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TABLE 2.4 Checklist: Use of Project Management Methods (to be Adapted for
Each Company) (Continued)
Methods for Project Controlling Small Project Project

Project controlling reports
• Project progress reports Must Must
• Earned value analysis Can Can
• Project trend analyses Can Can
• Project score card (plus interpretations) Must Must
Project controlling
• To-do lists Must Must
Adaptation of the project documentation
• Adaptation of the project management documentation Must Must
Methods for Resolving a Project Discontinuity Small Project Project
• Definition of the project discontinuity Must Must
• Planning immediate measures Must Must
• Cause analysis Must Must
• Planning alternative resolution strategies Must Must
• Planning additional measures Must Must
• Ending the project discontinuity Must Must

Methods for the Project Close-Down Small Project Project
Planning of measures
• To-do list: Remaining work Must Must
• Designing the environment relationships Must Must
• To-do list: Postproject phase Must Must
• Adaptation business case analysis Can Must
Know-how transfer
• Project close-down report Must Must
• Special reports Can Can
• Actual project management documentation Must Must
• Project presentation Can Can

• Articles in newsletters, on homepage, in journals Can Can
• Exchange of experience workshop Can Can
Assessment of performance
• Evaluation of project success Must Must
• Assessment of the members of the project organization Can Must
Symbolic actions in the project close-down
• “Social” end event Can Must
• Closing project cost center Must Must
• Project acceptance certificate Must Must
Designing the Project Management Process Small Project Project
Project communication
• Kick-off meeting Must Can
• Project workshop Can Must
• Project team meetings Must Must
IT support
• Project management software Must Must