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Broxbourne Solutions are experts in Project Management and the use of controlled, methodical procedures to ensure that any project achieves:
- It’s objectives - agreed and acknowledged at the start
- It’s delivery on time, planned and structured from the on set
- It’s delivery on budget, known and agreed from day one.
We work to a number of methodologies including PRINCE 2. The actual methodology is almost irrelevant, what is crucial is it’s ability to deliver the objectives, on time and within budget, in the working environment of those involved.
It is not the function of this web-site to discuss project management (although we are working on a similar information resource on project management - so watch this space). But remember development of an e-Assessment system should be approached as a project, with all the organisation, planning, control, communication and leadership that a good project management undertaking should deliver.
It is worth defining some characteristics of a project, and to do this we are going to borrow from Kipling’s six little friends
Why
- It should be problem solving or opportunity taking
- There could be lots of reasons why the problem or opportunity has arisen from government policy to breakdown of an old system.
What
- One of the key elements at the start is the level of uncertainty, we may have a goal or destination but how, when and who arrives there will need to be worked through
- And typically there is always a range of options or alternatives, decision must be made, and often justified.
Who
- Investment of resources whether they are internal, external, man or machine.
- Assignments for specific roles
- And assignment over specific time scales and at specific times
How
- One rule it ‘Designed before built’ – PLAN what you are going to do before you start.
When
- One-off - fixed time period
Where
- Towards clearly defined and agreed objectives or goals
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