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Project start up

• List and categorise tasks – prioritise
• Terms of reference for task groups
• Communication programme
• Meetings schedule
• Project office

Project management

• Plans – project, communication, risk profile, issues log, milestones, deliverables, scope
• Critical success factors and measures of success
• Status reports
• Meetings: attendees, pre-read, schedules
• Project team: coaching, goals, resourcing
• Steering group terms of reference, membership
• Linkages, dependencies, exclusions
• Geographical locations of team members – virtual/co-located

Context

• Business situation/business reasons/business case
• Programme purpose and objectives
• Business deliverables
• Overall milestones
• Why are we doing the programme this way?

Control

• Reporting – via web site, weekly
• Deliverables, milestones
• Budgets
• On/off target
• Risks and issues log

Communication

• Web site – layout, features, protocols, controls, discussions, FAQs
• Policy updates e.g. branding
• Communication to/from the steering group
• Shareholders, analysts, other externals
• Internal briefings