A Project Checklist

Hi all,

Am putting together a structured checklist of things that should be there in your deliverable - at a minimum. Have already said all this in various posts but a summary will do good, IMO.

The deliverables should contain:

1. Title page (Mandatory) - Group Name, member names and UIDs & MKTR section.

2. Project objective (Mandatory) - Paraphrased in your words (don't life this off the scope document!), in at most a slide or 2, explain what you are trying to achieve through the project.

3. Presentation Outline (Optional) - a Contents page that outlines your presentation along sections (e.g. methodology, Q1, Q2, recommendations, etc).

4. A Methodology Section (Mandatory) - In preferably a graph or flowchart form, lay down what analysis procedures you used in what order to answer Q2 to reach the recomms based on Q2.

5. A Data section (mandatory) - explains that nature and structure of the data that were used. Be very brief but very informative - write (ii) the dimensions of the data matrices used as input to in different procedures, and (ii) the sources of data - cited sources if secondary data are used, and Question numbers in the survey questionnaire if primary data are used.

I strongly suggest using a tabular format here. Packs a lot of info into copact space. Easy to read and compare too.

6. Model Expression (Mandatory)- for Q1. Write the expression of the model used and a descriptives table of the input data, a brief explanation of the X variables used (apart from units and price), and of course, output tables along with interpretation.

7. Appendix Section (Optional): Some of the less important tables can be plugged into a separate appendix section (outside the 30 slide limit) in case you are running out of slide space. Have only the most important results tables in the main portion.

8. Recommendations (Mandatory) - crisp, clear, in simple words directed towards the client. Emphasize the usability and actionability of the recomms.

Hope that clarifies.

Sudhir