Course of a Project
What form does an SEM project take?
An SEM project begins with a project kick-off at the start of the Initiation phase and always ends with the Termination phase.

If a positive project decision is made in the Initiation phase, this will be followed by the Definition phase, e.g. for producing a tender. This phase will encompass detailed project planning, processing of requirements and drawing up of a software requirements specification. If the project is to be continued, the further phases Design, Implementation and, if appropriate, Operations will be conducted.

Frame phases
The Initiation and Termination phases are known as frame phases. These must always be executed. If the project decision is negative, the Termination phase can be kept short (as a very minimum, the reason for the negative project decision must be documented).

Execution phases
All other phases are execution phases. They must be performed using one of the five possible organization forms for phase processing (e.g. waterfall model, evolutionary development model).

Project execution using customer methods
If projects are executed using customer methods (e.g. PEPP, SNI-PHB, etc.), the frame phases must be executed using stdSEM. The execution phases are processed using the customer method specified, however.

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