Remember that it is not enough to draw up a fantastic project plan.

You also need to implement it, and that involves others. It is important to make sure that your project plan is kept visible.

Good ways to do this include using whiteboards and keeping a record of progress in an obvious place, somewhere where the whole team can see it – and make sure that everyone is involved in updating regularly, or better, still, that they can update it and annotate it themselves. That way, they are more likely to take ownership, and the project is much more likely to take off.