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I am a builder (or three, or twelve). What do I need to learn and know, in order to complete my task?

who are my stakeholders?

boss
grandboss: Kevin, Steve, Marilyn, Terry
project sponsor
project team: business analysts, developers, technology and business project managers
audience/users: faculty, students, staff, MIT community, external

what I need from my stakeholders?

my boss

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my grandboss

what is your percentage of availability?
what is the distribution of your time, by percentage of your time, across projects for the next time increment?

project sponsor

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project team

business analysts

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developers

what am I building? (exacting specifications)
what is it supposed to do?
what is the structure of the system I am working in?
what systems need to talk to each other?
when is it due?
what do I need to do next?

project manager: technology

who are my systems representatives?
do my people have everything they need?
what do you need in order to be successful?

project manager: business

who are my systems representatives?
do my people have everything they need?
what do you need in order to be successful?

what are my options?

the data

$ budget (broken down by chunk of work)
$ spent so far
$ available
target date estimated
today's date
deliverable % complete - progress to task

communication media

time increment: daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, calendar-year, fiscal year
work increment: task, deliverable, phase, project, program
size: cost, time, complexity
complexity: lines, modules, objects, components, systems, networks