • The plan conforms to required corporate or programme standards.
  • The Plan covers management and control activities as well as the activities to create the products in scope.
  • The plan incorporates any legal requirements.
  • The plan incorporates lessons from previous projects.
  • The plan is achievable.
  • The plan supports the management controls defined in the Project Initiation Documentation.

    • Project Start-Up Checklist

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    Project Start-Up Checklist

    Checklist covers an array of initial processes and decisions that are critical to the success of the project over time.
     
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  • Are customer's expectations set?
  • Are the project's stakeholders sufficiently represented by the Project Board?
  • Do role descriptions exist for each key appointment?
  • Do the Project Board members have sufficient authority, availability and credibility to direct the project?
  • Does the Project Mandate identify the prospective Project Executive?
  • Has a Daily Log been set up?
  • Has the initiation plan been approved?
  • Has the Lessons Log been set up?
  • Has the project approach been decided upon?
  • Has the Project Brief been produced?
  • has the Project Product Description been produced?
  • Have Lessons from previous similar projects been identified?
  • Have Project Managementteam roles been allocated for the...
    • Change Authority?
    • Executives?
    • Project Assurance?
    • Project Support?
    • Senior Suppliers?
    • Senior Users?
    • Team Managers?
  • Have suitable management controls been decided upon?
  • Have those people appointed confirmed their acceptance?
  • Is the Project Brief to Ambidexter Management's or your organization's standards?
  • Is there an outline Business Case?
  • Is there a stage plan for the initiation stage?
  • Was there a Project Mandate?
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    See also our template Project Initiation Document

    Theory of Constraints Projects Checklist

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    Topics: Theory | Constraints; Critical chain | Scheduling | Checklist

    Theory of Constraints Checklist

     
    Checklist to be used to deploy a sequence of improvement projects to address a resource constraint in a system.
     
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    • What is/are your system's resource constraint(s)?
    • In what ways can you exploit the system's constraint? What projects can you deploy to minimize the waste of the constraint?
    • In what ways can you subordinate everything else to the above projects that target the constraint? What projects can you deploy to maximize throughput of the constraint?
    • In what ways can you elevate, or lift the restriction, of the constraint? What projects can provide additional resources to the constraint?
    • Through these steps has your system's constraint been addressed? If so, return to the first question.
     
    Eliyahu M. Goldratt. "The Haystack Syndrome: Sifting Information Out of the Data Ocean". (North River Press, 1990), p. 59-63.
     
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    5 Pillar Supply Chain Analysis Checklist

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    Topics: Supply chain | Customer value | Checklist | Value

    5 Pillar Supply Chain Analysis Checklist

     
    Checklist to ensure your supply chain has the five elements that drive value.
     
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    • TALENT - Have you hired talented supply chain managers and created an environment in which they can develop and grow?
    • TECHNOLOGY - Have you completed a technology assessment of your organization and identified any gaps?
    • INTERNAL COLLABORATION - Are the supply chain function and other areas of your business (e.g. marketing, human resources) focused on meeting the needs of your customer in the most effective way possible?
    • EXTERNAL COLLABORATION - Do you collaborate effectively with your external vendors/upstream suppliers?
    • EFFECTIVELY GETTING THINGS DONE - Is your supply chain supported by effective project management and change management people and processes?
     
    Reuben Sloan et al. “The New Supply Chain Agenda” (Harvard Business Review Press, 2010).

    Customer Focus Supply Chain Strategy Checklist

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    Topics: Supply chain | Customers | CHecklist

    Supplier Forward Supply Chain Strategy Checklist

     
    Checklist to be used to develop a supply chain strategy by starting with the needs of your customers and working backwards.
     
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  • Have you assessed the supply chain needs of your customers?
  • Have you mapped your value stream flow to meet those needs?
  • Have you designed your internal operations to meet the needs of your customers?
  • Have you managed your upstream flow to support your internal operations?
  • Have you managed your suppliers to support the needs of your customers?
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    J. Paul Dittman. “Supply Chain Transformation: Building and Executing an Integrated Supply Chain Strategy” (McGraw-Hill, 2013), pp. 55.
     

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