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A PROVEN PROCESS AVAILABLE FOR ALL - BUT USED BY FEW Interface Management is a proven process available to a project team and is often under-used as a specific tool. Some Project Managers believe it is something they can manage without, but Interface Management when incorporated into the work processes of the project will often help highlight underlying critical issues much earlier in the project than would otherwise be revealed. This would then impact upon project cost and schedule.
COMMUNICATION We all know that good communication is vital to project success and using an Interface Management process formalises and enhances collaboration between organisations, and all parties of a project. This has a positive impact for all concerned and in the final outcome of the project itself.
At NCOE we advocate the practice of Interface Management. It’s benefits far outweigh the informal collection of emails and meeting notes. It provides a concise record of the transfer of key project information that is auditable, can be monitored and enhances communication within the project team.
NTERFACE MANAGEMENT
(PIMS IS NOT JUST FOR THE SUMMER)
OBJECTIVE The objective of the Interface Management process is to facilitate agreements with other stakeholders. This includes roles & responsibilities, the timing for providing interface information and the identification of critical interfaces early in the project through a structured process. This highlights the early identification of issues and risks with potential for impact to cost and schedule, thereby allowing the project time to control, mitigate or eliminate project risks. Interface Management also enhances relationships between the different organisations, giving an open communication system of issues and co-operation, where problems can be resolved more effectively. It also goes hand in hand with Risk Management – management tools for Project Success.
THE PROCESS The interface management process is designed to provide a simple but effective method to formally document and track the exchange of information, between project participants and to monitor the performance of all participants in making available the required information.
THE PROCESS INVOLVES… • Identification and recording an interface
• Creating an interface agreement • Agreeing / resolving conflict • Monitoring the status • Reporting the status • Closing the interface agreement
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