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Session 2.1: Milestone Planning
Professor J Rodney Turner
Visiting Professor
Henley Management College
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Milestone Planning
Breakdown
Milestone planning
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Portfolio
Objectives
Portfolio
Strategy
Program
Objectives
Program
Strategy
Project
Objectives
Project
Strategy
Work area
Objectives
Work area
Strategy
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Project strategy
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Team
Objectives
Team
Strategy
Individual
Objectives
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Programme
Project
Area of work
Work package
Activity
Task
Item
Step
Deliverable
Duration
Development
Opportunities
Project Objective
Milestone
Component
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Quarters
Quarters
Months
Weeks
Days
Hours
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Breakdown
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Intermediate states
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Work
Area
Activities
- work on one milestone can
can begin before the
previous is achieved
Work
Area
x
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Work
Area
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Is understandable to everyone
Is logical with decisions and work packages
in the right order
Is controllable, both quantitatively and
qualitatively
Focuses on necessary decisions
Gives an overview at the right level
Has neutralised milestone descriptions,
giving solutions not techniques
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Choosing milestones
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Stage gates
Product delivery
Quality checks
Key decisions points
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Points to note:
Early on four milestones finish on 1 April. Three
are not less than one day, the four overlap in time.
It is clear that those four are critical. The one in
parallel, SY1, is not critical.
Milestone SY4 is indeterminate in size at the start.
But the milestone can be defined, even though the
work cant. Putting a date is part of risk analysis.
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