Initiate and Define Project

Explanation

Identifying and defining the boundaries of a project will enable you to have a well defined start to the project. Once the scope and the objectives are set you can start assigning resources to the project. The project manager can then commence the planning and execution stage.

The following actions should be manually performed during the initialization stage of the project :

• Define the project purpose and scope
• Define the project goal and measurable project objectives
• Define high level requirements, assumptions, any identified constraints and risks
• Define a high level project plan, with a description, milestones if any and boundaries.
• Establish the financing means of the project and a summary of the budget
• Estimate the project resource requirements as well as the assigned project manager and authority levels
• List of the project approval requirements, i.e., what constitutes the success of the project, who will decide the project is successful and sign it off.

Once these actions are carried out, the project manager can go ahead with getting the required approval and create the project with a better understanding of it.

Prerequisites

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System Effects

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