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---
layout: post
title: "Project Week One"
date: 2023-09-08
date: 14-09-2023
author: Catherine Pratt
---

by Catherine Pratt
How a seasoned pro lays the \[x\] foundations for project success during
week 1 of a project

How a seasoned pro lays the foundations for project success during the first week of a project
**About this series** - the Scott Logic practitioner's guides are designed to be
small practical guides for IT professionals. We draw on our collective
experience to tackle topics that we don't feel are addressed elsewhere.
Our hope is that these little 'value adds' will help you just as much as
they have helped us.

**About this series** - The Practitioner's Guides are designed to be small practical guides for IT professionals - authored by the team at [Scott Logic](https://www.scottlogic.com/). We draw on our collective experience to tackle topics that we don't feel are addressed elsewhere. Our hope is that these little 'value adds' will help you just as much as they have helped us.

This guide is made available under the permissive Creative Commons [CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/).

## Introduction
## Intro

Today I am going to explain how an experienced manager can arrive on a
project, follow a few simple but key guidelines to create the foundation
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In this guide I'll talk about the key steps that a pro would complete in
the first week of a project...and I'll avoid all the complicated jargon.

## Meet the Hero(s)
## Meet the Hero(s):

Over the course of their career, a typical project manager starts and
finishes numerous projects, spanning a variety of industries. A project
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approach. These are the little gems that make the real difference but
that nobody tells you when you start.

## Results
## Results:

By following the key steps to success, you will ensure that you have:

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So, what are these keys? Keep reading to find out how you too can set
yourself up for success time after time after time.

## Six keys to success
## Six Keys to Success:

### **Key 1: Stakeholder management**

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title: "Remote Workshop Readiness"
date: 2023-09-07 10:31:51 +0100
date: 24-06-2023
author: Atika Bennamane
---

by Atika Bennamane
Things to consider before diving into your workshop to make sure it's as
successful as can be.

Things to consider before diving into your workshop to make sure it's as successful as can be.
**About this series** - the Scott Logic practitioner's guides are designed to be
small practical guides for IT professionals. We draw on our collective
experience to tackle topics that we don't feel are addressed elsewhere.
Our hope is that these little 'value adds' will help you just as much as
they have helped us.

**About this series** - The Practitioner's Guides are designed to be small practical guides for IT professionals - authored by the team at [Scott Logic](https://www.scottlogic.com/). We draw on our collective experience to tackle topics that we don't feel are addressed elsewhere. Our hope is that these little 'value adds' will help you just as much as they have helped us.

This guide is made available under the permissive Creative Commons [CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/).

## Introduction
## Intro

One of the hardest things in software engineering isn\'t technology,
it's people! Whether we're soliciting requirements from stakeholders or
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Well, that's the theory.

Unfortunately, workshops aren't always easy. There are a whole host of
ways they can go wrong (many of which we'll cover in this guide). And
ways they can go wrong (many of which we'll cover in this playbook). And
more often than not, once a workshop is heading in the wrong direction,
it's downhill from thereon.

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makes workshops ... work.

For better, or for worse, remote workshops are here to stay, and it is
our job to try and make them effective. In this guide we'll cover the
our job to try and make them effective. In this playbook we'll cover the
challenges we've found and provide practical solutions that will
hopefully put you on the right path.

## This Guide
## This Playbook

This guide has been split into three different sections, 'Before the
This Playbook has been split into three different sections, 'Before the
workshop', 'During the workshop' and 'After the workshop' as there are
distinct activities related to each of these your workshop timeline. The
intention is that this guide can be used as and when you need it rather
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concerns have been captured.

- **Alarms and timers are your friend.** As we mentioned earlier in
the guide under the facilitator role, timeboxing is one of the
the playbook under the facilitator role, timeboxing is one of the
most crucial elements of running an online workshop. If the tool you
are using has a built in timer, make use of it at every opportunity
you can. If it doesn't consider setting alarms elsewhere, either on
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The Practitioner's Guides are designed to be small practical guides for IT professionals - authored by the team at [Scott Logic](https://www.scottlogic.com/). We draw on our collective experience to tackle topics that we don't feel are addressed elsewhere. Our hope is that these little 'value adds' will help you just as much as they have helped us.

Topics covered include:

- Remote Workshop Experiences
- Project Week One Advice
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The Practitioners Guides site is an ongoing project, where we expect new guides to be published on a somewhat regular basis, watch this space!

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