30 Day Plan:

• Interview personnel at all levels. Offer to work together to fix things.
• Perform a top-to-bottom audit
• Determine 3 to 4 action steps which can be taken immediately and achieved
• Review project’s issue logs (if they exist)
• Determine a reorganization plan
• No givens; no protected “pet projects”
• Communicate with internal and external support groups. Consider meeting weekly to review mini-goals.

60 Day Plan:

• Review spending plan and its premise
• Examine personnel and resource requirements. Make tweaks where required.
• Provide detailed overhaul plan. Determine what’s required, how to obtain it, the cost, an improved process, the incremental milestones to achieve the goal.
• Improve accountability
• Simplify silos