Manage Dependencies

• Conduct reviews with relevant stakeholders.
• Identify each critical dependency.
• Establish need dates and plan dates for each critical dependency based on the project schedule.
• Review and get agreement on the commitments to address each critical dependency with the people responsible for providing the work product and the people receiving the work product.
• Document the critical dependencies and commitments. Documentation of commitments typically includes:
  • Describing the commitment
  • Identifying who made the commitment
  • Identifying who is responsible for satisfying the commitment
  • Specifying when the commitment will be satisfied
  • Specifying the criteria for determining if the commitment has been satisfied
• Track the critical dependencies and commitments and take corrective action as appropriate. Tracking the critical dependencies typically includes:
  • Evaluating the effects of late and early completion for impacts on future activities and milestones
  • Resolving actual and potential problems with the responsible people where possible
  • Escalating to the appropriate managers the actual and potential problems not resolvable with the responsible people