Project Selection – 7 steps to great process improvement results

As Benjamin Franklin puts it, “Failing to Plan is Planning for Failure”. Good project selection allows you to efficiently achieve effective results.

Prospective projects should:

1. Be Important to the Business – The projects must be linked to business goals and objectives.
2. Utilize a Project Charter – Utilizing a project charter forces you to be proactive with your project selection process.
3. Have a Chartering Manager or Champion – This individual provides direction and resource as part of the planning process.
4. Work a Process in your influence or control – Starting out, working a process in your control is much easier.  For the advanced, selecting projects that cut through areas outside your control can be challenging, but deliver bigger results.
5. Apply to a Process that can be Measured – You must be able to show quantifiable results
6. Scoped to fit the Time Frame – If it is too small, you miss opportunity.  If it is too big, look at splitting it into phases.
7. Utilize the Project Select tool – If there are many projects to select from, prioritize with the Project Selection tool.

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