Outline Plan For Project Success
Once you have a clear vision of your overall success objective, then it is worth forming an outline plan of how you are going to achieve that success. At this stage, you may not have much idea of the detail anyway. Even for an outline plan, you may need to do some research first.For the sake of this illustration, let us assume your vision of success is to have your own business for
the first time, based at home and on the internet. This is an ambition shared by millions of people across the world.
Your initial research may show you that, in outline, you need to:
a. choose the type of online business that you want and in what market;b. learn about website design and building;
c. learn about internet marketing and offline marketing if not already known;
d. study people who have already succeeded in an online business;
e. work out a financial budget;
f. formulate a business plan based on the outcome of a, b, and c above, taking into account e. You conclude d. will be ongoing.
The above are just examples, and not comprehensive, but it is enough to give you a idea of how to get started. There are many methods of project management, which are mostly designed for big projects, but you could also include the following in your Project Success plan:
Consider the Risks
Risk assessment is a normal part of large project, but it can be just as critical for you, especially when it comes to assessing the financial implications and affect on close family. Discuss with your spouse and older children if possible; their support and understanding could be critical later.
Assessing Resources Required
The resources you will need will be a mix of time, free information, free software, paid for software, paid for services and other items of expenditure that are essential to your success. That is based only on your first assessment of what you need to have and to do. Always bear in mind that your personal success project will need to be flexible, as you will learn much as you go along and have to adjust your plan accordingly.Assigning and Managing Project Tasks
This may sound very simple: assign all tasks to yourself and carry them out yourself. But you are not that simple, and managing yourself is not that simple. In fact, you are are probably about the worse person you could wish to manage, until you train yourself not to be.While it is possible to contract out tasks, a golden rule of outsourcing is to first understand in detail what it is you are outsourcing. Leave that for later when you are accomplished in your new success role and fully understand the business you are in.
So, to begin with, assign yourself all the tasks, having first listed them all down. You will not have all the resources you need, as you will inevitably be lacking in certain areas of knowledge. Note down what those knowledge gaps are, as filling them will need to be built into a more detailed plan.
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