Summary: Improving Project

The process of taking on any business improvement project is sure to come with its trials and tribulations. Given that are always peaks and valleys in any project development lifecycle. It is the responsibility of the project manager, project team and the organization as a whole to learn from the project experience and apply the knowledge to future projects. Proper documentation of all negative and positive experiences of a project should be taken in order to develop strategies to handle similar occurrences on future projects. The participant of a Lessons Learned session could vary as insights could be obtained from all members at different levels of the project team. Individuals that are often involved in a Lessons Learned meeting are: investors,

The project integration phase was a huge success and jumpstarted the project on a positive note. The creation of a project charter helped breakdown the integration processes. Another thing that worked well on the project was our communication strategies with the project team, clients and vendors. Our approach to scope and risk management was also a big factor in the success of the project. The methods of quality, time and cost management were also quite successful and will be used as a guide to manage future projects. While there are positive takeaways from all aspects of the project, better strategies and approaches could have been taken to manage the human resources and procurement phases of the project. The success of the integration aspect was in part due to proper profiling and characterization of the project. A positive lesson learned about communication with clients was to define the scope of the project with full transparency to the client. The frequent communication with the client and soliciting their involvement in important decision making throughout the project allowed for mutual understanding of project