Purpose
Establish (a solid understanding of) the work that needs to be done.
Initiating a Project
Objectives
- Reasons for doing the project; expected benefits and associated risks.
- Scope and the products to be delivered.
- How, when and at what cost the products will be delivered?
- Who will be involved in the project decision making?
- How the required quality will be delivered?
- How baselines will be established and controlled?
- How risks, issues and changes will be identified, assessed and controlled?
- Who needs information, in what format and at when?
- How progress will be monitored and controlled?
- How PRINCE2 will be tailored to suit the project?
Roles and Responsibilities
Corp. Or Prog. Mgmt: |
Approves and reviews the Benefits Review Plan and Business Case. |
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Executive: |
Approves the Benefits Review Plan and Project Initiation Documentation. |
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Senior User: |
Approves the Benefits Review Plan and Project Initiation Documentation. |
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Senior Supplier: |
Approves the Benefits Review Plan and Project Initiation Documentation. |
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Project Manager: |
Create Project Initiation Documentation, Benefits Review Plan and next Stage Plan. |
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Team Manager: |
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Project Assurance: |
Reviews the documentation |
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Project Support: |
Assist the PM in creating the Strategy documents. |
Applying the Themes
Business Case (Why): |
Outline Business Case is upgraded to the detailed Business Case. |
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Organisation (Who): |
Project Management Team and Role descriptions are updated and added to the PID. |
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Quality (What): |
Quality Management Strategy and Quality Register are created. |
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Plans (How, How much, When): |
Project Plan is created. |
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Risk (What if): |
Risk Management Strategy and Issue Register are created. |
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Change (What is the impact): |
Configuration Management Strategy and Issue Register are created. |
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Progress (Where are we, direction, should we carry on): |
Project Controls are determined. |