Simon G's Blog

Photo credit: Jane Gianoutsos A contractor recently gave me some simple pearls of wisdom that are relevant beyond a contracting role and can apply to working on any project: Have 2-3 wins each week. Don't overstay your welcome. Deliver what you say you are going to deliver. Manage your stakeholders. I like the simplicity of these and the focus they drive.

I have been using a spreadsheet that I have been slowly extending over the years for recording and monitoring Issues, Risks, Assumptions, Questions and Decisions . I tend to store this in a central repository and encourage team members to add and update entries. I also encourage the recording of entries to be in terms that somebody in another team (business or technically-oriented) could read and understand. We then review this regularly, particularly with how we are tracking with closing out issues.  Below is a link to the template that you are welcome to use and customise as you need. The template can be downloaded at  http://www.scribd.com/doc/32966336/Issues-Risks-Assumptions-Questions-Decisions-template <p><p>Issues, Risks, Assumptions, Questions and Decisions Register Template</p></p>