Wild enthusiasm and project phases
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GRIEF CYCLE / PROJECT PHASES / FACING REALITY PROJECT STAGES GRIEF STAGES DEMMING CYCLE REMARKS ASSUMPTION THAT NORMAL PROJECT MNGMNT WILL OCCUR UNCRITICAL ACCEPTANCE N/A NOT WELL BEGUN - NOT 1/2 DONE ASSUMPTION THAT ALL WILL BE WELL Excessiveness happiness, new job, excitement. WILD ENTHUSIASM DO (No formal Plan) RUSHING TO WAIT DENIAL DISILLUSION - MENT DO IN A HOLE SHOCK CHAOS, CONFUSION DISORDER DO IN A HOLE AND DIGGING ANGER (I) SEARCH FOR THE GUILTY CHECK HERO TRIES / EGOTIST HIDES ANGER (II) PUNISH THE INNOCENT CHECK HERO DIES, EGOTIST BLAMES DEPRESSION DEFINITION OF REQUIREMENTS Reading of contract, requirements CHECK REALITY FACED BARGAINING / DIALOGUE / DISCUSSION PROMOTION OF NON-INVOLVED ACTION (I) AUDIT BY NEW STAFF WITH A MANDATE PLANNING ACCEPTED NORMAL PROJECT BEHAVIOUR PLANNING AS PER RECOGNISED NORMS PLAN (II) FORMAL PLAN (7Ps) RECOVERY PLAN EXECUTION 'GOOD' PROJECT MANAGEMENT EXECUTION AS PER NORMS DO NEW BEGINNING Execution using Plan - Do - Check - Action / Milestones (Inchstones to put job back on-track) PROJECT PHASES (Sad but true of many Projects, the time frame can be short or long depending on when reality is faced) PROTRACTED PROJECT INITIATION (Quite often more true than many people realise, or would like to admit) A HARD LESSON IN REALISING & FACING REALITY "It's early in the Project" "All jobs start of badly" "Things will get better, they can't get worse…" "How did this happen' "Surely we have a process/procedure for this" "But all these experienced people, surely we can…" "What did we do on the last job?" "Who put the bid/contract/proposal together?" "Who costed / resourced / negotiated the job" "Who was meant to be reporting / managing / checking this project" "Why didn't Mr. X raise this issue earlier / before" "Who reported this…why didn't they make it more apparent there was a problem" "The report should have been sent formally, not just by email / verbally / in a meeting" "We have to do what?!" "How on earth can we explain this to the Management" "We need who on the team/…do you know there charge rate!" "They want what, when, " "You mean all of this is deemed to be included" "They want what codes/standards/methods used" "We need to do an audit, compliance matrix" "I will need to send a report to the Board/Director" "What do we need to do and what contingency do we have' "Can we provide some alternative solutions?" "What experienced people are out there who can fix this" New people working together, Use of last job experience/systems/processes/methods No time planning just doing - "action without a plan is a nightmare"/ fail to plan - plan to fail Borrowing previous methods and 'adapting' to suit, no project plan developed, Wading into the swamp rather than planning how to drain it Finding that you are surrounded by alligators rather than draining the swamp. Lack of Admin support / No process for reports-documents-purchases-etc No start up plan - new people 'lost' in the aftermath of the initial wild enthusiasm Client complaints as no visible order process. Duplication of effort, gaps in work, Somebody, Everybody, Anybody and Nobody blame each other. Work is not being done and absence of a tangible plan becomes evident Client / Team sense that problems occurring. Inconsistencies in work, targets not being met, quality not being met, resources not being provided. Senior management ignoring issues Senior management made to be made aware. Kick-off Meeting, Press Release, Party, Announcements Team assembled and given a deadline, Work Starts - Just Do It Requirements, Work B'down Structure, Organisational B'down Structure, Cost B'down Structure, Risk B'down Structure Schedule and Sequence, Dependencies, Formal Plan and Baseline
Transcript of Wild enthusiasm and project phases
GRIEF CYCLE / PROJECT PHASES / FACING REALITY
PROJECT STAGES GRIEF STAGES DEMMING
CYCLE REMARKS
ASSUMPTION THAT NORMAL PROJECT MNGMNT WILL OCCUR
UNCRITICAL ACCEPTANCE N/A
NOT WELL BEGUN - NOT 1/2 DONE
ASSUMPTION THAT ALL WILL BE WELL
Excessiveness happiness, new job, excitement.
