Monday, August 15, 2011

Document Sign-off & Review



This is a good way to manage your documents, and the expected involvement from stakeholders during the life of a project.

Usually, there are enormous amounts of documents being produced in a project, and at some point or aother they should be signed-off/accepted/reveiwed by someone. Sometimes, achieveing this can be a challenge, especially when the final sign-off needs to be gained from busy stakeholders. Much better, where possible, to set the expectation up front with those VIPs about how much work they will have to complete.

So, map all your documents, map the stakeholder groups, and work out who needs to review or accept. If you have a RACI, this will make your job easier. Then publish it to everyone on the list - you might not have identified everyone, and stakeholders might like to nominate representatives if they can see truly how much effort will be required. They might also cut their normally nominated representatives some slack when they see just how much involvement they need to have in the project.

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