2.4 TenStep
TenStep is a company that has developed methodology products and can then support these products with a variety of training and consulting services. Its headquarter is situated in Atlanta, Georgia. The company has support for the methodology in over than 15 languages worldwide.
According to TenStep inc.: “The TenStep Project Management Process is a methodology for managing work as a project. It is designed to be as flexible as you need to manage your project. For instance, it may not make sense to spend a lot of time on risk management for a project that requires 500 hours of effort and is similar to many projects that were done before. That does not imply that you ignore potential risks - just that you do not spend as much time as you might on another project (for instance, one where you were implementing new technology). This flexible and scalable approach is visible throughout the TenStep process and is one area that differentiates this methodology from others.”
In order to support the objective, the TenStep process assigns the first two of its ten steps to planning the project, even though the project is re-planned on an ongoing basis as a part of the third step. The other eight steps of the methodology are committed to manage the execution of the project. The TenStep methodology focuses all of its steps on the activities of the project manager.
? Step 1 ? Define the work
The project charter has to be created but depending on the size of the project this step does not require a very long and detailed one.
? Step 2 ? Build the schedule and budget
Based on the project charter from Step 1, the schedule has to be made to ensure that all the team members will know what they have to do and the budget will show the ...