Phase goals
The major goal of the Initiation phase is to reach a decision on whether the project is to be conducted or not ("go - no go decision").
This phase is especially important with e-projects in order to minimize risks and costs ("do we really want to/are we actually able to submit a tender", "how much cost and effort does it take us to clarify the requirements", "do we have suitable personnel to conduct the project", etc.).
Documents
Project initiation for standard projects
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Preliminary project plan
The purpose of this plan is to provide initial planning regarding project organization, effort and deadline frameworks, personnel requirements, project constraints, and evaluation of possible risks.
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preliminary project plan
- Preliminary QA plan
Requirements regarding the quality of the solution (e.g. performance, portability, usability, failsafeness) and/or quality assurance may have a major impact on the project; for this reason, these factors have to be taken account of already at the beginning of the project. stdSEM
preliminary QA plan
- Specification of proposed solution
This document is to give an outline of the proposed solution and the path proposed to arrive at this solution (where applicable, also possible alternative solutions with all their pros and cons).
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specification of proposed solution
- Project decision report
This document documents the decision to implement the project, on the basis of the planning and technical data available so far.
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project decision report
Project initiation for small projects
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