WILD ENTHUSIASM
DO (No formal Plan)
RUSHING TO WAIT
DENIAL DISILLUSION - MENT DO IN A HOLE
SHOCKCHAOS,
CONFUSION DISORDER
DOIN A HOLE AND DIGGING
ANGER (I) SEARCH FOR THE GUILTY CHECK
HERO TRIES / EGOTIST HIDES
ANGER (II) PUNISH THE INNOCENT CHECK
HERO DIES, EGOTIST BLAMES
DEPRESSION DEFINITION OF REQUIREMENTS
Reading of contract, requirements CHECK REALITY
FACED
BARGAINING / DIALOGUE / DISCUSSION
PROMOTION OF NON-INVOLVED ACTION (I)
AUDIT BY NEW STAFF WITH A MANDATE
PLANNING
ACCEPTED NORMAL PROJECT BEHAVIOUR
PLANNING AS PER RECOGNISED
NORMSPLAN (II)
FORMAL PLAN (7Ps) RECOVERY PLAN
EXECUTION 'GOOD' PROJECT MANAGEMENT
EXECUTION AS PER NORMS DO NEW
BEGINNINGExecution using Plan - Do - Check - Action / Milestones (Inchstones to put job back on-track)
PROJECT PHASES (Sad but true of many Projects, the time frame can be short or long depending on when reality is faced)P
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"It's early in the Project""All jobs start of badly""Things will get better, they can't get worse…"
"How did this happen'"Surely we have a process/procedure for this""But all these experienced people, surely we can…""What did we do on the last job?"
"Who put the bid/contract/proposal together?""Who costed / resourced / negotiated the job""Who was meant to be reporting / managing / checking this project"
"Why didn't Mr. X raise this issue earlier / before""Who reported this…why didn't they make it more apparent there was a problem""The report should have been sent formally, not just by email / verbally / in a meeting"
"We have to do what?!" "How on earth can we explain this to the Management""We need who on the team/…do you know there charge rate!""They want what, when, ""You mean all of this is deemed to be included""They want what codes/standards/methods used"
"We need to do an audit, compliance matrix""I will need to send a report to the Board/Director""What do we need to do and what contingency do we have'"Can we provide some alternative solutions?" "What experienced people are out there who can fix this"
New people working together, Use of last job experience/systems/processes/methods No time planning just doing - "action without a plan is a nightmare"/ fail to plan - plan to failBorrowing previous methods and 'adapting' to suit, no project plan developed, Wading into the swamp rather than planning how to drain it
Finding that you are surrounded by alligators rather than draining the swamp.Lack of Admin support / No process for reports-documents-purchases-etcNo start up plan - new people 'lost' in the aftermath of the initial wild enthusiasm
Client complaints as no visible order process.Duplication of effort, gaps in work, Somebody, Everybody, Anybody and Nobody blame each other.Work is not being done and absence of a tangible plan becomes evident
Client / Team sense that problems occurring. Inconsistencies in work, targets not being met, quality not being met, resources not being provided.Senior management ignoring issues
Senior management made to be made aware.
Kick-off Meeting, Press Release, Party, AnnouncementsTeam assembled and given a deadline, Work Starts - Just Do It
Requirements, Work B'down Structure, Organisational B'down Structure, Cost B'down Structure, Risk B'down StructureSchedule and Sequence, Dependencies, Formal Plan and Baseline
