All language subtitles for 8. Exercise Baseline Your Precedence Diagram

Now let's get your project logic organized.
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Work with your core team to document
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your project's precedence diagram.
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Start with sheets of flip-chart paper
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taped together along the wall or a white-board,
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and a stack of square Post-it notes.
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Copy the deliverables onto the Post-it notes.
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Then for each deliverable, ask
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�what deliverables do we need to start this�,
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and �what deliverables can we start once it is done?�
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Add new deliverables wherever required,
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a key value of the process.
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You can just update the WBS later.
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Make sure every deliverable
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has a predecessor and a successor,
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even if only the kick-off and closeout.
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Use a separate arrow for every dependency.
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This will make things much simpler to follow and understand.
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And critically important, use a pencil or pen first,
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and get complete agreement from your planning team
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on all the arrows before drawing them in with marker.
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Then draw up the diagram after the meeting,
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and iterate the process until the diagram stabilizes.
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Now you have a very useful diagram
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that shows how all the deliverables come together,
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and will be a great help in understanding,
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communicating and managing your project.