Proof of Concept Toolkit

Save time, empower your teams and effectively upgrade your processes with access to this practical Proof of Concept Toolkit and guide. Address common challenges with best-practice templates, step-by-step work plans and maturity diagnostics for any Proof of Concept related project.

Download the Toolkit and in Three Steps you will be guided from idea to implementation results.

The Toolkit contains the following practical and powerful enablers with new and updated Proof of Concept specific requirements:

STEP 1: Get your bearings

Start with...


• The latest quick edition of the Proof of Concept Self Assessment book in PDF containing 49 requirements to perform a quickscan, get an overview and share with stakeholders.


Organized in a data driven improvement cycle RDMAICS (Recognize, Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control and Sustain), check the…


• Example pre-filled Self-Assessment Excel Dashboard to get familiar with results generation


Then find your goals...

STEP 2: Set concrete goals, tasks, dates and numbers you can track

Featuring 997 new and updated case-based questions, organized into seven core areas of process design, this Self-Assessment will help you identify areas in which Proof of Concept improvements can be made.

Examples; 10 of the 997 standard requirements:


1. Does the project use appropriate theoretical concepts, technologies, or methodologies, or improve upon existing methods?
   
   

2. Can a poc organization use different approaches for separate product lines or must one approach be used for all audits?
   
   

3. What disruptive technology does the future hold, what trends are emerging, and what do you need to know to prepare?
   
   

4. Is the planning proposal consistent with the local organizations community plan, or other local strategic plan?
   
   

5. Are organization employees aware of the procedures for identifying unauthorized entry and unidentified persons?
   
   

6. Have there been any significant changes to the current operational components since the data set was produced?
   
   

7. Is the overall design describing how the different systems are going to work together verified and approved?
   
   

8. Are all of the entry points and trust boundaries identified by the design and are in risk analysis report?
   
   

9. What needs to be different in your jurisdictions culture, workforce, policies, practices, and procedures?
   
   

10. Can the application revert back to normal operation when the security risk score drops to normal levels?
    
    


Complete the self assessment, on your own or with a team in a workshop setting. Use the workbook together with the self assessment requirements spreadsheet:


• The workbook is the latest in-depth complete edition of the Proof of Concept book in PDF containing 997 requirements, which criteria correspond to the criteria in...


Your Proof of Concept self-assessment dashboard which gives you your dynamically prioritized projects-ready tool and shows your organization exactly what to do next:


• The Self-Assessment Excel Dashboard; with the Proof of Concept Self-Assessment and Scorecard you will develop a clear picture of which Proof of Concept areas need attention, which requirements you should focus on and who will be responsible for them:
  
  


• Shows your organization instant insight in areas for improvement: Auto generates reports, radar chart for maturity assessment, insights per process and participant and bespoke, ready to use, RACI Matrix

• Gives you a professional Dashboard to guide and perform a thorough Proof of Concept Self-Assessment

• Is secure: Ensures offline data protection of your Self-Assessment results

• Dynamically prioritized projects-ready RACI Matrix shows your organization exactly what to do next:



STEP 3: Implement, Track, follow up and revise strategy

The outcomes of STEP 2, the self assessment, are the inputs for STEP 3; Start and manage Proof of Concept projects with the 62 implementation resources:


• 62 step-by-step Proof of Concept Project Management Form Templates covering over 1500 Proof of Concept project requirements and success criteria:


Examples; 10 of the check box criteria:


1. Human Resource Management Plan: Have stakeholder accountabilities & responsibilities been clearly defined?
   
   

2. Stakeholder Management Plan: How are stakeholders chosen and what roles might they have on a Proof of Concept project?
   
   

3. Scope Management Plan: Does the business case include how the Proof of Concept project aligns with your organizations strategic goals & objectives?
   
   

4. Executing Process Group: Will new hardware or software be required for servers or client machines?
   
   

5. Network Diagram: If a current contract exists, can you provide the vendor name, contract start, and contract expiration date?
   
   

6. Responsibility Assignment Matrix: If a role has only Signing-off, or only Communicating responsibility and has no Performing, Accountable, or Monitoring responsibility, is it necessary?
   
   

7. Schedule Management Plan: Is a process for scheduling and reporting defined, including forms and formats?
   
   

8. Stakeholder Management Plan: Has a quality assurance plan been developed for the Proof of Concept project?
   
   

9. Activity Duration Estimates: What questions do you have about the sample documents provided?
   
   

10. Risk Management Plan: How will the Proof of Concept project know if your organizations risk response actions were effective?


