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Design Your Project to Reach the Finish Line: Leverage Major Deliverables

by Lynda Curtin, The Opportunity Thinker

Major Deliverables provide you with a design outline of how you are going to organize the relevant project work so that you can get to the finish line with your new idea. 

Menu of Major Deliverables: This menu is to help you spark your thinking about how you want to design your project. Be thorough in your design. Design to avoid problems. Keep in mind a lot of work activities need to be completed to complete a major deliverable.

Tip: Write Major Deliverables in past tense – promote accomplishment. 

Menu of Major Deliverables

·          Equipment Purchased

·          Production Line Installed

·          Competitive Shop Completed

·          New Customers Identified

·          Customer Samples Delivered

·          POS Materials Distributed

·          Demonstrations Scheduled

·          Free Samples Distributed

·          Existing Customers Notified

·          Marketing Campaign Developed

·          Language Translation Completed

·          Safety Requirements Met

·          Licenses Secured

·          Communication Plan Established

·          Locations Chosen

·          Staff Hired

·          Obsolescence Planned

·          Transition Planned

·          P.R. Campaign Implemented

·          Web Strategy Developed

·          Packaging Ordered

·          Initial Orders Placed

·          Pilot Run Conducted

·          Website Launched

·          Product Literature Updated

·          Specification Approved

·          Production Line Modified

·          Production Staff Trained

·          Production Materials Ordered

·          Production Scheduled

·          Production Process Documented

·          Sales People Trained

·          Project Financials Tracked

·          Assembly Instructions   Completed

·          Service Technicians Trained

·          Spare Parts Ordered

·          Subcontractors Selected

·          Use and Care Guides Written

·          System Requirements Met

·          Distribution Channels Selected

·          Testing Completed

·          Project Debriefed


What other major deliverables can you add to this list? Keep in mind that each major deliverable is completed when its to-do list of related work activities are complete.  

©2002. The Opportunity Thinker. 

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