Decision on the Project Enterprise (pT3)

To be performed by
Designated project manager, department manager, business unit commercial manager.

Goals
The documents which have been drawn up must be used as a basis for deciding whether the project enterprise is to be conducted as a project, is not to be conducted as a project or is not to be conducted at all.

Execution
The specification of proposed solution, preliminary QA plan and preliminary project plan are consulted within the framework of a meeting to decide whether the project is to be conducted.

Notes
The SEM Guidelines "Project Initiation" provide support in reaching a decision about the project enterprise. These Guidelines cover the definition and review of project-specific specifications, definitions of the order type (general contractor, fixed prices, business charged on the basis of effort, provision of personnel, consulting) and the necessary types of contracts and tenders.

Not all results from the Initiation phase are required if the project decision is negative. If one of the results available is a "k.o." criterion, for example, it will be naturally expedient to abort the Initiation phase with a negative project decision.

If a decision is made not to conduct a project, this still does not mean that an inquiry will be rejected. It merely means that a task may not be performed as a project since it does not comply with the project definition (e.g. one-off contracts, hourly consulting without preparation, sporadic consulting, troubleshooting on request, etc.).


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