Project Planning Strategies and Tools

A great site where the writer reconciles competing frameworks and terminology in the project management “Best Practices”. Ideas here are implemented in project plans for building websites

Includes:
Project Management Frameworks
Project Phases and Milestones
Why: Project Goals
S.M.A.R.T., an acronym attributed to James Lewis' book Fundamentals of Project Mgmt
Specific
Measurable
Actionable
Realistic
Time-limited
What: Product Outcomes
What: Product Deliverables
How: Project Processes
Level of Process Maturity (CMM)
How: Roles and Deliverables
Project Workflows and Roles
How: Project Tasks
Whoa: Project Risks
Tradeoffs - Risk Management

Tracking and maintaining a project plan.
* Measurement of progress for each dimension
o Percentage of schedule elapsed & remaining
o Percentage of budget used & remaining
o Percentage of project output completed (earned value) & remaining
o Actual versus plan/baseline/original estimates
* The effect of updates to the plan

Best Practices
John Keen's suggestions:

1. Implement in incremental phases
2. Start with 1 or 2 non-mission critical systems
3. Begin with minimal application integration
4. Understand roles and responsibilities for all affected organizations
5. Conduct workshops to gather requirements and educate
6. Include business and technical representatives
7. Identify key technical challenges & risks
8. Include all communities in test planning & execution

in reference to:

"John Keen's suggestions: Implement in incremental phases Start with 1 or 2 non-mission critical systems Begin with minimal application integration Understand roles and responsibilities for all affected organizations Conduct workshops to gather requirements and educate Include business and technical representatives Identify key technical challenges & risks Include all communities in test planning & execution"
- Project Planning Best Practices (view on Google Sidewiki)