 
Step-by-step and complete Proof of Concept Project Management Forms and Templates including check box criteria and templates.

1.0 Initiating Process Group:


• 1.1 Proof of Concept project Charter

• 1.2 Stakeholder Register

• 1.3 Stakeholder Analysis Matrix


2.0 Planning Process Group:


• 2.1 Proof of Concept project Management Plan

• 2.2 Scope Management Plan

• 2.3 Requirements Management Plan

• 2.4 Requirements Documentation

• 2.5 Requirements Traceability Matrix

• 2.6 Proof of Concept project Scope Statement

• 2.7 Assumption and Constraint Log

• 2.8 Work Breakdown Structure

• 2.9 WBS Dictionary

• 2.10 Schedule Management Plan

• 2.11 Activity List

• 2.12 Activity Attributes

• 2.13 Milestone List

• 2.14 Network Diagram

• 2.15 Activity Resource Requirements

• 2.16 Resource Breakdown Structure

• 2.17 Activity Duration Estimates

• 2.18 Duration Estimating Worksheet

• 2.19 Proof of Concept project Schedule

• 2.20 Cost Management Plan

• 2.21 Activity Cost Estimates

• 2.22 Cost Estimating Worksheet

• 2.23 Cost Baseline

• 2.24 Quality Management Plan

• 2.25 Quality Metrics

• 2.26 Process Improvement Plan

• 2.27 Responsibility Assignment Matrix

• 2.28 Roles and Responsibilities

• 2.29 Human Resource Management Plan

• 2.30 Communications Management Plan

• 2.31 Risk Management Plan

• 2.32 Risk Register

• 2.33 Probability and Impact Assessment

• 2.34 Probability and Impact Matrix

• 2.35 Risk Data Sheet

• 2.36 Procurement Management Plan

• 2.37 Source Selection Criteria

• 2.38 Stakeholder Management Plan

• 2.39 Change Management Plan


3.0 Executing Process Group:


• 3.1 Team Member Status Report

• 3.2 Change Request

• 3.3 Change Log

• 3.4 Decision Log

• 3.5 Quality Audit

• 3.6 Team Directory

• 3.7 Team Operating Agreement

• 3.8 Team Performance Assessment

• 3.9 Team Member Performance Assessment

• 3.10 Issue Log


4.0 Monitoring and Controlling Process Group:


• 4.1 Proof of Concept project Performance Report

• 4.2 Variance Analysis

• 4.3 Earned Value Status

• 4.4 Risk Audit

• 4.5 Contractor Status Report

• 4.6 Formal Acceptance


5.0 Closing Process Group:


• 5.1 Procurement Audit

• 5.2 Contract Close-Out

• 5.3 Proof of Concept project or Phase Close-Out

• 5.4 Lessons Learned


Results

With this Three Step process you will have all the tools you need for any Proof of Concept project with this in-depth Proof of Concept Toolkit.

In using the Toolkit you will be better able to:


• Diagnose Proof of Concept projects, initiatives, organizations, businesses and processes using accepted diagnostic standards and practices

• Implement evidence-based best practice strategies aligned with overall goals

• Integrate recent advances in Proof of Concept and put process design strategies into practice according to best practice guidelines


Defining, designing, creating, and implementing a process to solve a business challenge or meet a business objective is the most valuable role; In EVERY company, organization and department.

Unless you are talking a one-time, single-use project within a business, there should be a process. Whether that process is managed and implemented by humans, AI, or a combination of the two, it needs to be designed by someone with a complex enough perspective to ask the right questions. Someone capable of asking the right questions and step back and say, 'What are we really trying to accomplish here? And is there a different way to look at it?'

This Toolkit empowers people to do just that - whether their title is entrepreneur, manager, consultant, (Vice-)President, CxO etc... - they are the people who rule the future. They are the person who asks the right questions to make Proof of Concept investments work better.

This Proof of Concept All-Inclusive Toolkit enables You to be that person.

Includes lifetime updates

Every self assessment comes with Lifetime Updates and Lifetime Free Updated Books. Lifetime Updates is an industry-first feature which allows you to receive verified self assessment updates, ensuring you always have the most accurate information at your fingertips.