Successful projects are like good directions—they have step-by-step instructions on how to get from your origin to the destination. A good foundation with an efficient, lightweight, set standard work practice, aids greatly in the success of a project and establishes an effective project delivery methodology. This chapter has recipes to set up the project delivery phases for a consistent way to deliver, manage, and estimate the efforts for a project. Recipes include:
Creating Definition work practice
Creating Data Discovery work practice
Creating Development work practice
Creating Testing work practice
Creating Promote work practice
Creating Production work practice
Building a standard work breakdown structure
Identifying and quantifying the effort drivers
Creating your estimation tool