Merchant Foundation Project Planning Framework
- 1. PROJECT PLANNING Framework Give Projects a Real Shot at Completion
- 2. Know where you stand at the outset! More specific expertise and actions will be required at every step. This is a framework only based on trying out our product visioning experience for a halal wealth creation project we are working on called The Millionaire Mohsin. By following the steps below Insha'Allah we will begin to know very quickly where we stand and what is missing in our quest to complete the project. Once we know what we need and what we have, to fill the gaps we can Insha'Allah start looking for the resources we need.
- 3. Project Planning Actionable Steps
- 4. Project Planning Actionable Steps Step 1. RESOURCES TO ACHIEVE THIS STEP: Knowing that we have already identified a pressing to be added Insha'Allah need in the community based on our desire to observe ASWT's natural laws through observing his commands and prohibitions, (really the first step)
- 5. Project Planning Actionable Steps Step 2. RESOURCES TO ACHIEVE THIS STEP: Name the Project (for example lets say we are to be added Insha'Allah calling it a networking project)
- 6. Project Planning Actionable Steps Step 3. RESOURCES TO ACHIEVE THIS STEP: Describe the project goal in a few words (eg. my choice of to be added Insha'Allah words is: an on-line service that facilitates the marriage between saalihaat projects and teams and the support of project teams such that they achieve success)
- 7. Project Planning Actionable Steps Step 4. RESOURCES TO ACHIEVE THIS STEP: Stakeholder group identification and to be added Insha'Allah requirements Open a google docs page listing all the stakeholder groups (initiators, end-users, investors, developers / constructors) in this project and a separate sheet for each stakeholder group.
- 8. Step 4 continued The next thing we need to do is to get feedback from representatives of each stakeholder group as to what they think about our idea, why it would serve them and what their measures of success (kpis) would be for each idea. Since I already did some interviews and probably you have as well, we can add our findings to these google docs.
- 9. Project Planning Actionable Steps Step 5. Once we get RESOURCES TO ACHIEVE stakeholder feedback THIS STEP: sufficient to create the nucleaus of visions, we need to be added Insha'Allah to work on 3 different visions: a) Product/Result Vision (marketing message and deliverables) -key performance indices -key achievement indices -create a balanced scorecard
- 10. Step 5 continued b) Operational Vision (a picture of the strategies/systems as if they are completely ready and producing the product/result) -we list each system/component and what it does, how it does it and why; and how it relates to other systems -we ought to engage experts to help define the systems because they have greater insight
- 11. Step 5 continued c) Building of Operation Visions (how are we going to make the operational vision into reality; this includes identifying the resources needed and the strategy to get the resources and engage the resources). I call them visions because this will be an iterative process whereby we engage resources to engage resources to engage resources until such a time as the resources are all there and are working towards the aim. -we identify the resources required to build it so this way we can cost out and seek out the resources needed -we assign the resourcing of each system or assign the resourcing of the resourcing (until we find someone who can actually resource) -criteria for builders (cost, expertise, time)
- 12. Step 5 co d) Building of Operation Forecasting/Budgeting -engage experts to help us figure out how much time and $ will it cost to resource, engage people, build components, test components, progressively integrate them and launch them. e) Running of Operation Forecasting/Budgeting -engage experts to help us figure out how much time and $ will it cost to keep the operation going as we have envisioned it.
- 14. OPERATION BUILDING STEPS Step 6. We continue RESOURCES TO ACHIEVE resourcing until we have all THIS STEP: the resources needed for building all the parts of the to be added Insha'Allah operation. Resources include money, subject expertise, practical experience in planning, co- ordinating, delivering results, reporting, financial, etc.
- 15. OPERATION BUILDING STEPS Step 7. As money and RESOURCES TO ACHIEVE resources are confirmed, THIS STEP: -strategically commission the to be added Insha'Allah building of the parts of the operation (defined in earlier steps) -select builders based on the criteria we developed
- 16. Step 7 continued -marketing machine is one of the first parts we want to build to collect information and see whether there is a market for the product/service -play a key role in demanding deliverables and meeting our payment commitments -check how the systems are interworking together
- 17. Operation Startup And Measurement Steps
- 18. OPERATION STARTUP AND MEASUREMENT STEPS Step 8. We strategically RESOURCES TO ACHIEVE startup portions of the THIS STEP: operation to be added Insha'Allah
- 19. OPERATION STARTING AND MEASUREMENT STEPS Step 9. We measure the RESOURCES TO ACHIEVE operation using a balanced THIS STEP: scorecard to be added Insha'Allah
- 20. OPERATION STARTING AND MEASUREMENT STEPS Step 10. We make regular RESOURCES TO ACHIEVE adjustments. THIS STEP: to be added Insha'Allah