ICT PROJECT MANAGEMENT STATUS My value as an ICT project manager is measured in terms of my CAPABILITY to deliver the PROJECT RESULTS successfully according to the QUANTITY and QUALITY of EXPERIENCE expected by my STAKEHOLDERS and solution USERS. My capability is CONSTRAINED by the defined and agreed SCOPE based on SPECIFIED REQUIREMENTS. REQUIREMENT viewed as strategic and tactical conditions in order to FILL GAPS or to ACTUALIZE OPPORTUNITIES for improvement or development. My capability is LIMITED by TIME expectation, which prescribed the START DATE and END DATE to happen in order for the results of the project to have IMMEDIACY and RELEVANCE. My performance is CONDITIONED by the kind of available RESOURCES to support WORK and MATERIALS, and the BUDGETED COST allocated as INVESTMENT that will bring social and financial RETURNS. My results in RESTRICTED by required METRICS that speaks of numbers and quality. I have to comply with competency, process and technology standards which are used to benchmark the value of project methods, analytics, models, documentation, hardware, software, products and people. My decision is BOUND by rules, policies, procedures, decision-flow, inter-relationship and responsibility matrix. To get started, I must understand my project by filling up the thinking matrix to initiate, plan, execute, control and close my ICT PROJECT.

Tell the story of your project

01 PROJECT NAME Code Name or Descriptive Title

02.

Problem or Needs to Address

Gaps to be filled up Opportunities to be exploited

03 Stakeholders Whose interests are affected by the project

04 Goals

State or condition to be achieved

05 Outcomes

Objective results to be experienced

06 Critical Success Factors

What are to be made available

07 Critical Assumptions

Considered to be true

08 Competency

People, Process, Technology and Culture

09 Methods Management, Analysis, Valuation, Modeling, Data Gathering, Evaluation, Control and Monitoring

10 Standards

Procedures, Tools, Results, Metrics, Documentation, Financial, Templates

11 Risks What if – consequences and

mitigation

12 Governance Responsibility, Accountability, Expert and Work

13 Major Tasks

Scope of Work – Work Breakdown

14 Main Output Products, Artifacts, Deliverables

15 Duration Timeline, schedule

16 Resource Requirement

Input – Time and Material

17 Sourcing Strategy Acquisition and Procurement

18 Control and Metrics

Checkpoint, Quality and Quantity Standards Checklist

Permission is granted for free use: ICT Project Thinking Matrix John Macasio john@onecitizen.net