Re: Workspace vs Projects (WAS Re: Forums)
Chris H <[email protected]>
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On July 28, 2004 12:16 am, Dustin Machi wrote: > Chris, thanks for the detailed response, I never expected so much :) Your welcome. Its an interesting project. To keep it short, two exercises that I have found very helpfull during the planning and definition phase of any project. 1. plot the perceived workflow on paper working in concentric layers expanding through the various organizational levels...this is a verymuch needed exercise to understand the typical business processes that an organization deploys, documented or non documented...:) 2. Once you understand the workflow as it exists, then consider defining and redefining the "communications" requirements and trial them during a pilot. Redefine once you have some working or empirical data to meet requirements as you defined them based on your assessment of item 1 above. These two elements, for me at least, are key to defining a projects requirements and scope regardless and independently of what a client defines on paper. Its my personal check of their version of reality..:) They always get what they want but it keeps me informed on the implications and reprocussion of decisions reached that I have no control over as I can typically only recommend...:) /ch -- OpenGroupware.org Discussion [email protected] http://mail.opengroupware.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss