Let me set the context for this post about the project charter: By now, the team knows what it has to accomplish because they have a product vision. The next question is: How will the team manage their risks to achieve those outcomes? That's where I recommend a team define its project driver, up to […] The post Project Charter Part 2: Clarify the Project Driver, Boundaries, and Constraints for This Project appeared first on Johanna Rothman.| Johanna Rothman
Does your team have an overarching goal for its work—a product vision? Too many teams do not. The whole point of a project is to deliver a useful product that satisfies its customers. I like to think about projects as a container of some product value. That means that a given release does not need […] The post Project Charter Part 1: Write (And Test) a Product Vision for This Project appeared first on Johanna Rothman.| Johanna Rothman
When Mark, my husband, and I moved into this house a decade ago, we faced the problem many other people face: what to keep and what to toss (or recycle, etc.). Mark had a particularly difficult time with the kitchen drawer that held all the old baby dishes and utensils. I wanted to toss everything […]| Johanna Rothman
