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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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