Integrated Project Management

Notes on the Project Launch

The basic principle of IPM is plan the work and then work the plan. When IPM principles have been followed, the project is well planned in detail by the time the sponsor signs off on the complete statement of work and the baseline Gantt chart. All of the task leaders for the project have been involved in the planning and now understand the plan. All have or have ready access to the complete and detailed basic Gantt chart and the statement of work. Now there is nothing to it. The team proceeds to follow the plan and to complete the project to specifications, on time and within budget.

Strangely enough, this is very often not the way it happens. After having carefully planned the project, many task leaders and task workgroups ...