Step 2.3 Agree the Project Definition with your project customer

Completing the Project Definition is straightforward if you are working for yourself. It takes some good quality thinking time and should not be done in a rush. Do not under-estimate how much thought needs to go into your Project Definition. If you are unclear about any of the parts think about it some more. Whenever you start a project with the definition being incomplete, you are at the very least adding to the risk it will go wrong. It is like starting to build a house without any drawings of what the end result will look like. Any mistakes you make now will be magnified by the time the project is complete – so get it right now!

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