Archive for November, 2007
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Wednesday, November 28th, 2007Inputs
Project Charter
Preliminary scope statement
Scope management plan
Approved change requests
Tools and techniques
Product analysis
This converts the product description and the project objectives into deliverables and requirements.
Value analysis, functional analysis, systems-engineering techniques, system analysis, or value engineering techniques
Alternatives identification
Discovers different methods to accomplish the project.
Brainstorming, lateral thinking (think outside the box)
Expert judgment
Stakeholder analysis
Identify the influences stakeholders have on the [...]
Scope Planning
Wednesday, November 28th, 2007The project scope knowledge area is responsible in describing and controlling what is and what is not suppose to be work in the project. The scope is the intended purpose of the project and it deliverables. Scope planning documents the scope management plan. It lays out the project scope, how the WBS will be developed, [...]
Good Bullet Points on the Initiating Process Group
Tuesday, November 27th, 2007Six needs that bring a project online.
Market demand
Business need
Customer requests
Technological advance
Legal requirements
Social needs
Inputs to the Develop the Project Charter
Contract
Statement of work - SOW
Enterprise environmental factors
Organizational process assets
Decision modes are project selection methods. They are the tools and techniques used in the Develop the Project Charter Process. These would include benefit measurements methods and mathematical [...]
Preliminary Scope Statement
Tuesday, November 27th, 2007Most of what is in the preliminary scope statement is in the final scope statement. The preliminary scope statement is developed in the Initiating process group while the final scope statement is developed in the planning process group. On large projects, each phase could have a preliminary scope statement. In small to [...]
The Project Charter
Monday, November 26th, 2007The project charter is the official written acknowledgment and recognition that a project exists. It is issued by senior management and gives the project manager the authority to assign resources to the project. That being said a project manager is assigned in the project charter. The charter documents the business need and [...]
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