IT Project Management
Worksheet
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Low-Risk Project Lifecycle Worksheet
Name of the project:
Initiation:
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Write a short vision for your
project:
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What is your justification for your project?
What problem will it solve?
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Identify your Project Manager, Core Team and
Stakeholders:
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What resources (hardware, software,
services, people) do you envision needing?
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What is your preliminary budget? (attach a
breakdown)
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Has the team and stakeholders signed off on
the above? Yes No
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Planning:
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Attach a simple work plan with work
assignments, time line with cost estimates.
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If there are any special skills needed to
accomplish this project, what are they?
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What communication methods are you going to
use and how will it flow?
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Identify the risks inherent in this project,
and how do you plan to mitigate them?
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Executing:
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Write brief description of each of your
status reviews. (if more, use the back)
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What are some of your quality assurance
procedures?
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Monitoring/Controlling:
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Specify what parts of the execution are not
corresponding to the work plan.
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What corrective action(s) are you taking to
those processes not working according to the work plan?
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Are the corrective actions working? Yes
No (rework last two steps)
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Is the current plan workable for completion?
Yes No (adjust plan)
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Closing:
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Are the users and stakeholders satisfied?
Yes No
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List some of the lessons learned.
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Is there closure to the project? All loose
ends complete?
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