Setting A Project Up For Success Before It Starts
steveparks
When projects fail it's amazing how often the seeds of failure can be traced back to decisions and events in the procurement process.
Project managers (both client and agency side) need to get involved as much as possible in this pre-project stage in order to help set things up well and steer the right decisions. These decisions include:
- What goes in the RFP
- What to ask vendors to do
- How to evaluate vendors
- How to assess delivery ability in particular
- How to check the 'chemistry' is right
- How to keep legal happy
Steve Parks has led large projects for clients in the media, finance, and public sector.