Direction

Project Board

S ta rtin g Up a P ro je c t: 3 Ma in De live ra b le s

• Starting up a Project (SU)

  Project Brief

• Initiation Stage Plan

• Design & appoint the Project Management Team

Management

Project Manager

Pre-Project

Delivery

Team Manager

-- Once during project

-- Once per stage

-- Many times during stage

-- Once per Work Package

Notification ^{-- Notification}

S ta rtu p Ac tivitie s

• Appoint the Executive and the Project Board

• Capture Previous Lessons

• Design & appoint the Project Management Team

• Prepare the outline Business Case

• Select the project approach and assemble the Project Brief

• Plan the initiation stage

Auth.

-- Authorization

Mgmt Prod -- Management Product

Based on OGC PRINCE2® material. Reproduced under license from OGC

Pre-Project

Fig.3.3 Starting up a Project Activities

2. Su: Project Approach

The objective of the Project Approach is to gather the necessary data that will allow the Project Manager to determine such things as the timescale, the cost of the project, how the project can be controlled and how to manage quality.

This will be done by the Project Manager with a lot of assistance from other people, such as experts (also known as “Subject Matter Experts”) who may or may not have been assigned to the project, but have the necessary knowledge.

Project Approach Actions

• The Project Approach will examine how to go about the project by looking at existing information by asking the following questions:

• Are there similar projects to learn from?

• What other knowledge and skills are required for the project?

• What standards are to be used?

• What are the constraints?

• What training is required?

• Should parts of the project be developed in house or outsourced?

• Should we build from scratch or update an existing product?

• How will maintenance be done in the future?

• The Project Manager decides on the best approach for the project by looking at all available knowledge.

• The output of the Project Approach will become part of the Project Brief.

Direction

Project Board

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Project mandate

Corporate or Programme Management

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Management

Project Manager

Starting up a Project (SU)

Project Approach

Project Brief + IS Plan

Pre-Project

Delivery

Team Manager

-- Once during project

-- Once per stage

-- Many times during stage

-- Once per Work Package

Notification ^{-- Notification}

P ro je c t a pproa c h introduc tion

• Objective: Gather necessary data will allow the PM to determine Timescale, costs, control,...

• PM is responsible for Project approach

• Lots of assistance from others, specialists, etc..

P M a s ks the fo llowing

• Similar projects?, where else to get knowledge?

• Skills required?, Specialists to involve?

• Standards?, Constraints?, Outsource?

• Upgrade?, Dev from scratch?, Buy?, etc...

Output

• Project approach (will be part of Project Brief)

Auth.

-- Authorization

Mgmt Prod -- Management Product

Based on OGC PRINCE2® material. Reproduced under license from OGC

Pre-Project

Fig 3.4 Project Approach