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Co-Pilot: Small Project Guide®
Universal Small Project Management Method

Co-pilotWanna Go Real Fast?
Most small projects are deadline driven. This all-too-often creates a sense of urgency bordering on despair, as obvious rather than brilliant solutions result.

The best way to speed to a successful small project conclusion is to apply this scaled-down version of our popular project management methods. The result: a more purposeful start, and a faster end with the right product done right, the first time.

What is a Small Project?
We define a Small Project as one that is 8 to 360+ hours of total effort, and done within 3 months. Staffing usually includes the project leader as primary contributor, "with a little help from your friends". Not surprisingly, some have more friends than others do, and that is one key factor in improving efficiency and responsiveness.

Are You Efficient?
Small projects may be your least efficient use of staff, for several reasons.

  • They are often understaffed; as a result, synergies of larger teams are hard to achieve
  • Because of the smaller teams, it is difficult to focus all the needed skills.
    Thus, people just do their best
  • They are often interrupted, and that causes rework and change
  • They often solve symptoms as opposed to solving the real business problems
  • They are often deadline driven, resulting in quick fixes rather than real problem solving
  • They often have poor definition and objectives, because they are not taken seriously

As a result, you may be inefficiently managing half (or more) of your project efforts!


Co-Pilot: Small Project Guide to your Rescue
Co-Pilot: Small Project Guide works in Enterprise-wide applications and in Information Technology projects, too! Probably half your staff work in small projects, and many of them are not managed like projects, just work that needs to be done by the end of the week. Or month. Our Small Project Guide has three paths, with three levels of rigor for small projects of increasing size and risk:

  • JDI: Just Do It for 1-24 hour projects; a 1-page template
  • VSP: Very Small Project for 25-120 hour projects; a 10-page template, and
  • speedy fileSPG: Small Project Guide for 121-360+ hour projects; with an up-to-44 page Speedy File template.

For each project path, we provide templates and Adobe Acrobat-based .pdf or web-based .html narrative instructions.

Licensing Co-Pilot: Small Project Guide
Some companies have used SPG for over 20 years as part of their standard repeatable process. This makes it useful for everything from ISO 9000 compliance, to increased project management maturity, to improved efficiency in resource tracking. You can see that Co-Pilot: SPG can help guide you through many of your small project problems.

What You Get
spgCo-Pilot: Small Project Guide is built for everything from a standalone PC (personal computer) to an enterprise environment, using Microsoft Word for the templates, and Adobe Acrobat or web files for the reference pages.

When you license Co-Pilot: Small Project Guide, you receive a Windows-based setup program, containing the Microsoft Word templates for each path, plus the reference information for each path. The templates also work on other systems and environments, such as OpenOffice; contact us for their availability for non-Windows formats.

Buy It Now
You can license Single-user Co-Pilot: Small Project Guide for $49, and download it immediately if you pay by credit card. Or, you bring our Small Project Management Learning experience into your organization, to learn how our unique methods improve small project success. Site Licenses are also available; contact us for more information. Or, click here for your purchase options.

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