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		<title>Document Project Assumptions</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Ray Myers, Jr., PMP Early in the initiation or planning phases of a project, the project manger should document all project assumptions.  Before we discuss documenting assumptions, we should be sure that we understand what they are. The American Heritage dictionary defines the word assumption to be: Something taken for granted or accepted as true without proof; a supposition; a presumption. Experienced project managers define assumptions in stronger language based on the root word assume.  “Ass – u – me, or assumptions make an ass out of you and me.” So an assumption is something accepted as true without proof and has the potential of causing a great deal of embarrassment. In practice, assumptions are bits of information that we assume to be true upon which we build our project plans.  Assumptions are frequently made on budgets, schedules, resources, clients and expectations without firsthand knowledge or confirmation.  If we build our project plans on unconfirmed assumptions, we are actually placing our projects and our reputations at great risk. That’s why we document all assumptions early in the project. Assumptions are typically documented in one or more places.  You can usually find project assumptions in the project charter, the project [...]]]></description>
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