It is not enough to be busy – the question is,  What are we busy about? 
     - Henry David Thoreau

This document is a tool you can use to help organize and adhere to a plan for your office move. Project management is a mixture of people, systems and techniques used to complete a project successfully. A key element is doing the right thing at the right time. The check list and activity cards form a basic project management system. These activities are common to all corporate moves. As such, they provide a framework to plan, organize and manage your move. In your planning process other tasks and sub-tasks will become apparent. Add these new tasks to the check list and blank activity cards provided. 
 
Project scheduling
Enter the pertinent tasks from the activities check list to the master relocation schedule. Establish a “lead time” for each task. Beside each task enter the “lead time” as a horizontal bar. The bar’s length represents the time in weeks needed to complete this task. By analyzing the schedule you can figure out the shortest possible time for your move. 
 
Who’s doing what
To assign a task, give the corresponding card to a member of your move committee. Place the assigned person’s name in the “assigned to” column and its scheduled completion date in the “due” column of the check list. The activity cards have a “note pad” for important names, phone numbers and notes. When the committee member completes the task, the card is returned. Enter the completion date on the check list. 
 
Keeping on course
The activities check list becomes a milestone chart when the scheduled completion dates are entered. A quick review of the check list will tell you if a task is completed or not, and who is responsible. 

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