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  

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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 4

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 making tradeoffs among competing objectives and alternatives to meet or exceed stakeholder needs and expectations

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It involves 

Develop project charter

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Develop project scope statement

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Develop project management plan

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Develop Project Charter 

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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 8

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

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Project Management Methodology

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Project Management Information System

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Expert Judgment

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Project Scope Statement 

It is the definition of the project 

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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 12

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 15

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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