Taming Chaotic Project Management - Develop a project classification scheme by Anticlue

As one begins to rollout the practice of project management, it is wise to develop a project classification scheme. To be frank, your non-supporters will look at the level of communication through formal documentation and explain to the hillside that this is just too much documentation. The argument of the empower to discern what is needed to help manage the project becomes unclear to those unfamiliar with the project management process.

In order to help these individual in the adoption of a repeatable project management process, it is important group projects based upon their similarities. After all one size does not fit all, which explains why I haven't fit into a size 2 for decades.

A proposed project classification scheme by characteristics

• Organizational Adoption Risk Assessment - Establish the level of risk for the business adopting the solution in a timely manner. It may be best to start with high, medium, and low ranges.
• Number of Dependent Projects - Ascertaining the dependent projects for this effort (none, one, two, three, four or more)
• Business Benefits - Establish the ROI and VOI for the solution, it will be best to level set the item in (Critical, High, Medium, Low, Minimal)
• Project Length - Ascertain the proposed length of the implementation under 3 months, 3 to 6 months, 6 to 9 months, a year, over a year.
• Technology Familarity - Determine the technology familiarity (Bleeding Edge, first used in the industry, first time used here, staff has familiarity, legacy)
• Number of Different Vendors - Establish the amount of different vendors who need to interrelate for this project to be completed.
• Number of Different Departments Impacted - Establish number of facilities, department, and individuals affected.
• Project Cost - The total cost, capital and operating, of the endeavor. I'd also include operating salaries. After all we don't work for free.
• Implementation Hours - The amount of vendor and your implementation hours.

Takeaway points

Further Readings on Taming Chaotic Project Management:

• The Top Ten Characteristics of a Chaotic Project Management Environment


• Find out how many active projects are in flight.


• Establish your organization's current and desired need of Healthcare IT


• Collaborate on Prioritization Decision Criteria


• Have a defined and approved process to accept work.


• How to stop running the daily meeting marathon


• Using the WBS to define deliverables


• How to know when you have a project and when you do not


• 8 Training Tips on how to develop project schedules


• Introduce a Scope Change Management Process


• Introduce a Benefits Management Process


• Top 5 benefits to a project dashboard


• Growing up from a functional to a matrix model


• Stop doing projects which have no benefits

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