I came across this rather different approach to creating your project scope and generating a project schedule. The article describes how mind mapping software helps by firstly brainstorming the project requirements all the way to assigning resources to tasks and exporting to Microsoft Project for detailed schedule development.
http://blog.mindgenius.com/2012/07/6-steps-from-project-scope-to-schedule.html
Considering trying it myself but does anyone have any experience with developing a project scope using mind mapping software or something similar?
Brian,
works well, very much like Interactive Planning Sessions.
Drawbacks can be
Sessions dominated by a senior manager
Done early on so team not really up to speed with scope or objectives
Used as a learning session
Team too timid to contribute
Political agendas steer the meetings to unsupported decisions
The mind map has to be interpreted by the planner in MSP - What did the meeting mean by that?
Give it a go! For schedule I would definitely do a IPA asap in the project lifecycle and repeat it before each stage gate
Peter