Initiation Phase Goals

The major goal of the Initiation phase is to reach a decision on whether the project is to be conducted or not - are we to execute the enterprise or not ("go - no go decision")?

To arrive at a reasoned answer to this question, the activities and results in this phase have been structured to minimize the project risk. This is intended to prevent "sliding" into a project.

Two alternatives are possible in the case of a positive decision:

  • The enterprise is conducted in the form of a project (based on the SEM development method or other development method).
  • The enterprise is conducted, but not in the form of a project (e.g. one-off lectures, hourly consulting without preparation, sporadic consulting, troubleshooting on request, etc.). In such scenarios, the project should be terminated immediately after the project decision (the report required for termination can then consist of only a few lines in the project decision report).

In the case of a negative decision, the Termination phase is initiated immediately.


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