Project Initiation
Project Initiation
Project Initiation
Project Initiation
Types of projects
Development
Maintenance and Enhancement
Production Support
Testing
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Project Initiation
There is no single way to manage project
Project Management is application of
Knowledge
Skills
Processes
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Project Initiation Activities
Analyze and understand the scope
Document specific criteria of the
requirements
Understand how to take the identified
information and transform it into a Project
Management Plan
Prepare the work breakdown structure
Analyze project risks
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Project Initiation
It includes the processes required to ensure
that the various elements of the project are
properly coordinated
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It involves
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Develop Project Charter
Project charter is a document that formally
authorizes the project
The project charter provides the project
manager with the authority to apply
organizational resources to project activities
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Contents of Project Charter
Requirements that satisfy customer, sponsor and
other stakeholders’ needs, wants and expectations
Business needs, high level project description
Project purpose or justification
Assigned project manager and authority level
Summary milestone schedule
Stakeholder influences
Assumptions, constraints
Business case justifying the project
Summary budget
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Inputs to Project Charter
Contract
Project Statement of Work
Business Needs
Product scope description
Strategic plan
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Tools and Techniques
Project Selection Methods
Expert Judgment
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Project Scope Statement
It is the definition of the project
What needs to be accomplished in the project
It addresses and documents the characteristics
and boundaries of the project and its
associated products and services as well as
the methods of acceptance and scope control
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Project Scope Statement
Project and product objectives
Product or service requirements and characteristics
Product acceptance criteria
Project boundaries
Project requirements and deliverables
Project constraints
Initial project organization
Project assumptions
Initial defined tools
Schedule milestones
Initial WBS (Work Breakdown Structure)
Cost estimate
Project Configuration Management Requirements
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Inputs to Project Scope Statement
Project charter
Project statement of work
Enterprise environmental factors
Organizational process assets
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Project Management Plan
It includes the actions necessary to define,
integrate and coordinate all subsidiary plans
into a project management plan
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Contents of Project Management Plan
Project scope management plan
Schedule management plan
Cost management plan
Quality management plan
Process improvement plan
Staffing management plan
Communication management plan
Risk management plan
Procurement management plan
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Inputs to Project Management Plan
Project scope statement
Project management processes
Enterprise environmental factors
Organizational process assets
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Assignment
Prepare the following for your project
Project Management Plan
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Questions ????