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By: Matt

Matt — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 08:02:49 +0000

TJ: I’ve found these two books especially helpful on project management, each of which gives some treatment to the concept of deliverables: The Art of Project Management (now called Making Things Happen) and Teach Yourself Project Management in 24 Hours. Also, the Project Management Professional Study Guide by Kim Heldman, et. al. (it’s basically an 800 page textbook, but it reads very well).

I can’t think of any resources off hand that focus in very much on multinational projects, although the PMP Study Guide mentioned above does hit on the multinational side of things off and on.

By: TJ

TJ — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 04:36:14 +0000

This issue is painfully relevant to us. Even the non-deliverable deliverable must be outlined and projected clearly, else the scope or client expectations run amok. Can you recommend some basic tools for guiding the defining of deliverables, particularly in multinational projects where English is the trade language?

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 18:37:32 +0000

Duncan,

Defining (at least in your head) how the deliverable can/will be used makes a lot of sense. That has an effect on the nature of the deliverable.

Defining the “non-delivered deliverables” — that is, the work products that aren’t passed on, but are inputs in your process of creating those that are — is also essential.

Matt

By: Duncan

Duncan — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 16:04:43 +0000

Matt -

nice post – My only comment is along w/defining the deliverables expectation of what those more “untangentialble” deliverables should be defined…

I guess this applies more to a written report or something that a physical deliverable is not presented to the person…

being a consulting engineer – i found that defining just deliverable has failed me more times then i care to admit… now i define the expectation of how the deliverable can/will be used…

hope that makes sense…